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Using Sonification to Transform Volatiles Into Sounds

entomologist transforms volatiles into musical sounds. The idea was to compare predators reacting against the volacaist wit, and humans heing sounds that represent these volatiles. Step one was transforming aroma into audio. These molecular properties were then mapped to musical qualities like pitch and tone, duration and tamber reverberation.

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