Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces
SPAT - VERB
The research and development activity carried out by the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team (formerly Room Acoustics Team) concentrates on the analysis, reproduction and synthesis of spatially considered sound environments.
In other words, the localization of sound in space, and the specific acoustical characteristics of a room or of an environment.
The reproduction and synthesis of a sound environment depends on both techniques of signal processing, controlling the manner sound is diffusing from the speakers, and on physical/perceptive models of the spatial properties of the room's sound sources.
In other words, the localization of sound in space, and the specific acoustical characteristics of a room or of an environment.
The reproduction and synthesis of a sound environment depends on both techniques of signal processing, controlling the manner sound is diffusing from the speakers, and on physical/perceptive models of the spatial properties of the room's sound sources.
Sound Analysis and Synthesis
T.R.A.X. Transformer - Cross Synthesis - Source Filter
The sound analysis/synthesis team at IRCAM conducts research and development in the area of sound analysis, transformation and synthesis. The objective of the research on sound transformation is to provide signal transformation algorithms that allow modifying sound characteristics such as pitch, timbre and duration using perceptual and intuitive controls.
The results of the research activities, implemented as signal processing libraries and applications, have been used and refined in the context of composition and real time sound transformation at IRCAM to provide efficient and extraordinary high quality transformations of music and vocal signals. The voice transformation algorithms have already been used, with success, in international and French cinema productions. (Farinelli, Vatel, Tirésia, Les amours d'Astrée and Céladon).
The results of the research activities, implemented as signal processing libraries and applications, have been used and refined in the context of composition and real time sound transformation at IRCAM to provide efficient and extraordinary high quality transformations of music and vocal signals. The voice transformation algorithms have already been used, with success, in international and French cinema productions. (Farinelli, Vatel, Tirésia, Les amours d'Astrée and Céladon).
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IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music) in Paris, France, is one of the world’s leading public research institutes within the fields of musical expression, musical research, sound, and acoustics.
In the realms of music, sound, and acoustics, IRCAM is at the forefront of scientific and technological innovations and several concepts in electronic music and audio processing have emerged there.
Founded by Pierre Boulez, IRCAM is an institute under the aegis of the Centre Pompidou and the French Ministry of Culture.
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