BOOMDINGER

Sean Friar and Cameron Britt

There are two "sections" in PLOrk for this piece: Dingers and Boomers.
(In a six-person PLOrk, there should be two boomers (one for each boom part) and the rest should be dingers. It can scale upwards ad infinitum.)
The boommding_server program should be run on one laptop.

For Everyone:

You must press the space bar before you can make any noise. Pressing it again will disable noise.

Being a Dinger:

Operating your computer:

1. Make circular motions on your trackpad to make pitches sound. The rate at which you move your finger determines the rate of attack and volume of the notes.

2. Your keyboard determines which pitches will sound. (You will be instructed on which keys to press.) Up to two pitches can sound simultaneously. Simply press the two keys (you do not need to hold them down) and control them with the trackpad. If you only want one pitch to sound, you must press the same key twice.

3. Pressing the left/right arrow key will transpose your keyboard down/up an octave, effective with the next pitch entered.

4. The up/down arrows temporarily transpose pitches up/down an octave only while the key is depressd.

5. Tilting the computer to the left or right allows continuous control of the resonance of the dings.

6. The "num lock" key (F6 if your computer doesn't have "num lock") toggles in and out of network sync mode, which quantizes dings to a network pulse.

Following the video conductor:

1. Move your finger around the trackpad at a speed that corresponds to the speed the triangles are spinning on the screen. Don't fret, but mimic their movements as closely as possible.

2. Press down keys depending on which color the triangle is. Later on in the piece, letters will appear inside triangles - these letters correspond to keys on your keyboard, so choose some and play.

Triangle colors and their corresponding pitches (cheat sheet):

• Dark Blue - Y, O/S, F, H, L/X

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• Light Blue - O/S, F, H, J L/X

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• Light Green - Y, P/D, F, H, K/Z

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• Dark Green - P/D, F, H, K/Z

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• Red - D, F, H

When a triangle splits into two or more triangles, choose one to follow.
** (If only a few plorkers are performing, there is a moderate chance that everyone will choose the same triangle; if this happens, switch to one of the others. Better yet, agree in advance on who will take which triangle.)

When you see a triangle moving horizontally across the screen towards an outline of said triangle, coordinate your attack on the new pitches with the moment the triangle fits into its outline.

Being a Boomer:

Operating your computer:

1. The "caps lock" key toggles in and out of Boomer mode. If "caps lock" is on you're ready to boom.

2. Smack your computer to make pitches sound. The harder you hit, the louder it is.

3. Your keyboard determines which pitches will sound. (You will be instructed on which keys to press.) Up to two pitches can sound simultaneously. Simply press the two keys (you do not need to hold them down) and smack at the appropriate time. If you only want one pitch to sound, instead of pressing two different keys, press the same key twice. Pressing the left/right arrow key will transpose all the pitches on your keyboard down/up an octave.

Following the video conductor:

1. Ignore the triangles. They aren't for you.

2. When you see the funny beige shape (i.e. NOT A TRIANGLE) moving horizontally across the screen towards an outline of itself, this is your cue to get ready to play. Your attack (the shape will tell you which key(s) to press) should occur at the instant the shape fits into its outline.

3. There are two groups of boomers (there must be at least one player in each group, but there is no upper limit). Decide in advance which group you're in.
   Group 1 follows the shapes on top and plays the first of the two note options (i.e., if it says A and F or G, play A and F).
   Group 2 follows the bottom shape and plays the second of the two note options (i.e., if it says A and F or G, play G).