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MA571 - SOUND FOR VISUAL MEDIA Spring 2010

Lab Assignment #1 – DUE NEXT WEEK

1. Choose an environment to sit in for 10 minutes. Close your eyes and listen closely to all the sounds that are happening around you.

2.	Choose any SIX separate sounds that you hear. LIST each of them.

3.	Write down FOUR descriptions from the ‘Qualities of Sound’ below for each of the six sounds.

Here’s two examples: 1. A car horn honking. 1.	Really loud in volume 2.	High pitched 3.	It was about 20 feet away 4.	It is coming from the right-hand side 2. Alarm sound in the dorm hallway 1. The pitch was very high 2. Volume extremely loud 3. It was a steady rhythm, even and 									constant 4. The shape of the sound looked like a 								square: a sharp, quick attack, the 								sound sustained for awhile, then 								stopped really abruptly

QUALITIES OF SOUND:

o	Volume (Intensity or Amplitude) - How loud or quiet is it? o	Pitch (Frequency) - Low or high pitched? o	Timbre – What is the tone color? Is it tonal or noisy? Soothing 			or harsh? Metallic, wooden, etc? o	Shape (Envelope) – ADSR, What is the envelope like? Short, long, slow 			decay,fast attack? o	Organization/Rhythm Is it a steady rhythm or pattern? Or is it 			disorganized or chaotic or random sounding? o	Direction - Where are these sounds in relation to you? Is it on 			your left, right, above, below or behind you? o	Distance - Is it near or far?