Using programs and tutorials online, it’s not difficult to mathematically translate images into audio. When clever listeners use a spectrograph program or tool on the sound, it’ll then reappear as a monochrome image. So what do you do with that audio file? Mix it into a song, of course. Twisted Sifter has made a reasonably exhaustive collection of spectrograms that appear in songs, most famously the Aphex Twin track known as “[Equation]” but also music from Nine Inch Nails and the Fez soundtrack.
A compilation of pictures hidden in music
is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
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