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= Project #3: An "Big Sound Sketches" =

In this homework, you are to sketch out a proposal & an early working prototype for a full-ensemble SLOrk piece.

== Due dates ==
* 2023.5.9 Tuesday midnight ('''over Discord in the #hw3-big-sound-sketches channel'''): a video of an early sketch (sound + interaction)
** submit at least one video per person (if you aren't yet in a group) OR per group (if you have a group idea in mind)
** if group video, be prepared to talk about your contribution?
** if you/your group have more than one idea, feel free to submit more than one for feedback from the class
* 2023.5.10 Wednesday ('''in class'''): be prepared to try out your sketch using 12 stations

[[Image:2019-SLOrk-OnceAndDone.jpg|800px]]

== Specification ==
* design and prototype a instrument idea intended for the full ensemble (up to 12 human performers and stations)
* consider issues of playability, expressiveness, the sound through the hemispherical speaker arrays, and also use in an larger ensemble setting
* come to class on Wednesday prepared to try out your sketch in a full-ensemble setting (12 performers and stations)
** how will it sound?
** how will it play?
** will it be networked?
** will it be conducted? if so, how? (feel free to invent your own conducting gestures)
** bring plans for a brief musical statement (1-2 minute) to try with the group
* please check in your instrument prototype into SVN '''with a scripts and before class''' to facilitate running your sketch from every station

== Readings ==
* [https://slork.stanford.edu/readings/laptop-orchestra.pdf "The Birth and Rise of the Laptop Orchestra"] from [https://artful.design/ ''Artful Design'']
* [https://slork.stanford.edu/readings/why-a-laptop-orchestra.pdf "Why A Laptop Orchestra?"] by Dan Trueman

== Resources ==
* [http://smelt.cs.princeton.edu/ S.M.E.L.T.] toolkit for mapping keyboard, mouse, joystick to sound
* [https://opensoundcontrol.stanford.edu/ Open Sound Control] networking is optional, but if you do network, OSC is the standard sending control messages
** [https://chuck.stanford.edu/doc/examples/osc/ OSC starter code in ChucK]
** if you are new to OSC, start with [https://chuck.stanford.edu/doc/examples/osc/s.ck s.ck] (sender) and [https://chuck.stanford.edu/doc/examples/osc/r.ck r.ck] (receiver)
* If you need help with ChucK, S.M.E.L.T., or OSC please reach out in Discord or contact the teaching team!
* feel free to start experimenting and prototyping on your own, but you'll want to get into the listening room and work with an actual hemi speakers