Continuing to have a great time with Python on the N900. I'll have to post later about how awesome it is to run N900 Python aka PyMaemo scripts from a Terminal.app window on my Mac edited in Aquamacs using ange-ftp (or whatever it's called in the 21st century).
Anyhow came up with gpsgamelan.py which is a modification of the script from latlongsound.py to play gamelan (indonesian scale) music (using the code from PyGSoundTestTest_3.py from Matthew Brown, thanks!) based on the jitter from GPS Lat/Long (10 different sounds based on latitude and another 10 different gamelan sounds based on longitude)
Here's what it sounds like (short video from flickr):
Not so great sound. My next idea is to play more pleasing music
- e.g. for each neighbourhood, pick a major key (there are twelve possible major keys in Western music AFAIK)
- based on the latitude, play a major chord (one of 10 possible)
- based on the longitude, play a minor chord (one of 10 possible)
My guess is this will produce more melodic and pleasing sound
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Glad you're having fun with
Glad you're having fun with my program!
But this is funny, I didn't expect it to be used on a mobile phone mounted on a bike . . .
( And by the way, gamelan is real music. Haha ;) )
Hmm . . . Looks like I'm "not
Hmm . . . Looks like I'm "not verified" . . .
But Thanks so much for giving
But Thanks so much for giving me credit for my work, I really appreciate it.
my pleasure, thanks for the great code Matthew!
and yes i know gamelan is "real" :-)
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