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Composing Fractal Music with Csound (Hearing the Mandelbrot Set) Brian Evans lightspace Studios brian@lightspace.com

Introduction The Basic Algorithm Calculating a Score (sonic line vs image plane) Simple Mapping with Csound Pitch Range and Event Length Final Thoughts References Code/Sound Examples Create a Score! Misc. Images

Figure 2: This image shows the area of the Mandelbrot set that is used for the sound examples in this paper. (click image for the complete figure) Below is a simple six image zoom into the Mandelbrot Set. The white box on an image indicates the zoom area for the image to follow. (click an image here for a larger version) all images © Brian Evans 1997