Creating Music from Data with Microsoft Excel

Creating Music from Data with Microsoft Excel We will learn how data can be converted to music using one of the most used but most under-appreciated tool – Microsoft Excel.

Outline Data sonification by now is a popular concept amongst data enthusiasts. We also have tools that convert data to music. But there’s nothing like using a familiar tool like Excel to do something as exciting as creating music from data.

This Excel demo will touch upon music fundamentals and how to apply them to convert data points to musical tones.

Requirements None. Just come and have fun.

Outcome Will your boss ask for a musical tone instead of that bar chart? Never. Will you be inspired to try this during work when your boss isn’t looking? Definitely Will you start treating Microsoft Excel with more respect? Of course.

Speaker Bio Richie is a data story consultant, developer, trainer & mentor with one foot in technology & the other in the arts. He conducts workshops and helps organisations create exciting data communication properties. Richie runs Bezalel Data - a small data storytelling studio. You will find more about him at linkedin.com/in/richielionell/ and bezaleldata.com