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Instructions for Option A: Compare AI and human music<\/h3>\n\n- Pick one of your favorite music genres, such as trap, folk, country, etc.\ud83d\udca1 It’s better to choose a specific style rather than a generic category like Pop or Classical.<\/li>\n
- Now choose a musical work composed and played by a human that you think exemplifies the best traits of this genre.\u26a0\ufe0f Link to a recording anyone can play without logging in, such as on YouTube or SoundCloud. (Spotify requires a login, so don’t use it.)<\/li>\n
- Go to Suno<\/a> and create a free account.<\/li>\n
- Use Suno to create a music track as close as possible to the human-created track you chose. Be sure to specify the same genre, and if possible other parameters like instruments, tempo, vocal style, and so on.<\/li>\n
- When you’re happy with a track, copy its share link. \ud83d\udca1 You don’t need to download it; free accounts get only a handful of downloads, but share links are unlimited.<\/li>\n
- In WordPress, create a post with a title like Task 11: Mary Gonzalez<\/em>. Add the Task 11 category to your post.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading Human-generated music<\/strong>, link to the human recording (via the \u26d3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udca5 button). Name the artist, title, and genre.<\/li>\n
- Under the second heading AI-generated music<\/strong>, paste your Suno share link. Name the genre and any other information about the track.<\/li>\n
- Under the third heading My evaluation<\/strong>, write a paragraph of at least two sentences contrasting the two tracks in detail. How well did the AI song capture the traits of the human one?<\/li>\n
- Then write a second paragraph forecasting your thoughts on the future of music. How much will generative AI impact the genre of music you chose, for better or worse?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\u2139\ufe0f Who owns your song? On Suno’s free plan, Suno does: you may use it only for non-commercial purposes, like this assignment. Compare this week’s readings on AI music and the law.<\/p>\n
Instructions for Option B: Create an AI soundscape<\/h3>\n\n- Go to ElevenLabs Sound Effects<\/a> and create a free account.<\/li>\n
- Write text prompts to generate at least two ambient sounds related to a single scene depicted in any other exercise this semester (eg, from your actual soundscape recording, your hoax, or your “break a clich\u00e9” storyboard). Find the photograph you took or generated to represent this scene, and download the clips you want to use.<\/li>\n
- In an audio editor<\/strong>, mix the clips. You can use the Audacity<\/a> or ocenaudio<\/a> app you downloaded for your previous Task.<\/li>\n
- Listen to your mix and decide what to fix.<\/li>\n
- Make some sort of change based on your evaluation. This could be adding a track, replacing a track with something different, or trying to refine a track with another attempt.<\/li>\n
- Re-mix your results and export as an mp3 file.<\/li>\n
- In WordPress<\/strong>, create a post with a title like Task 11: Mary Gonzalez<\/em>. Add the Task 11 category to your post.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading Subject of My Soundscape<\/strong>, add the picture and short text description for the scene your ambient sounds are meant to depict.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading My Prompt and Results<\/strong>, add your instructions to the sound generator as well as your first and last mix.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading My Process and Evaluation<\/strong>, add a paragraph of at least four sentences explaining how you tried to improve your first mix and evaluating the results, e.g.:\n
\n- Does the final mix include all the sounds that you would expect?<\/li>\n
- Does it give the same sort of feeling of the scene that was depicted?<\/li>\n
- Which sounds might be better off excluded or improved, and why?<\/li>\n
- Compared to your actual field recording for a previous Task, did AI produce a stereotype of the environment\u2019s soundscape or a revelation about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Under this same heading, attach all of the individual audio clips (not the final mixes) used in your process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
FAQ<\/h3>\n\nWhat’s the grading rubric for Option A?<\/summary>\n\n\n\nYou named a human track with a specific genre and linked to a playable recording<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou named the genre of your AI track and linked to it<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou described the contrast between the two tracks in detail<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou explained the impact of AI music on the genre you chose<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nSomething in your evaluation is thoughtful or imaginative<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nYour grade is the total of all points times 2, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n
Each week that this task is late subtracts 10 points from this total grade.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\nWhat’s the grading rubric for Option B?<\/summary>\n\n\n\nYou added a picture and description representing your subject<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou wrote a detailed prompt crafted to produce the best possible soundscape<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou included your first and last mix, showing a progression from one to the other<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou described your process and included individual clips for isolated sounds<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nSomething in your soundscape or evaluation is thoughtful or imaginative<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nYour grade is the total of all points times 2, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n
Each week that this task is late subtracts 10 points from this total grade.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\nElevenLabs won’t let me download a clip. What now?<\/summary>\nPlay the clip on the ElevenLabs site and record it with your audio editor, or try the clip again later. You can also post questions to #troubleshooting<\/em> on Slack.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\nWhere can I get help with editing a soundscape for Option B?<\/summary>\nHere are slides on how to use Audacity to mix sounds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\u2139\ufe0f Who owns your song? On Suno’s free plan, Suno does: you may use it only for non-commercial purposes, like this assignment. Compare this week’s readings on AI music and the law.<\/p>\n
Instructions for Option B: Create an AI soundscape<\/h3>\n\n- Go to ElevenLabs Sound Effects<\/a> and create a free account.<\/li>\n
- Write text prompts to generate at least two ambient sounds related to a single scene depicted in any other exercise this semester (eg, from your actual soundscape recording, your hoax, or your “break a clich\u00e9” storyboard). Find the photograph you took or generated to represent this scene, and download the clips you want to use.<\/li>\n
