Music 220B

Winter 2019

1. Question 1 - Reading response
2. Question 2 - Chuckus
   • Chucku 1 - Scales
     This is just playing notes using midi tones in a reasonable range but using a different path to go up and down this audible range. Much like how your pace when you climb and descend are different. I tried to stick to the 5/7/5 theme by using 55-77-55 chars are the three lines.
     
     

     Wurley s => NRev revr => dac; 60 => int i; 2 => int d;
     while(true) {Std.mtof(i) => float Hz;Hz => s.freq;1=>s.noteOn;200::ms => now;
     0=>s.noteOn;if(i>=80){-3=>d;}if(i <= 60){2=>d;}i+d=>i;}
     														

   • Chucku 2 - Chakravagam
     This is inspired by a composition called A crazy little thing called Charavagam. Chakravagam is a scale in Carnatic comprising of C, Db, E, F, G, A, Bb. Using this as a base I tried transposing it a few times. The result is, well, interesting.

     
     

     Rhodey s=> JCRev r =>dac;[0,1,4,5,7,5,4,1,0,-2,1,0] @=> int n[];[1,1,1,1,1,
     2,1,1,2,2,2,2] @=> int d[];0 => int i;while(i<48){Std.mtof(n[i%12]+60)=>s.freq;
     1=>s.noteOn;75*d[i%12]::ms=>now;0 =>s.noteOn;80::ms => now;(i + 1) => i;}
     														

3. Question 3 - Sound logo
   The sound logo I created is for myself. DNA is the heart of who/what we are. So the inspiration came from DNA or more precisely, the double helix structure. The parametrised helix can be represented as

   x = sin(t)
   y = cos(t)
   z = t
   												

   Using t to represent time, I used the x,y,z to drive the three unit generators using bandpass filters (rudimentary by cutting of midi range) to combine it into an aesthetic representation. Here are some reasons why I think this represents me.

   • The beginning is kind of low toned much similar to my own humble beginnings in my childhood.
   • The wavy nature of the helix almost represents the ups and downs of life while still moving forward
   • The ending kind of takes you back to the beginning just as I came back to school

1. Question 0 - Reading response
2. Question 1 - Brewing specification - Preliminary
3. Question 1 - Brewing specification - final
   My piece is called "Drops of water". The raw sample you can see above is simply an audio recording of water drops. By applying various techniques, I have tried to represent these drops in a variety of ways. The first few seconds into the piece is purely the raw content #nofilter. It then moves into a space where HPF/LPF give a kind of hollow effect. Next we play on the playback rate and position. This eventually leads to rain. Once rains stops, the water takes a musical form.