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Homework #1: ChucKus and Sound Logo

Due Date

parts 1 + 2 on web portfolio + uploaded to canvas: 2024.1.16 11:59:59pm, Tuesday
in-class presentation of sound logo: 2024.1.17, Wednesday

Part 1: ChucKus

construct two chuckus, according to the following specifications:
- like a haiku, a chucku should contain exactly 3 lines of code (each less than 80 characters)
- each chucku should generate sound
- 5/7/5 pattern optional; do attend to the structural aesthetics of the code
- check out one line chuck crazy to see similarly compact examples
- the chuckus should be standalone (i.e., no external audio or chuck files)
- (thanks to Chris + kijjaz for the idea)

Part 2: Design Your Sound Logo

read "Design of the THX Deep Note" from Artful Design
additional resources (code, score, Andy's personal account): THX Deep Note
full instructions: Design Etude #4 from Artful Design
design and create, using ChucK, your own sound logo
- 30 seconds in duration
- figure out what you are designing the logo for?
  - CCRMA?
  - yourself??
  - your cat???
  - an organization you belong to????
  - ???
have a narrative (e.g., beginning, middle, end—or...)
make it interesting
experiment with have MANY INSTANCES (e.g., like saw voices in the THX Deep Note) that are both independently controlled but also obey an overall plan
reference "A Few (Programmable) Parameters of Musical Sound" for ideas; you don't have use all of these, but do consider these
have fun with it!

Part 3: Set up your web portfolio

if you don't have one yet, create a CCRMA account
read "Setting up your CCRMA homepage/220b website"
your web portfolio should live at https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~YOURID/220b/

Deliverables

turn in all files by putting them in your 220b CCRMA web portfolio AND to Canvas (you will need a CCRMA account for this!)

1) this homework should live at https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~YOURID/220b/hw1
2) a separate .ck file for each chucku
3) title + clear description of the sound logo, who/what it's for, and how you deployed it
4) your .ck file(s) for your sound logo
5) an audio recording of your sound logo (e.g., hw1.mp3)
6) a short README text (readme.txt) file that:
- conveys your ideas/comments in constructing each program
- contains instructions on running your programs
- describes any difficulties you encountered in the process