Alberto Bustamante

Listening to sorting algorithms

Posted by Alberto - 25/08/10 at 12:08:14 am

If you have studied sorting algorithms, Im pretty sure you agree on how helpful is the visualization of how different algorithms work (and Im also sure you know it, but just in case, here is a very interesting link: sorting-algorithms.com). But today I heard about something new for me: audibilization of algorithms. Here you have an example:

The author of this video says:

This particular audibilization is just one of many ways to generate sound from running sorting algorithms. Here on every comparison of two numbers (elements) I play (mixing) sin waves with frequencies modulated by values of these numbers. There are quite a few parameters that may drastically change resulting sound – I just chose parameteres that imo felt best.

Funny!

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