Listen to first ever computer-generated music, made in Alan Turing's lab

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The first computer-generated music was recorded in Alan Turing's lab in 1951, and has recently been restored by a computer scientist and a composer. You can listen to it below:

The original 12-inch disc the melodies were recorded on in 1951 has been known about for a while, but when Copeland (a professor) and Long (a composer) listened to it, they found the audio was not accurate. By comparing the music with what they knew of the technical limitations of the Mark II they found that the frequencies had shifted during recording. By working out exactly what notes Turing's computer was able to play, they were able to restore their melodies to their original voice. Turing's description of the Mark II's hooter, though, is still as relevant as ever.


Read more at The Verge, and listen to the 'hooter' here: https://soundcloud.com/guardianaustralia/first-ever-recording-of-computer-music
 

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