Difference between revisions of "Daniel Smith Final Project Music 220a Fall 2008"
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'''Frets''' The rows of keys, beginning with "Z, A, Q, 1, F1" are supposed to simulate the frets. So pressing any key in that row (Z, A, Q, 1, F1) is supposed to simulate pressing down either the E, A, D, G, B string respectively, at the first fret. | '''Frets''' The rows of keys, beginning with "Z, A, Q, 1, F1" are supposed to simulate the frets. So pressing any key in that row (Z, A, Q, 1, F1) is supposed to simulate pressing down either the E, A, D, G, B string respectively, at the first fret. | ||
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Music 220a has essentially opened my eyes to the enormous economy of means that exists for creating music and working with sound through computers and technology on a whole. | Music 220a has essentially opened my eyes to the enormous economy of means that exists for creating music and working with sound through computers and technology on a whole. | ||
| − | '''For me''', especially sparked by one of the later lectures, Music 220a raised the following question: '''does ''all'' modern | + | '''For me''', especially sparked by one of the later lectures, Music 220a raised the following question: |
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| + | '''does ''all'' modern technologies dream of making music?''' | ||
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| + | I conclude, with this assignment, that this assertion is indeed valid. | ||
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| + | I began this quarter not knowing much about programming, computer music, or their connection - but somewhere in the quarter I started, not only learning the very basic foundations of programming and computer music, but seeing the connections that exist between their worlds. | ||
Revision as of 00:06, 10 December 2008
Main Concept
The central idea for my final project, which I viewed as a sort of partial synthesis of the knowledge I gained over the course of Fall quarter 2008, was to turn a computer keyboard into a somewhat realistic guitar substitute.
The Method
I aimed to create this "guitar simulator" as follows:
Strings Treating user clicks of the right-shift, enter, backslash, backspace, and F12 keys as string plucks of the E, A, D, G, and B strings respectively.
Frets The rows of keys, beginning with "Z, A, Q, 1, F1" are supposed to simulate the frets. So pressing any key in that row (Z, A, Q, 1, F1) is supposed to simulate pressing down either the E, A, D, G, B string respectively, at the first fret.
The Thought
Music 220a has essentially opened my eyes to the enormous economy of means that exists for creating music and working with sound through computers and technology on a whole.
For me, especially sparked by one of the later lectures, Music 220a raised the following question:
does all modern technologies dream of making music?
I conclude, with this assignment, that this assertion is indeed valid.
I began this quarter not knowing much about programming, computer music, or their connection - but somewhere in the quarter I started, not only learning the very basic foundations of programming and computer music, but seeing the connections that exist between their worlds.
