Sound Surf Project - Worksheets

- One step ahead - “THE SOUND SURF PROJECT” – WORKSHEETS 1 – PERSONAL All entries marked with an asterisk (*) can be skipped. Personal Data First Name Last Name Instrument Email* Computer Number Personal Folder Freesound account name* D:\!_________________ Attendance 9/2 16/2 23/2 2/3 9/3 Feedback 9/2 16/2 23/2 2/3 9/3 How interesting?  2 – WAVES Waves 1 – Piano and Forte, High and Low How loud? Answer How high? Answer Waves 2 – Looking at the Ocean Surfing on waves Diving within a wave Special waves Breaking waves at the beach Draw lines to the correct waves. Waves 3 – Sound Type (Temperament) Figures Layers Events Xpressions Think a moment: Which waves does it create in my mind when I hear the parts alone? Which waves does it create in my mind when all is played together? Who wrote this piece? __________________________________________________________________ Waves 4 Music = One big Wave Where in this drawing the Event shown above could be located? (Make a circle around it.) Do you see where a part of the wave is repeated? 3 – SOUNDS Sounds 1 – Where do they come from? Instrument (I) Voice (V) Environment (E) Synthetic (S) Find examples in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php and write the sound you found and the Freesound number in the below table. Instrument (I) Voice (V) Environment (E) Synthetic (S) Flute and Saxophone 12345 Try to find a few combinations: Sound Instrument (I) Voice (V) Environ-ment (E) Synthetic (S) City noise, 12345 x x Sounds 2 – Of what do they consist? Tone Spectra (some tones) Mixed Noise (all tones together) Find examples in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php and write the sound and the sound numbers down. In the place right to it, write where they come from (I, V, E, or S). Tone Spectra Mixed Noise Violin 12345 I Sounds 3 – Combinations Find examples in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php and draw the lines to the found categories. Synthi noise 12345 4 – RECORDING Recording 1 – What do you want to record with Microphones? Source Idea (How to record the sound?) Sound Type Sound File Sport Shoes Wishing fast on the floor X shoes.wav Recording 2 – Your recordings with Freesound Open various windows in http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php and try to find sounds that fit together. Open Goldwave and record a little piece while playing with these sounds. Save the result into your personal folder. When sounds fit good together? When not? Freesounds Idea Sound File 12345 23456 34567 Some guitars together guitars.wav Recording 3 – Your recordings with MAX Sound Surfing (bonus) Open granularized.pat (MAX). Select a sound you want to surf on. Open Goldwave and record a little piece while surfing on the sound. Save the result into your personal folder. When does the sound sounds really good, which parameter did you use? When does it sound not so well, which parameter did you use? Sound Source How did I surf? Sound Result voice.aiff Playing forward and backward soundsurf1.wav Recording 4 – Your recordings with MAX Noise Generator (bonus) Open forbidden-planet1997.pat (MAX). Develop some idea on how to play the window with single tones and noises. Open Goldwave and record a little piece while playing in the window. Save the result into your personal folder. Try to draw some sounds that sound in between tones and noises? How did you do that? Idea Sound Result I started with single tones in deep register and added more and more noise in the high register pinknoises.wav Recording 5 – Your recordings of your Sound Pages Open your Sound Page you created with the Freesound Music Workbench (see chapter “COMPOSITION”). Open Goldwave and record a little piece while playing your Sound Page. Save the result into your personal folder. Try a second version. Which version came out better? Why? Save the result always as mp3. Your Sound Page Sound Result My Sound Trip.htm MyFirstTrip.mp3 Recording 6 – Your recordings of your Sound Trips Open a Sound Reef (see chapter “SOUND SURF”). Open Goldwave and record a little piece while playing your Sound Trip. Save the result into your personal folder. Try a second version. Which version came out better? Why? Save the result always as mp3. Sound Reef Sound Result “Sesame Open” MySoundSurf.mp3 5 – EFFECTS Effects 1 – Changing a Sound Open Goldwave. Open a sound from your recordings (or from Freesound) and write the sound name in the “Sound Source” column. Draw line to the Goldwave methods you want to apply. On the line, write the PRESET you used (if applies). Save the sound result under a DIFFERENT name and write it under the “Sound Result” column. Which effects did you like the most? Sound Source Sound Result Goldwave shoes.wav shoesInBigSpace.wav  (Concert Hall) CUT MAXIMIZE FADE IN/OUT SHAPE VOL & PAN CHANGE PITCH CHANGE TIME ECHO & REVERB EQUALIZER MECHANIZE FLANGER REVERSE (what I found) (what I found) (what I found) 6 – COMPOSITION Composition 1 – Create your Sound Page Open all 4 windows of the Freesound Music Workbench. Arrange 4 windows as shown below: Open “Help” and learn how to play animated sounds. Select sound windows from each of the Figures, Layers, Xpressions and Events pages. Click on “Create”. In each window, try to find sounds you like and select them while clicking on the sound’s checkbox. Click “Add Group”. Select another group of 4 sounds that fit the former one. Click “Publish” and save the sound page to your personal folder. Sound Window Your Sound Page Figures Layers Events Xpressions Noise Tracks 2 Chime Colors Tone Effects Physical Sounds MyFirstSoundPage.htm 7 – SOUND SURF Sound Surf 1 – Create your Sound Trip Open a Sound Reef from the Sound Surf Beach. Click “Record”. Surf while clicking gray buttons on the Surfboard. Click “Email”. Save the Email text as text file. Send the email or give the text file to someone else. Sound Reef Sound Trip I gave this Sound Trip to: “Sesame Open” MyTrip.txt Simon Sound Surf 2 – Listen to someone’s Sound Trip Get email or another text file from someone else. Highlight the text and click “Enter”. Click “Record” and add something to the Sound Trip you got from someone else. Sound Reef I got this Sound Trip from: I changed it to Sound Trip “Sesame Open” Leah MyNewTrip.txt Website: www.cm-gallery.comEmail: freed@cm-gallery.com The Sound Surf Project - Worksheets