PLOrk Assignment MakeSounds

Introduction

In this assignment, we will start making sounds that will eventually comprise our communal sound game/piece. For this week, focus on making sounds that interests you, and do not worry about fitting them into the game framework yet. Have fun!!!

To Do

• play with ChucK! open up a few programs (try using TextEdit on OS X, or WordPad on Windows) and get a general idea of the code. try modifying some of the parameters, save the file (perhaps under a different name), and run it with chuck. does the result sound simlilar to what you expected?
• create 3 sets of ChucK programs
  • SET A: (5x) short percussive sounds
    • these can be any bleeps, bloops, notes, or sound files you have loaded
    • they should interpret a "frequency" parameter in some way
  • SET B: (5x) longer drone sounds
    • should have a start and finish
  • SET C: (2x) rhythmic sounds
    • pick a tempo and create a program to generate a series of sounds at the tempo you have chosen.

• try to structure your program so that the sound generation part is separate from the sound control part. (i.e. use functions to abstract functionalities)
• turn in:
  • the programs (bring to class on usb/computer/cd), including any sound files
  • a short README file (email to us) that explains the programs you have created and any interesting experience or problems you encountered in their making.
• be ready to demo one or more of these in class!

resources

• chuck homepage: http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/
• download chuck (if using from your machine): http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/release/
• chuck documentation: http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/doc/ (also on the plorktops)
• join 'chuck' and 'chuck-users' mailing lists: http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/community/
• post to the plork-414 list (especially if you think others may have the same question)
• email us directly (ge, skot, dan, prc) with any questions