Development of an intelligent software controlled system for the diffusion of electroacoustic music on large arrays of mixed loudspeakers.

开发智能软件控制系统，用于在大型混合扬声器阵列上传播电声音乐。

• 批准号: AH/D00120X/1
• 负责人: Scott Wilson
• 金额: $ 7.66万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FD00120X%2F1
• 关键词: Development; intelligent; software; controlled; system

The University of Birmingham is host to an internationally recognised system for the presentation of electroacoustic music: Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST). Recently refitted (along with our electroacoustic music studios) using funds from a £500,000 HEFCE SRIF-2 Grant, BEAST is arguably the best equipped and most extensive system of its kind in the world. This system, along with the potential of freely available computer languages capable of spatialising extensive amounts of audio in real-time, has presented us with the possibility of exploring a relatively new area of activity, composition for audio systems which are mutli-channel to an extent hitherto largely unexplored in the electro-acoustic genre (potentially using as many as 100 discrete channels of audio, or even more). Given that 8 discrete channels has been a common practical maximum over the past decade or so, this represents an order of magnitude in difference.The present project proposes to create a system for managing the diffusion and spatialisation of audio using arrays of loudspeakers. (In layman's terms, this is related to the field of 'surround sound'.) This will be done through a process of software development and empirical testing. The heart of this system will be software developed in the DSP and computer music language SuperCollider, and will consist both of a series of applications, and a class library allowing users to easily develop their own approaches both as standalone applications or as an integrated component of real-time pieces.A primary goal of the project will be the development of new techniques for use when composing for the type of large-scale multichannel audio systems described above, as well as the adaptation of existing techniques to this newly emerging idiom. Crucial to this development will be a process of empirical testing, in which the BEAST system will be set up for two days at a time, during which various technical implementations, approaches and layouts will be tested and assessed.

伯明翰大学拥有国际公认的电声音乐展示系统：伯明翰电声剧院（BEAST）。最近改装（沿着我们的电声音乐工作室）使用的资金从£ 500，000 HEFCE SRIF-2赠款，野兽可以说是最好的装备和最广泛的系统，其在世界上。该系统，沿着能够实时空间化大量音频的免费可用计算机语言的潜力，为我们提供了探索相对新的活动领域的可能性，即用于多声道音频系统的合成，其程度在电声流派中迄今为止基本上未被探索（可能使用多达100个离散声道的音频，或者甚至更多）。鉴于8个离散通道一直是一个共同的实际最大在过去十年左右，这代表了一个数量级的差异。本项目提出创建一个系统，用于管理的扩散和空间化的音频使用扬声器阵列。(In通俗地说，这与“环绕声”领域有关。）这将通过软件开发和实证测试过程来完成。该系统的核心将是DSP和计算机音乐语言SuperCollider开发的软件，并将包括一系列应用程序，和一个类库，允许用户轻松地开发自己的方法，既作为独立的应用程序，也作为实时件的集成组件。扩展上述多声道音频系统，以及现有技术对这种新出现的习惯用法的适应。这一发展的关键将是一个经验测试的过程，在这个过程中，BEAST系统将一次设置两天，在此期间，各种技术实现，方法和布局将被测试和评估。