J. Trayford

Astrophysicist, Amateur Enthusiast.

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

A different paper for me: we investigate sonic representations to rapidly inspect spectra and datacubes! Listen to the shift and broadening of a spectral line across a galaxy in MUSE data: this tells us about gas rotation and black hole outflows. 🌌🔭🎧
https://t.co/AaJMieJxih

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

These were all made using STRAUSS - our free and open-source python library for sonifying data and exploring data with sound. You can find out more about STRAUSS at https://t.co/88YtPYD0tH !

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Sonifiying @YouGov  voter intention for main 2 UK parties, '20-'24 (to #GE24) 📈🔊 (use 🎧)
•⁠  ⁠Lower pitch ➡️ party with larger initial vote share
•⁠  ⁠Stereo position ➡️ relative political alignment (L-R)
•⁠  ⁠Brighter timbre ➡️ higher fraction of peak share
(1/3)...

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

...and now more complex - top 5 parties, also with volume ➡️ total share.

Sonification allows new perspectives on data, and accessible channels to data for people with visual impairments or non-visual learning styles.

Can you hear the peaks and relative changes? (2/3)...

[Chris Harrison @CMHarrisonAstro]

Audio Universe are pleased to win @UniofNewcastle's Open Research Awards. We aim to make data as accessible as possible to researchers, the public, and those who might have difficulty accessing data through traditional methods. Read the case studies here: https://t.co/WD1V8JaVVn

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Had a great time at #CAP2024 in Toulouse! Amazing people and projects, and a chance to demo our sonification on the big IMAX set up. Flight was cancelled and stuck in Toulouse over the weekend, not so bad... @CAPconference

[Chris Harrison @CMHarrisonAstro]

Wonderful multi-sensory exhibition! Featuring sonification of stars made by STRAUSS, from the Audio Universe team. https://t.co/qxh0Hkm4gJ @trayfud

[soundslike.art @soundslikeart]

Loving the ingenuity of this early explorer maxing out the audio of R Aquarii (symbiotic star) at @soundscenefest Light curve data has been sonified with field recordings, sustained notes + chords using STRAUSS software (@trayfud) to generate a dynamic star-listening experience.

[Chris Harrison @CMHarrisonAstro]

Audio Universe has a new look! This reflects our interest in sound representation of data from any domain; for data exploration, immersive communication & inclusive education: https://t.co/qxh0Hkm4gJ.

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

@BartleStephanie Thanks! 😁

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Check out our new showreel for the STRAUSS code! A glimpse into some of the things that we can do to explore data with sound. We're looking to explore data outside astronomy too. Try out the code (https://t.co/88YtPYDyjf), or get in touch if interested! https://t.co/Q2ei8fYDAr

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Had a lot of fun talking sonification, accessibility and how sound might give us all new perspectives on the Universe. See our chat at the UN for #ZeroCon24 last week! https://t.co/0yETKL5udP

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Great to see this very neat application of our STRAUSS sonification code! Find out more here: https://t.co/88YtPYDyjf & https://t.co/DLQb3W1wnx

[chrislintott @chrislintott]

The brilliant @pekingspring has built an experiment trying to see if you can hear planets. Have a go here: https://t.co/fdA17D8fBK cc @stevepretty @miltonline

[Chris Harrison @CMHarrisonAstro]

Check out @trayfud's STRAUSS code, to turn all your datasets into sound! An introduction to how the code works, and some possible applications, is now on arXiv. You can find some example notebooks on the github and on our website: https://t.co/JmqKTm8Bcf

https://t.co/AAoIIFGlR0

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

@AishGirdhar Congratulations Aish!

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

The main room? no, your session is Oubliette 4, over in the Escher wing

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

@ChrisDPattison great video chris!

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Check out Chris's brilliant rundown of a year in JWST images to celebrate the incredible new anniversary release: https://t.co/E90a0d6NXN

[Chris Pattison @ChrisDPattison]

🚨Today marks 1 Year of #JWST Images!🚨

Celebrate by looking back on the best ones right here, before we get a brand new image in a couple of hours! 🔭🌌🚀

https://t.co/UvvNelL1q7

[Robert Massey @RobertMMassey]

Great to see sonification of astronomy published in RASTI. Presented by James Trayford @EAS_meeting this morning.@RAS_Journals @RoyalAstroSoc

[Dr Vicky Fawcett @astro_fawcett]

@AishGirdhar’s second talk this morning on the Audio Universe 🎼🪐
Yesterday we heard about low powered radio jets 📡
@AstroObsNCL @CMHarrisonAstro #NAM2023

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

If you're interested, see also our explainer vid on listening to IFU data! https://t.co/sv4XVBZqp2

[J. Trayford @trayfud]

Press release about our recent paper out today! Slipped this into the talk I just gave at #ICAD2023, talking to sound experts. Thanks for having me, @ICAD_official ! https://t.co/6hfFpVHTYA