Translating from a vector line into sound

Special Interest Groups Audio Processing
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Hi All,

I an working on an art project where I am interested in turning a vector line into sound - the x axis would be time, and the y axis would be pitch (inspired by the composer, Iannis Xenakis’ computer assisted sound drawings.) I have to admit I have no background in programming, but I was wondering if anyone knows of program out there that does this already? Or, would anyone be interested in helping out in this effort as a part of an art installation at University of Michigan? In short, I would be creating vector based lines (from a cad program such as autocad) and hopefully someone can help me translate these various lines into sound.

I would be happy to explain more about our project.
Many thanks - WVL

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MCAXhEsy4&feature=related

[Other create-sound-from-image programmes are available]

Practical application … http://www.seeingwithsound.com/

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There’s a surprising amount of interest in this:

Here’s the one in Trebor’s demo
http://photosounder.com/

Information about Xenakis UPIC system:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPIC
http://emusician.com/online_exclusive/say_with_pictures_bonus/

And a load of other stuff:
http://www.ohmpie.com/imageEncode
http://emusician.com/software/say-with-pictures/
http://www.nicolasfournel.com/audiopaint.htm
http://arss.sourceforge.net/index.shtml
http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/ans/
http://highc.org/

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thanks everyone!