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What plays the music??[edit]

I have been unable to discover anything about how the piece is actually played, here or on the longplayer website. Are there people hitting bowls non-stop for 18 years now(...), is it a computer programme, some kind of machine, etc.? Needs clarifying. 79.78.176.9 (talk) 17:06, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated the page extensively, including some information on the structure of the composition, the instrument it is played on and the program which is running it. Some of the links will take you to more technical descriptions of the processes involved. I hope that helps. Mramoeba (talk) 22:39, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mramoeba: It is still far from clear. The article says it is "based on an existing piece of music" that is "processed by computer using a simple algorithm." It then says that it is "played on a single instrument consisting of 234 Tibetan singing bowls and gongs of different sizes". So while I'm listening to it, am I hearing this instrument or am I hearing the output from a computer? Or is the computer driving the instrument, and are there mechanical mallets striking/rubbing the singing bowls and gongs? It should be possible to say it is either A or B. 2001:BB6:4734:5658:C127:4E52:6E40:DE60 (talk) 11:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The source music played on bowls and gongs is processed by a computer. If you read the citations they explain in greater detail. A simple explanation in English is provided in reference 4 from the Independent, for example which is paraphrased on the page. Or you can go to the Longplayer website for full technical details, which is in external links. Mramoeba (talk) 13:24, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is the music coming out of a computer or is it coming out of the bowls? If a simple explanation in English is provided in reference 4, why can a simple explanation in English not be added to the article? 2001:BB6:4734:5658:C127:4E52:6E40:DE60 (talk) 15:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add one. Mramoeba (talk) 18:12, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can't, because I don't understand the Independent article. I still can't tell whether the music is coming out of a computer or coming out of bowls. Since you apparently understand the article, can you answer that simple question? 2001:BB6:4734:5658:B83A:CAD8:80C7:7873 (talk) 10:20, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]