Dylan Rhodes' HW 2 for Music220a


dylanr@ccrma.stanford.edu

Audio files used:

Chuck Files Written:

Music File Produced:

Description of Method:

This file has several components. I took a reading of a short poem by William Wordsworth called "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and constructed a narrative around it. The narrator stands at the listener's position, while a chorus (of daffodils from the poem) chants softly behind. The wind blows slowly from side to side as the cloud wanders along. When the narrator turns to notice the stars, their twinkling music begins to rotate around the listener. Then, the poem turns towards the bay, whose waves come rolling in from front to back (sometimes hard to tell in the binaural version, but the chuck script on four channels is pretty clear). There is a short section with the daffodils, stars, and water, and then the poem returns to the narrator's sitting room with a crackling fire in front of the listener. Lastly, there is a short section as the wind and daffodils fade out. To listen to the song, you can use the binaural wav I recorded above or just shred the Chuck script on a four channel setup (I think it sounds better than the recording). If you use the Chuck script, I recommend switching DBAP4 for DBAP4e to save the processing power.