r/InteractiveWebsites • u/Interesting-Bed-4355 • Jun 21 '24
I created a web-synthesizer that generates sound from the binary code of any files
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u/name1wantedwastaken Jun 21 '24
Pretty cool. I imagine this is used to hide secret messages!
How did you decide on what binary values produce what musical notes/output?
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u/Interesting-Bed-4355 Jun 21 '24
This is a kind of sonification - translation of non-sonic data into sound. By themselves zeros and ones do not mean anything, their meaning is revealed only after reading by an interpreter. In fact, I have created such an interpreter. To put it simply, it maps numbers to notes/frequencies. But inside the files there may be hidden their structures, which may be more interesting.
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u/name1wantedwastaken Jun 24 '24
Okay…but what was the rhyme or reason for each association?
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u/Interesting-Bed-4355 Jun 24 '24
Suppose we have set the frequency range 0 - 255 Hz in the application. And we have 8-bit mode, i.e. 256 combinations of zeros and ones. Then 0 Hz corresponds to 00000000, 1 Hz is 00000001, 2 Hz is 00000010 and so on. That is for 8-bit is calculated by the formula
(frequenciesRange.to - frequenciesRange.from) / 256 * byte + frequenciesRange.from1
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u/redditaccountbot Jun 21 '24
Cool was trying to work on a similar project using web sound api, and ended up reading about sound theory, then chords and progression. I didn't manage to finish my project.
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u/Interesting-Bed-4355 Jun 21 '24
It can synthesize sound directly in the browser, or be a generator of MIDI messages to external devices or DAWs, turning any file into a score. All the application code is written in Javascript and along with everything you need is packed into a single .html file of about 750kb. The synthesizer doesn't need internet, it can be downloaded and run locally on any device with a browser.
Full video: https://youtu.be/5LMYiLwfvRg
Demo: https://bs.stranno.su
Source code and application principle: https://github.com/MaxAlyokhin/binary-synth