Brian Gurewitz

HW3 – Algorithmic Composition

HW3 audio:

hw3.wav

Sample (Arnold):

sample.wav

Chuck Score:

HW3-gurewitz-score

For this homework exercise, I took Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line from Terminator: “hasta la vista, baby,” and sampled it alongside a physical model of a mandolin. I used all three algorithms (random, sinusoidal, logistic) for this project, for both the physical model and the sample.

My main modifications are as follows:

• Added parameters to modulate the note length in addition to the frequency according to an algorithm

• Added a function that plays both the sample and the physical model at the same time. The reason I did this was to allow both the sample and the physical model to draw upon the same timing and frequency sequences as opposed to calling two separate algorithms at the same time. This allows both the sample and the physical model to have exactly the same rhythmic quality.