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Sonification & The Problem with Making Music from Data
Tantacrul · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2020–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 9 other commentary videos tagged Music theory, synthesis & production, the mean is 4.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 4.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2020–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 14 minutes 48 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2017-07-13.
- Channel / speaker
- Tantacrul
- Verified runtime
- 14m 48s
- YouTube upload date
- 2017-07-13
- Hacker News mention years
- 2020–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other commentary videos in Music theory, synthesis & production. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonification & The Problem with Making Music from DataCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | 14m 48s | 2017-07-13 |
| Music Theory and White Supremacycommentary · Adam Neely | 11 | 11 | 71% | No recorded overlap | 44m 2s | 2020-09-07 |
| Music Software & Bad Interface Design: Avid’s Sibeliuscommentary · Tantacrul | 8 | 8 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 21m 35s | 2018-11-15 |
| The Marvel Symphonic Universecommentary · Every Frame a Painting | 6 | 6 | 46% | No recorded overlap | 13m 35s | 2016-09-12 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Hear the sounds of Earth's magnetic field from 41,000 years ago”. Its short rationale: Related video on making music from data.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “New NASA Black Hole Sonifications with a Remix”. Its short rationale: Real potential of sonification versus dishonest publicity use.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “MuseScore 4: Moving from notation software to composition software”. Its short rationale: Creating sound from data.