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“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

Waves 2 – Looking at the Ocean

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?

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