Homework MimiY 06

Week 11

• RESOURCES FROM CLASS:

  • Sound Part 2
  • Code Examples:
    • Melody Makers: Outer-space versus Home | Steps and Leaps with random() and noise() | Repetition with sin()
    • noise() | noise() tutorial
    • Harmony Maker
    • Modulo Drum
    • Loopy Drum
    • Shifting pitch using playback rate
    • Record and Loop Mic Samples
  • Listening Examples
    • Doe-a-Deer
    • Thai Weightlifter X Space Odyssey
    • O mio caro babbino
    • Drumming by Steve Reich
    • Les Percussions de Kouroussa

• DO:

  • Work in pairs. Due next week. Build a 60s algorithmic sound composition. No visuals. Just sound.
    • You can use samples, looping and interaction, but be sure to incorporate an algorithmic component to your composition.
    • Prepare 1-3 words to describe the piece. Listen to what you've made. Adjust your words.
    • Create a blog post documenting your work. Also include links to other projects that serve as references, inspiration, or deal with similar ideas as your piece.
  • Ideas for what you could do:
    • Design a melody using this process and figure out an algorithmic way to generate it.
    • Record bits of spoken word and loop them to create music. See SoundRecorder() Looper
    • Use sound samples and manipulate their playback rate() to control pitch instead of the oscillator.
    • Try implementing a different scale with different pitch ratios: More about scales.
    • Play with Timbre and make use of p5 Sound's post-processing features: Delay, Filter, Reverb, Convolver etc.

Homework Links

• Your Name -- [Title of Blog Post](Link to Blog Post), [Title of Sketch](Link to Code) *Elaine& Christina--Music
• Zongze and Diana -- ICM Music
• Melika - Lucy -- Instinct; Heartbeat; Exploration, Sound Lucy&Melika
• Penny & Vio -- Blog | Music
• Andres & Lois --Sound
• Proud & Meiyi -- Sound

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Week 10

• RESOURCES FROM CLASS:

  • Sound Part 1
  • p5.SoundFile
  • Mic p5.FFT()
  • Interactive p5.Oscillator() - Hearing Test

• DO:

  • Complete this worksheet.
  • Train your ears - Follow the directions at the top of the sketch. Save an image of your best attempt and upload it here.
  • Work in pairs. Due in 2 weeks. Create a 60s sound composition. No visuals. Just sound.
    • What parameters of sound are you working with? Texture, rhythm, melody, something else?
    • Prepare 2-5 words to describe the sound as it progresses over the 60s.
    • Create a blog post documenting your work. Include links to other projects that serve as references, inspiration, or deal with similar ideas as your piece.

• READ AND WATCH:

  • Watch: Notes and Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus
    • Is music the same if you already know what to expect?
    • Pitch, rhythm and timbre.
    • Is rhythm different across cultures?
    • Comparing musical predictions across cultures
    • Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic
    • Is music apart of speech?
  • The Complete Guide to Spotify's Algorithm
  • Reflection: Come to class prepared to talk about: What characteristics of music are they talking about in the Notes and Neurons panel? What characteristics of music are the algorithms in Spotify most concerned about?
  • Short videos and articles:
    • Why repeating words sound like music to your brain - Focus on the last example: "But they sometimes behave so strangely."
    • Solfege Tutorial | Video
    • Introduction to the noise() function: Tutorial | Reference

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Week 9

• RESOURCES FROM CLASS:

  • Pixels Part 2: Color
  • push() pop()
  • Mirror, Mirror
  • Delay Frames
  • Slit-scan Still
  • Slit-scan Video
  • Color Theory Examples
  • Worksheet: Greenish, erased, blue vertical line cat

• DO:

  • Work in pairs. Due next week. Manipulate an image or video at the pixel level*. No sound. The image should change over the course of the minute. Use the properties of color to focus our attention.
  • Demo your experience in class:
    • Use the p5 editor's fullscreen link to show your project fullscreen
    • Use createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);
    • Position and size screen elements in relation to the canvas width and height.
    • If your image is not big enough to fill the entire screen, be mindful about the color you select for the canvas.
  • Create a blog post documenting your work. Address / include the following:
    • Choose 2-5 words to describe how the image changes over time.
    • Links to other projects that serve as references, inspiration, or deal with similar ideas as your piece.
  • Consult resources from syllabus for inspiration. Pixels Week 1 | Pixels Week 2

• READ AND WATCH:

  • Sound Videos Focus on: Loading + Playing, Timing, Jumps + Cues, Amplitude Analysis, Mic Input, Sound Viz | Code
  • Chapter 13 through Ex. 13.3 of Getting Started with p5.js book - Ebook (free with NYU Library login)
  • More sound stuff

Homework Links

• Your Name -- [Title of Blog Post](Link to Blog Post), [Title of Sketch](Link to Code)
• Elaine & Penny -- Elaine and Penny : image and color --,-- Inspiration open in Figma
• Caakyire and Lucy -- Blog- Pixelation and Color Transition, Week 8 Manipulate,Blog
• Proud & Zhongze -- blog | Fullscreen
• Meiyi & Diana -- Pixel Art
• Christina & Vio -- Blog | One Day

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Week 8

• RESOURCES FROM CLASS:

  • Pixels Part 1
  • All the ways to work with images
  • Red canvas, pixel-by-pixel
  • Converting x,y to i
  • Pixelated cat with get(x,y)
  • Slow pixelated video mirror with get() | Faster version with pixels[] array
  • color functions

• DO:

  • Complete this worksheet.
  • Work in pairs. Due in 2 weeks. Create and/or manipulate an image or video at the pixel level to create an alternative of the reality depicted in the source image. Describe in 1-3 keywords how your image feels different from the source image. Create a blog post documenting your work.
  • Consult resources from syllabus for inspiration. Pixels Week 1 | Pixels Week 2

• READ AND WATCH:

  • Why isn't the sky blue? and other questions about how we see(?) or construct color.
    • Start at 48:00 for "Why isn't the sky blue?" However the entire show is pretty interesting.
  • Computational Color (Don't worry about Rune.js example code.) | Accompanying code examples written in p5.js
    • Make your pictures beautiful with a touch of deep learning magic - Mostly look at the pictures in relation to the color pairings in the Computational Color reading.
  • Introduction to Neural Networks and Pixel Analysis (20 minutes, but be prepared to spend an hour. Don't try to watch on 2x speed.)