Unconventional Computing for Music: Sound Synthesis with Slime Mould
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This paper reports on the recent outcomes from our research into Unconventional Computing for sound and music using slime mould of Physarum polycephalum. This slime mould is a huge single cell with thousands of nuclei, which behaves like a giant amoeba. During its foraging behaviour it produces electrical activity corresponding to different physiological states. We developed a method to render sounds from such electrical activity. The behaviour of the plasmodium can be steered in order to render different sounds.
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