Bliain le baisteach - sonifying a year with rain

Abstract

In this paper the development of software for the creation of Bliain Le Baisteach is described. Over 77,000 datapoints were received from the Irish meteorological service. A neural network was designed and trained with 1,000 traditional Irish melodies. The data was then partitioned according to the four geographical provinces of Ireland and made to stimulate the network, generating the different parts of a score for the Irish Chamber Orchestra.