Computer Music (G6610, Fall 2012) week 8

Fractals and
Special Guest Michael Gogins

Even though Michael didn't talk exclusively about fractals, the topic certainly was an underpinning for his presentation. A very interesting presentation indeed, though, and a great exposition of a lot of the algorithmic ground we've covered this term.

Links

Michael's home page -- also linked above, of course
the Fractal Microscope -- Zoom into the Mandelbrot set! Not a bad implementation. There are others, especially standalone apps you might find, that are potentially faster and 'deeper'
fractal simulation software -- some good links here
MandelMusic -- Nick Didkovsky's excellent sonification of the Mandelbrot set
fractal music links -- this is an older site, it looks like some of the links are broken. Might be worth exploring, though.
older class link (2000) -- good graphics, and an explanation of the fractal-delay thing.
older class link (2003) -- some audio clips here.

Check out the help patcher that comes with the [maxlispj] lisp-interpreter object. The 'fractal delay' is one of the demos.

Class Downloads

Michael-Gogins-MyWay.pdf -- Michael's presentation, including links to good sites.