Latest developments in spatial audio and computer aided composition tools from IRCAM
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Invited guests:
Jean Bresson: Leading the Research and Development part on computeraided composition at IRCAM.
Thibaut Carpentier: Research and Development Engineer; Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team, responsible for Spat’s design and development.
Dimitri Bouche: Ph.D Candidate in Computer Science applied to Music.
Carpentier, Bouche and Bresson are deeply involved in the development of IRCAM’s spatial audio and computer aided composition tools. Recently, spatial audio within spat has grown to include very high order 3D ambisonics and wavefield synthesis in an efficient, flexible and powerful configuration. Likewise, OpenMusic has transformed as tool for instrumental composers to a tool that integrates signal processing. Our guests from IRCAM will present their latest developments in a morning of researchoriented presentations and in an afternoon of practical spatial audio demos and workshops.
Monday 24th November
Participation only by invitation
Location:
FourMs Motion Capture Lab
Department of Musicology
ZEB building
Sem Sælands vei 2 A
Schedule:
10.00 – 12.30: Formal presentations from the three guests:
10.00 – 11.00: Recent research and developments in spatial audio and
computer-aided composition.
Thibaut Carpentier, Jean Bresson, Dimitri Bouche
11.00 – 12.30: Presentation focusing on spatial audio
Practical spatialisation demos and workshops (in horizontal ambisonics up to 11th order over 24 speakers – a preview of the future norm.)
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 14.30: Short presentations from IMV on current spatial and motion research
14.30 – 16.00: Workshop continuation and discussions.
16.00 – 1700: Coffee
17.00 – onwards: Eventually; informal work and further demonstrations in the studio (Thibaut Carpentier)
Location:
NB! Norwegian Academy of Music
Slemdalsveien 11
Room: 01011
18.00 – 19.30: OpenMusic: General introduction (Jean Bresson & Dimitri Bouche) (first group)
[20.00 – : Dinner]
Tuesday 25th November
Open for participation
Location:
Norwegian Academy of Music
Slemdalsveien 11
Room: 01008
Schedule:
10.30 – 12.00: OpenMusic: General introduction (Jean Bresson & Dimitri Bouche) (second
group)
12.00 – 12.15: Coffee
Room: Auditoriet
12.15 – 13.45: Most recent development in OpenMusic
[14.30 – 16.00: Meeting (Bresson, Carpentier, Bouche and staff from the Composition
Department of the Academy.)]
16.30 – 18.00: From a composer’s point of view: To compose with OpenMusic; strategies in
Computer Aided Composition”
(Asbjørn Schaathun)
Room: 03005
[18.15 – 20.00: “Round Table discussion”; IRCAM meets Norwegian institutions:
- J.Bresson, T.Carpentier, D.Bouche – IRCAM
- Trond Lossius – BEK, Bergen Center for Electronic Arts
- Natasha Barrett – IMV, University of Oslo, Department of Musicology
- Notto J W Thelle – NOTAM, Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and the Arts
- Øyvind Brandtsegg – NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Asbjørn Schaathun, Mats Claesson – NMH, Norwegian Academy of Music
- Mediator: Anders Vinjar ]
[20.30 – : Dinner]
Wednesday 26th November
Open for participation
Location:
Norwegian Academy of Music
Slemdalsveien 11
Room: 01015
Schedule:
10.00 – 11.30: OpenMusic Workshop
11.30 – 12.00: Coffee
12.00 – 13.30: OpenMusic Workshop
13.30 – 14.30: Lunch
14.30 – 16.00: OpenMusic Workshop
18.30 – : Reception
[20.00 – : Dinner]
BEK activities relating to OpenMusic have been supported by Norsk kulturråd, the Municipality of Bergen, Det norske komponistfond and PNEK.