Atoms Above Spiral Duration: 1:22

About The Piece Aural Representation of Atoms above Spiral This sound file is an accurate aural representation of part of the image Atoms above spiral. Because of the high-noise background, the image was slightly cropped and obscured before processing (see picture on the right upper side). How the sound was created: The image dimensions are 517:406 pixels. The vertical axis was mapped to a logarithmic, continuous frequency scale ranging from 50-1200 Hz. The horizontal axis was mapped to a time scale of 83 seconds, thus every pixel represents approximately 160 milliseconds. The color information in the image was used for stereo purposes: hue and saturation were mapped to left and right channels, respectively. The brightness information in each pixel was mapped to a logarithmic dynamic scale ranging from -8 dB (0 brightness, silence) to 0 dB (maximum brightness, maximum dynamic power). With these specifications, 406 sinusoidal oscillators were computed using massive additive synthesis. A slight hiss-reduction filter was applied. Dynamic ceiling was set at -2.5 dB. No other post-processing was done. A spectrogram of the resulting sound shows breathtaking resemblance with the original image (see picture on the right side): Thus, what the listener experiences matches perfectly the structure of the image. About The Composer Gustavo Diaz Jerez (born 1970 in Tenerife) is a Spanish pianist and composer. Gustavo Daz-Jerez studied piano with J. A. Rodriguez at the Conservatorio Superior of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and subsequently with Solomon Mikowsky at Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, the UK and the US, in halls including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Royal Festival Hall in London and numerous other venues. He studied composition with Giampaolo Bracali and Ludmila Ulehla at Manhattan School of Music. His compositional language may be defined as algorithmic spectralism, merging elements of the spectralist movement (Grisey, Murail, Radulescu, etc.), in which timbre plays a fundamental role, with processes derived from mathematical disciplines such as cellular automata,