Some of the works of Ryoji Ikeda, Alva Noto and others is exactly
that: Just carefully constructed sinewaves.

http://www.ryojiikeda.com
http://www.alvanoto.com

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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> wrote:
> Really, all music is sine waves, in some combination, is
> that not so?  I thought it might be fun to start with a
> common orchestra with a single pair of oscili reading
> sine tables, one for the left channel, and one for the right.
> It would then be up to the score to make an interesting
> piece.  We could have a sort of gentlemen's contest
> to see what might be done with this bare common orchestra.
>
> Of course, I have score generation programs in mind.
> What can be done with a combination of sinewaves?
> Does anyone have any interest in finding out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tobiah
>
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