Data to music

Natale, Stephen

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Data to music

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The use of sonification for auditory representation of data in educational contexts has been investigated a number of times and often has produced interesting – though inconclusive results. The research done as a basis of this report research sought to explore opinions of academic instructors on the educational utility of Sonify, an application that facilitates the creation of musical sonification from Ramen spectroscopy data. Educators from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Mass Academy were asked to watch a short demonstration of the use of Sonify before completing a short survey. The eight participants on average did not find that the music created by Sonify to be educationally valuable, and did not express interest in using Sonify. While these results would be more valuable if they followed first-hand experience using Sonify from a larger sample, the results of this report will likely be helpful to someone looking to continue developing Sonify or create their own musical sonification tool for educational purposes.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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