Sound Categorization: Using this template, place each sound you collected last week (by writing its name) where you feel it belongs on the various scales given. E-mail it to me as a PDF. The idea is that this serve as a quick warm-up to the composition assignment, one that gives you a chance to refect on the similarities and differences in the material you collected.
Composition Assignment: Using Audacity, compose a 1-2 minute piece by arranging, duplicating, combining and processing the sounds from your sound collection assignment. Try to have the sounds interact with one another in a meaningful way: can you combine the sounds to form larger gestures?
You might find the following resources useful for understanding Audacity:
Consider using some of the following effects:Turn in the assignment by 10pm on Sunday evening by e-mailing me a rendering as an .ogg file.