- In an audio editor<\/strong>, mix the clips. You can use the Audacity<\/a> or ocenaudio<\/a> app you downloaded for your previous Task.<\/li>\n
- Listen to your mix and decide what to fix.<\/li>\n
- Make some sort of change based on your evaluation. This could be adding a track, replacing a track with something different, or trying to refine a track with another attempt.<\/li>\n
- Re-mix your results and export as an mp3 file.<\/li>\n
- In WordPress<\/strong>, create a post with a title like Task 11: Mary Gonzalez<\/em>. Add the Task 11 category to your post.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading Subject of My Soundscape<\/strong>, add the picture and short text description for the scene your ambient sounds are meant to depict.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading My Prompt and Results<\/strong>, add your instructions to the sound generator as well as your first and last mix.<\/li>\n
- Under the heading My Process and Evaluation<\/strong>, add a paragraph of at least four sentences explaining how you tried to improve your first mix and evaluating the results, e.g.:\n
\n- Does the final mix include all the sounds that you would expect?<\/li>\n
- Does it give the same sort of feeling of the scene that was depicted?<\/li>\n
- Which sounds might be better off excluded or improved, and why?<\/li>\n
- Compared to your actual field recording for a previous Task, did AI produce a stereotype of the environment\u2019s soundscape or a revelation about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Under this same heading, attach all of the individual audio clips (not the final mixes) used in your process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
FAQ<\/h3>\n\nWhat’s the grading rubric for Option A?<\/summary>\n\n\n\nYou named a human track with a specific genre and linked to a playable recording<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou named the genre of your AI track and linked to it<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou described the contrast between the two tracks in detail<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou explained the impact of AI music on the genre you chose<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nSomething in your evaluation is thoughtful or imaginative<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nYour grade is the total of all points times 2, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n
Each week that this task is late subtracts 10 points from this total grade.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\nWhat’s the grading rubric for Option B?<\/summary>\n\n\n\nYou added a picture and description representing your subject<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou wrote a detailed prompt crafted to produce the best possible soundscape<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou included your first and last mix, showing a progression from one to the other<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nYou described your process and included individual clips for isolated sounds<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nSomething in your soundscape or evaluation is thoughtful or imaginative<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nYour grade is the total of all points times 2, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n
Each week that this task is late subtracts 10 points from this total grade.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\nElevenLabs won’t let me download a clip. What now?<\/summary>\nPlay the clip on the ElevenLabs site and record it with your audio editor, or try the clip again later. You can also post questions to #troubleshooting<\/em> on Slack.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\nWhere can I get help with editing a soundscape for Option B?<\/summary>\nHere are slides on how to use Audacity to mix sounds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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- Does the final mix include all the sounds that you would expect?<\/li>\n
- Does it give the same sort of feeling of the scene that was depicted?<\/li>\n
- Which sounds might be better off excluded or improved, and why?<\/li>\n
- Compared to your actual field recording for a previous Task, did AI produce a stereotype of the environment\u2019s soundscape or a revelation about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Under this same heading, attach all of the individual audio clips (not the final mixes) used in your process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
FAQ<\/h3>\n
\nWhat’s the grading rubric for Option A?<\/summary>\n
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\n You named a human track with a specific genre and linked to a playable recording<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You named the genre of your AI track and linked to it<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You described the contrast between the two tracks in detail<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You explained the impact of AI music on the genre you chose<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Something in your evaluation is thoughtful or imaginative<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Your grade is the total of all points times 2, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n
Each week that this task is late subtracts 10 points from this total grade.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nWhat’s the grading rubric for Option B?<\/summary>\n
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\n You added a picture and description representing your subject<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You wrote a detailed prompt crafted to produce the best possible soundscape<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You included your first and last mix, showing a progression from one to the other<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You described your process and included individual clips for isolated sounds<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Something in your soundscape or evaluation is thoughtful or imaginative<\/td>\n 0\u201310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Your grade is the total of all points times 2, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n
Each week that this task is late subtracts 10 points from this total grade.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nElevenLabs won’t let me download a clip. What now?<\/summary>\n
Play the clip on the ElevenLabs site and record it with your audio editor, or try the clip again later. You can also post questions to #troubleshooting<\/em> on Slack.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nWhere can I get help with editing a soundscape for Option B?<\/summary>\n
Here are slides on how to use Audacity to mix sounds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n