220a-fall-2008/hw4

Homework #4: "CCRMA Variations"

In this assignment, you are to produce/compose/sonify a short and polished "welcome to ccrma" message...

The Message

"Welcome to CCRMA: the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University, where we push the boundaries of what's possible with computer-mediated audio. Here at CCRMA, you will find new sounds that the world has never before heard, novel interfaces for music expression, ensembles of laptops/humans/mobile phones, as well as new paradigms for interacting with the world through sound and music. Welcome to CCRMA."

The Specification

What to do:

• 1) take the given text, transform it, and create a musical/sonic rendering of it (feel free to make small adjustments to the text, as needed)
• 2) create two versions: a stereo version, and a 8-channel version (for the Stage or Listening Room)
• 3) your parameters
• roughly 30-50 seconds
• text can be spoken/recorded, or synthesized somehow
• multi-channel (2-channel version + 8-channel version)
• should be polished
• introduce a sense of space
• inject personality | use your imagination to make this sonically compelling!

The Deliverables

As usual, turn in all files by putting them in your Library/Web/220a/ directory.

• 1) hw4.wav should go into the 220a directory
• 2) create a hw4/ directory, and put all the stuff below in there:
• 3) all related source/sound files (.wav/.ck) -- note: turn in both the 2-channel and 8-channel version, use the 2-channel version as hw4.wav
• 4) a short README text (readme.txt) file that:
  • specifies instructions on running your programs
  • describes your process/adventure, and perhaps the ideas (technical/aesthetic) behind the composition
  • gives credit, if needed, for the sounds you are using
  • describe any difficulties you encountered in the process

Thanks!!!