[eu-gene] Music generated from pictures

[Lauri Grohn]

At 17:56 31.1.2005, you wrote:
>I've listened to a couple of the mp3s, and am wondering how the music is
>generated from the pictures?  It seems to me that it might be more of a
>transformation than a generation, and would be interested to hear what
>you think about it.

What is the difference between transformation and generation?

>Computers store two dimensional images in a one dimensional file, it
>seems a trap to always use the computer's one dimensional view of an
>image to transform it into sound, as humans don't view the images in
>that way.

There are infinite number of possible "transformations" in addition of
"piano player" way. The point is  that
some generative systems may produce interesting music, most of them
perhaps not.

Yours,

LG