As part of the Redstick International Digital Festival, the EMDM Program presents the 2018 Immersive Audio Expo: a series of demonstrations, presentations and works  exploring the techniques and experience of being immersed in sound.

LSU Digital Media Center
5-8PM, April 26th
Demonstrations begin at 5, presentations and works begin at 6PM

Inevitably, after each EMDM concert, the question arises, “how did you do that?”  Often times it is the total immersion in sound that is most remarkable.  There are many techniques to achieve different effects via recording, synthesis, and playback.

This Expo is designed for those wondering What?  Why?  and How?  Presentations and discussion about various immersive audio techniques will be paired with demonstrations and hands on activities to explore.  EMDM Researchers will be on hand to field any questions related to surround sound, spatialization, and immersive audio.

Specific Research Projects:

SoundSling
Imagine sending a sound around an entire room of mobile devices. With sound sling, the sound could be sent around the entire world. Bring your own phone!
Anthony T. Marasco

Lost in Space
Using bluetooth beacons to create walkable soundmaps.
Chase Mitchusson

NodeScapes
Realization of trajectory maps across many speakers. How do you make one mix work for many arrangements of speakers?
Brian Elizondo

Dynamic and Reactive Audio Synthesis in Game Engines by OSC Communication with MaxMSP
Generating procedural audio for video games – the graphics are generated live, now it’s time for the audio.
Landon Viator

Practices for Mapping a Massive Multi-Channel Composition Across a Massive Speaker Array
Composing for 92 speakers requires rethinking how you work.
Landon Viator

Muse of VRdi Gras
Ambisonic Recording makes 3D VR experiences scary realistic.
Vincent Cellucci

Field Flows
Non-traditional approaches to the use of multi-channel speaker arrays. (and when it’s non-traditional in an experimental music program…)
Michael Blandino

Categories of compositional ideas for music distributed across cell phones
When you compose musical performances that are spread out across potentially thousands of phones, what opportunities arise for making new and novel sonic art?
Tate Carson

More General Topics Include:

  • Sound Diffusion
    • Spatialization
    • Localization
  • Capturing Spatial Audio
    • Binaural Audio
    • Ambisonics
    • Wavefield Recording
  • Sound Projection & Massively Multi-channel Audio
    • Surround Sound in Quad, 7.1, 8.1, 16.2, 78.14!
    • The Wedge Wavefield Synthesis System
    • Hemispherical Speakers
  • Tactile Transducers
  • Distributed Performance & Cell Phone Arrays
  • VR, AR, and Video Game Sound
  • Real-time surround sound generation

 

Dr. Beck in front of the 27.2 channel iCAST Sound Diffusion System

Dr. Beck in front of the 27.2 channel iCAST Sound Diffusion System

 Hemispherical SpeakerHemispherical Speakers for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana

Listen like a mouse.

Listen like a mouse.