Code for Thought [EN] AudioUniverse: Let Data Speak for Themselves - with Ch Harrison, J Trayford
Dec 2, 2025
38:07
English Edition: WHAM, BOOM, CLAC, WHOOSH - sound can represent many things, so why not experimental data? James Trayford and Chris Harrison want to show that you can, with their project called Audio Universe. And we're going to hear some of the sound samples during my conversation with them.
Links:
- https://www.audiouniverse.org the project's home page
- https://github.com/james-trayford/straus The Sonification software STRAUSS
- https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.07875 The article on STRAUSS in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16847 the ArXiv article
- https://strauss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ documentation
Some sound/video samples:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkAoqgJvYg&t=572s Caribbean Audio Universe Tour of the Solar System, stars appearing
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jH1WNpDi10&t=1632s tour of the solar system, planet orbit sequence
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0rsZiIqcbc Spectral Data Cube
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZkPPhaty0 light curves with different sound designs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78S0lkSc7so warming stripes
- https://soundcloud.com/audio-universe-685767042/sonification-predatorprey-cycles-goats-and-wolves
Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!
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