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N-SPHERES ist the most complex Oscilloscope Music work by Jerobeam Fenderson & Hansi3D and took six years to make.
Since it is almost entirely created with parametric functions, it is possible to store only these functions in an executable program and let the program create the audio and video output on the fly. The storage space required for such a program is just a fraction of an audio or video file, so that it's possible to store the executables for the entire audiovisual EP all on one 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk.The first 500 orders will receive the initial numbered edition with pen-plotted artwork
A single artificial neuron could be implemented as:
Weighted Sum
Using a summing amplifier:
net = Σ_i (Rf/Ri * xi)
Where resistor ratios set the synaptic weights.
Activation Function
Common op-amp activation circuits:
Saturating function: via op-amp with clipping diodes → approximated sigmoid
Hard limiter: comparator behavior for step activation
Tanh-like response: differential pair circuits
Learning
Early analog systems often lacked on-device learning; weights were manually set with potentiometers or stored using:
Memristive elements (recent)
Floating-gate MOSFETs
Programmable resistor networks
Analog circuits (and op-amps just generally) are surprising cool. I know, kind of off on a tangent here but I have integration on the brain lately. You say "4 lines of Python", and I say "1 op-amp".)