UC Berkeley Department of Music Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT)

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

UC Berkeley Department of Music

Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT)

Studio Report

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

Introduction

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

introduction

• Activities at CNMAT are focused on the creative interaction between music and technology, particularly in the areas of composition and improvisational performance.

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

Facilities

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

facilities

• Sound Spatialization Theatre

• Sharp XG-E3000Y LCD XGA projector

• 100Mb fiber connection and a switched Fast Ethernet router

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

Composition and Performance

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

composition and performance

• Beyond the Proscenium?• Wessel/Shafqat/Wright• San Francisco Contemporary Music Players• West Coast Electro-Acoustic Music Exchange• Fifth International Carillon Festival

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

composition and performance: examples

Astronomiafor marimba and quadraphonic tapeEdmund Campion, 1997

Broken Thoughtsfor midi piano and computerKeeril Makan, 1998

DuoVijay Iyer, piano, and Miya Masaoka, koto, 1998

Carillon PieceDavid, Wessel, 1998

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

Education

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

education

• Music Perception and Cognition• Musical Applications of Computers and Related

Technologies • Advanced Topics in Computer Music• MAX/MSP Night School• Forum IRCAM Software Workshops

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

Research

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

research

• Analysis/synthesis• Multidimensional real-time control of computer

generated musical sound• Instrument-specific projects (guitar, organ)• Volumetric Modeling of Acoustic Fields

ICMC98: CNMAT Studio Report

acknowledgements

• Gibson Musical Instruments / Opcode Systems• Silicon Graphics• E-Mu Systems• Meyer Sound Laboratories• Digidesign • Wacom Technology Corporation

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