Martin Wattenberg built some software to analyse MIDI files and turn them into diagrams showing repetition. Above is Madonna's 'Like a Prayer.' (via Neoformix)
8/14/2006
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Martin Wattenberg built some software to analyse MIDI files and turn them into diagrams showing repetition. Above is Madonna's 'Like a Prayer.' (via Neoformix)
This seems really cool, why I'm the only one trying this thing? :)
ReplyDeletei wish you could listen to them while you looked at them
ReplyDeleteIt does seem quite heavily dependent on the quality of the MIDI file you give it.
ReplyDeleteNow an audio version would be interesting...
OMG! Swap Shop!
ReplyDeleteThe author demo'd this a couple years ago at one of my CS colloquia. He's also done awesome work visualizing Wikipedia edit histories; worth checking out; sorry no linky.
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