With the first three examples, if you speed the tune up a bit, and remove the
quietest part, then it sounds the same (except that the volume of the first note
depends on the total number of parts in the tune). The tunes also almost repeat.
I made the first three to be as fractal as possible with this method.
Anyway if you follow the link there's more there about what makes the tune
fractal.
Sorry for delay, I've been working on the program and improving the website, had
a lot on. Also thanks for the information about fractint's capabilities for
generating penrose tilings using L-systems - I'd come across fractint before but
had no idea that it could do penrose tilings.
Thanks,
Robert
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