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Thoughts from the mind of Sumit Das, 12-07-2002:

>I worked with a guy who did a LOT of research in fractal rendering
>(in 4 dimensions no less!), and we created a soundtrack for one of
>his animations that was based on IFS (iterated function systems).
>
>It was an interesting sound.  He created a simple line of two or
>three notes at the lowest resolution (so the total length of the line
>was the length of the entire piece).  Then, each note in the original
>line was replaced with a copy of the line, transposed to the note and
>sped up so it fit in place of the note.  Continue this process until the
>resolution is high enough to sound the way you want.

This is a fun idea :-).  The process is much akin to how fractals 
like the Koch-curve are generated.  Did he use just plain chromatic 
notes, or did he use micro-tonalities as well?  I would think that 
with chromatic notes you would very soon run out of sufficient 
different pitches to be able to iterate the process any longer.

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