Due at the Final Exam, Wednesday, Dec. 13th, 2 PM
The final project should consist of a CD-ROM (PC format) containing the following files:
One score should generate an original piece of computer music between 4-6 minutes in length; the other score should generate a set of example sounds that show the capabilities of your individual instruments. You may include as many instruments as you like in your orchestra, but you should have at least three different kinds of sound-generating instruments and at least two sound processing instruments (i.e., instruments that apply effects and get their inputs from global variables). Original instrument designs are preferred, but it's OK to use adaptations of examples handed out in class, or found in the textbooks, as long as you indicate the sources, and you use them in ways that show you understand them. You can also re-use any instruments that you created in homework assignments.
Use the template orchestra (posted on 11/14) as a starting point. Your orchestra must include at least one granular synthesis instrument, one phase vocoder instrument, and one sample playback instrument (soundin, diskin, or loscil).
You may use an audio editor to edit source sounds, but the composition and example output audio files should be able to be generated directly using only your orchestra, scores, and source sounds. You may also use Blue or CMask to generate the score for your composition, if desired. Your grade will be based on the following criteria:
50% Technical [points deducted for syntactical or conceptual errors, inefficient programming, samples out of range, foldover, etc.]
20% Programming Style [points added for clean code, good comments, self-documenting variable names, etc.]
20% Demonstrated Knowledge of Csound [points added for implementing various algorithms, showing what you have learned]
10% Composition/Creativity [points added for good composition, creative uses of Csound, etc.]