AI & Code
Jean-Claude Risset showed that a computer can deceive the ear. The tone that falls endlessly but never gets lower was the invention of psychologist Roger Shepard — Risset took the steps out of the illusion and made the fall continuous. Digital technology opened the door to a world of acoustic illusions.
From the Telharmonium, which streamed sound over telephone wires at the end of the 19th century, to music written by AI.
Scroll down - that is how you move through time in a straight line. The [INFLUENCE] mode in the top menu shows connections: who begat whom and how concepts shaped each other. To explore the influences deeper, switch to [HORIZON VIEW].
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Interactive timeline of electronic music history, from the 200-ton Telharmonium (1897) to neural audio.