13th SBCM. 31 august - 3 september - Vitória, ES. Brazil
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Barry Truax
Interacting with Inner and Outer Sonic Complexity: from Microsound to Soundscape Composition
It is possible to think of the two extremes of the world of sound as the inner domain of microsound (less than 50 ms) where frequency and time are interdependent, and the external world of sonic complexity, namely the soundscape. In terms of sonic design, the computer is increasingly providing tools for dealing with each of these domains, such as granular synthesis and multi-channel soundscape composition. The models of interaction involved with the complexity of each of these domains are instructive, and will be presented with sound examples.
Barry Truax is a Professor in both the School of Communication and the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he teaches courses in acoustic communication and electroacoustic music. He has worked with the World Soundscape Project, editing its Handbook for Acoustic Ecology, and has published a book Acoustic Communication dealing with all aspects of sound and technology. As a composer, Truax is best known for his work with the PODX computer music system which he has used for tape solo works and those which combine tape with live performers or computer graphics. A selection of these pieces may be heard on the Compact Discs Digital Soundscapes, Pacific Rim, Song of Songs, Inside, Twin Souls, Islands, and Spirit Journies, all on the Cambridge Street Records label, plus the double CD of the opera Powers of Two. In 1991 his work, Riverrun, was awarded the Magisterium at the International Competition of Electroacoustic Music in Bourges, France, a category open only to electroacoustic composers of 20 or more years experience.
Website: www.sfu.ca/~truax
Prof. Fabio Kon
MOBILE Project: Interactivity in Computer Music
In this talk, we will begin by presenting a brief historical overview of works involving interactivity in music production using computational mechanisms. Then, we will present a few academic works developed in Brazil. Finally, we will describe the Mobile Project, which has, as its central theme, the utilization and development of interactive processes in the realm of musical production technologically mediated. The project is divided in multiple lines of research that work in an integrated way: Sonology, Development of Interactive systems, Musical production with Interactive Systems, and Musical acoustics, psychoacoustics and auralization. We will discuss the concepts envolved in each of these areas and will present recent artistic works created within the project.
Fabio Kon is an Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of São Paulo (USP). Currently, his research interests include Free and Open Source Software, Computer Music, Distributed Systems, Agile Development, Cloud Computing, and Health Informatics. Fabio is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and he is a member of the program committee of several international conferences and workshops. He is, currently, the Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Journal of Internet Services and Applications, a Director of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and the Director of the USP FLOSS Competence Center. In 2011, Fabio is the PC chair of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware Conference.
Website: www.ime.usp.br/~kon/