Assignments

Assignment 5

 (for October 20^th)

Computation for Audio Processing and Production

For the discussion on computational techniques for audio processing with Nikhil Singh, please prepare the following:

1. Nikhil’s Master’s thesis and brief demo video, as well as his Sound Sketchpad paper.

2. The Introduction and Chapters 2 and 7 from Curtis Roads’ Microsound.

3. Paul D Miller/DJ Spooky’s Algorithms: Erasures and the Art of Memory.

4. Survey Paper by Michael Casey et al., about Audio Analysis.

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Assignment 4

 (for October 13^th)

Discussion with Eran Egozy

For the discussion with Eran Egozy, please prepare the following:

1. Peruse Eran’s Media Lab Master’s thesis on Deriving Control Features from a Real-time Timbre Analysis of the Clarinet.
2. Read Eran’s oral history of Guitar Hero.
3. Listen to my work for Hyperviolin and Orchestra, Forever and Ever, for which Eran worked on hyper violin audio tracking. Tracks 17-21 at this YouTube Channel.

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Assignment 3

 (for October 6^th)

The Brain Opera

We will have a presentation and discussion next Wednesday on another classic project from our group, the Brain Opera, one of the world’s first very-large-scale audience interactive-collaborative-performative projects. Joe Paradiso and Will Oliver - both key members of the original Brain Opera team - will join us. In preparation for this discussion, please read, listen to, and watch:

Phantom of the Brain Opera

The Brain Opera Technology

The Singing Tree

Describing Intelligence Through a Virtual Symphony (The New York Times)

Despite Technology, ‘Brain Opera’ Relies on Human Touch (The Los Angeles Times)

Very short video trailer for Brain Opera

Video glimpse of Brain Opera from New York, Copenhagen and Tokyo

Complete audio recording of the Brain Opera music

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Assignment 2

 (for September 29^th)

VALIS

a. Your first projects are due next week, and we will share all of them in class on Wednesday. To make sure that we can show all your work efficiently, please follow this schedule:

b. At the beginning of next week’s class, we will have a brief follow-up discussion about bold ideas for pushing the VALIS Hyperinstruments and Production further, in these three areas:

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Assignment 1

 (for September 22^nd)

VALIS

a. Listen to entire _VALIS_ recording, either from CD (everyone registered will receive one) or from these links:

1. Explosion and Overture
2. First Narrative
3. Fat’s Sacrament
4. Beach Scene
5. Fat’s Dream
6. Loneliness Transition
7. DrStone Scene
8. DrStone Aria
9. Exegesis I
10. Exegesis II
11. Gesegnet Song
12. Parsifal Narrative
13. Finale I
14. VALIS Song
15. Lampton Scene
16. Suffering Song
17. Mini’s Solo
18. Sophia Scene
19. Sophia Aria
20. Finale II
21. Slippers Song
22. Final Narrative

b. Read entire VALIS CD booklet, either physical copy or here.

c.  Read Hyperinstrument Progress Report (at least pages 1-23).

d.  Watch this 20-minute "Big Thinker" documentary that gives a lot of interesting, fun and quirky background on Hyperinstruments and more.

e. Start on Project 1 (see Projects page), due on September 29^th.