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Immersive Audio Environments for Composition & Simulation at GAFFTA

Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA

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Event Details

Schedule: July 16-17  Saturday & Sunday 10am - 4pm

Instructor: Shane Myrbeck

Description: This 2 day workshop will explore techniques for creating immersive 3D audio environments for composition and acoustic simulation.  There will be a survey of spatialization techniques including ambisonics, traditional amplitude panning, VBAP, binaural/transaural, and wave field synthesis.  Methods for creating new and uniquely spatial audio environments will also be discussed.  The workshop will take place in the Arup Soundlab™, a dedicated 2nd-order ambisonics listening chamber.  Participants will gain hands-on experience in ambisonic encoding/decoding and reproduction as well practical applications for spatial audio presentation.  This workshop is for musicians, composers, researchers, sound artists, and programmers who would like to gain a greater understanding of modern spatial audio techniques.

Course Topics:
  • Concepts of spatial hearing
  • Overview of spatialization techniques
  • Open source software platforms for spatial audio
  • Methods for audio recording and synthesis
  • Ambisonics
  • Examples of spatial composition
  • Interactive positioning of sources in space
  • Prediction & simulation of sonic environments
  • Experimentation in the Arup Soundlab™
  • Gestural/touch-based control of sonic space using iDevices

When & Where



Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
998 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM (PT)


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Gray Area Foundation for the Arts



Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) brings together the best creative coders, data artists, designers, and makers to create experiments that build social consciousness through digital culture.

We fund programs aimed at the production, research, and dissemination of digital culture where art, science, technology, and society intersect.

We bring diverse communities together to incubate ideas, and we support and showcase the projects they create. We host classes, workshops, seminars, and symposia taught and attended by the very people that are transforming today’s digital age.