The hybrid space in music composition
The central pillar of our research questions traditional relationships between acoustic instruments and the electronic. Through the use of transduction technologies including precisely tactile exciters and bass shaker transducers, we incorporate a third actor into the acoustic-electronic relationship.
Orchestration for the String Quartet
The term "orchestration" is rarely used in reference to the string quartet, but when we define it broadly (after Stephen McAdams) as "the choice, combination, and/or juxtaposition of timbres in a musical context," it becomes clear that the quartet is a rich and highly flexible vehicle for the exploration of orchestrational ideas.
ODESSA IV: New orchestra recordings – measurements – systematic analysis
Recording a string ensemble which plays certain musical excerpts composed by project members for a blended sound impression under the ODESSA framework, and analyzing the resulting ensemble sound by introducing variations in room acoustic parameters.
Online guide to room acoustics for musicians
Creation of an internet-based guide for musicians that describes in layman terms the fundamentals of acoustic features of musical instruments, stages, performance and rehearsal rooms using visual and auditory examples
Path of Miracles – A multitrack recording in 3D audio to recreate choral blend
The historical Chapelle du Grand Séminaire de Montréal presents the acoustical canvas for a choral recording. 32 microphones will be placed strategically, 18 spot microphones, one for each singer, 8 highly positioned ambient microphones in varying distances, and 6 height microphones will capture the immersive sound above the choir.
3D Audio and Video Recording of fantaisie harmonique for Two Guitar Orchestras
We propose to create an advanced 3D audio and video recording of Jason Noble’s fantaisie harmonique for two guitar orchestras which was premiered at the inaugural 21st Century Guitar Conference (August 2019, Ottawa, ON) with 3D projection art by Kurt Laurenz Theinert.
ODESSA II: Orchestration and Re-Orchestration
In three recording sessions taking place at the Haute école de musique (HEM) de Genève in October, 2019, different orchestral extracts were recorded so as to study several facets of orchestration and acoustics, such as timbral equilibrium and contrast.
Evaluating Spatio-Timbral Features using Higher-Order Ambisonic Recordings in the Music of Hans Tutschku
The team seeks to develop new digital means to analyse and interpret audio data generated by performances and collected using an ambisonic microphone (sub axes audio analysis, music analysis). Over the next twelve months the team will work to develop digital, analytical methodologies to better understand how timbre is manipulated and deployed in performance.
Orchestral Timbre Semantics Validation Study and Database
A large scale, online study of timbre semantics is being planned in which participants will be presented with sound stimuli and asked (a) to identify the sound source, (b) to rate it on a battery of semantic scales (e.g., warm, hollow), and (c) to list any additional semantic associations they wish to report.
Spatialization, Orchestration, Perception: IRCAM Forum Hors les murs, Montreal 2020
Robert Hasegawa and colleagues from McGill, Université de Montréal, the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) and local new music ensembles planned an edition of the IRCAM Forum Workshop hors les murs in Montreal (April 2 to 5, 2020). This event brings together diverse Montreal institutions and offers an opportunity for exchanges between researchers and artists from IRCAM and their counterparts in Canada and the United States.
ODESSA: Orchestral Distribution Effects in Sound, Space, and Acoustics
An interdisciplinary symphonic recording for the study of orchestral sound. With the aim to study orchestral blending effects, a joint music production and evaluation of an orchestral recording was realized. Excerpts of the work were recorded in the full orchestral setting or in variable combinations of single instruments, partial or complete orchestral sections performing together, which illustrated timbre blending between the groups.