1. Write a program that has both an audio/music component and a video component, and that exhibits some degree of synchronization between control of the audio and control of the video.

The music portion of the program may use either MIDI or MSP audio, and may be either performed in real time (by mouse, keyboard, MIDI controller, etc.) or automated. The video may be controlled by some characteristic of the audio, or by user actions, or by automation. The idea is to make evident a rhythmically coherent relationship between the two elements.

2. Make a dedicated post or page or category in your blog site for notes about your final project. Write some initial plans about what topic you hope to address in some depth in your final project. Graduate students should propose a solo project; the goal may be either an aesthetic project (i.e., a piece) or an experimental project (something that will explore and elucidate a research topic, but might not necessarily have a finished artistic product as its result). Undergraduate students may propose either of the above (artistic project, or experimental project) or an application that uses or generates audio-visual media; undergrad projects will be carried out in small groups of people with similar interests.