The Sounds of Sorting Algorithms

This is awesome. What I also found really cool is that this inadvertently lets you "hear the sound" of chrome/firefox throttling the `setTimeout` calls when the tab is inactive [1]. Run one of the sorting algorithms in chrome or firefox and then switch to a new tab. You'll notice it slows down. Switch back and forth between the tabs and it's almost like you are conducting of the algorithm :)

[1] http://blog.pivotal.io/labs/labs/chrome-and-firefox-throttle...

Not my work, after seeing one of those animations of sorting algorithms I wondered about turning it into audio instead. And of course someone else had already done it in a very comprehensive way.

Try the recommendations at the bottom:

> I would personally recommend Quicksort on the "Dark" pitch set, or, if you've got some time, Stooge sort on the "Shifting" pitch set.

This is pretty neat, but I think that it is somewhat rigged by using a preselected pitch set for the sound. This sounds good for the same reason that a tuned wind chime sounds good - certain sounds go well together regardless of the order they are played in.

My two-year-old daughter loves this. (Within this category, I'm partial to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg)

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