Comments on: Unichord http://genaud.net/2007/04/unichord/ genaud.net Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Alex http://genaud.net/2007/04/unichord/comment-page-1/#comment-61292 Alex Fri, 21 May 2010 00:12:25 +0000 http://genaud.net/2007/03/unichord/#comment-61292 It's certainly not encryption. My goal was to find chords that were easy to play, fairly simple (debatable), did not require multiple octaves, minimized dissonance, quite a few considerations. I had no idea the outcome until I tried it. The practical purpose is quite simple. I thought it would be cool to use an instrument - any musical instrument - as an input device, and not just the 26 Latin character alphabet, but the entire million code point character set. Actually, I'm glad you wrote. I haven't thought much about this since I posted the article in 2007. I just picked up an Android phone and while it's cool, I'm not entirely sold on the text input - certainly not for non-English text. One of my earlier ideas was to create a 4-bit (16 permutation) encoding of simple symbols (horizontal, vertical, various L shaped strokes, etc) to 'type' UTF-8 and thus millions of unicode characters. The learning curve would be enormously difficult, though. But it could be fun. It’s certainly not encryption. My goal was to find chords that were easy to play, fairly simple (debatable), did not require multiple octaves, minimized dissonance, quite a few considerations. I had no idea the outcome until I tried it.

The practical purpose is quite simple. I thought it would be cool to use an instrument – any musical instrument – as an input device, and not just the 26 Latin character alphabet, but the entire million code point character set.

Actually, I’m glad you wrote. I haven’t thought much about this since I posted the article in 2007. I just picked up an Android phone and while it’s cool, I’m not entirely sold on the text input – certainly not for non-English text. One of my earlier ideas was to create a 4-bit (16 permutation) encoding of simple symbols (horizontal, vertical, various L shaped strokes, etc) to ‘type’ UTF-8 and thus millions of unicode characters. The learning curve would be enormously difficult, though. But it could be fun.

]]> By: mjp179 http://genaud.net/2007/04/unichord/comment-page-1/#comment-61291 mjp179 Thu, 20 May 2010 14:24:27 +0000 http://genaud.net/2007/03/unichord/#comment-61291 This is just a translation of language into an arbitrary, unnatural code that uses notes as character elements. That doesn't mean it is music, anymore than banging on a piano is, even though there is a method to it. What practical purpose do you intend? It seems too awkward and decipherable for espionage. This is just a translation of language into an arbitrary, unnatural code that uses notes as character elements. That doesn’t mean it is music, anymore than banging on a piano is, even though there is a method to it.

What practical purpose do you intend?
It seems too awkward and decipherable for espionage.

]]> By: Alex http://genaud.net/2007/04/unichord/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Alex Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:29:47 +0000 http://genaud.net/2007/03/unichord/#comment-2059 Thank you, Gelthaw, for your kind opinions. Why, do you presume, someone posts content to one's website? Thank you, Gelthaw, for your kind opinions. Why, do you presume, someone posts content to one’s website?

]]> By: Gelthaw http://genaud.net/2007/04/unichord/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Gelthaw Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:23:40 +0000 http://genaud.net/2007/03/unichord/#comment-2058 This is a stupid thing, which I presume you did to get hits to your website. This is a stupid thing, which I presume you did to get hits to your website.

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