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Protein Music

Posted by michael on from the adenosine-sharp dept.

isudoru writes: "Ever wondered what the DNA can be converted into? Well the first attempt to convert the letters of DNA is to make them into music. A program called ProteinMusic converts the DNA sequences into midi songs and is able to export to midi too. It's platform independent since it's made in java."

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  1. This was started back in 1995 by alteridem · · Score: 5
    A UK band called the Shamen started this back in 1995. The song S2 Translation on the '95 album, Axis Mutatis was generated using the software developed by one of the band members, Colin Angus. Colin worked with R. King who is now developing the Java version. The song was formed by translating part of the human DNA sequence of the S2 protien. The software was written for the Mac in C and as far as I can tell isn't available anymore. I only had a PC back in 95, so it is nice to see them still working on this and porting it to Java so we can all try it out.

    If you want to check out a sound sample from the song, see this page.

  2. Just a matter of time... by tomson · · Score: 5

    before DNApster.com starts it's service :)

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  3. Legal Questions by empesey · · Score: 4

    If I write 23 bars of DNA music and my girlfriend writes 23 bars of DNA music, am I going to be paying royalties to her for the rest of my life?

    Who's going to get custody of the gold records that hang on the wall?