Spat: Hear Your Sounds in IRCAM's Espace de projection

Hands-On Session Level

Prerequisite
Users must have experience with spatialization and are proficient in Max (basic tutorials 1-22, Data tutorials 1-5, MIDI tutorials 1-5, and MSP tutorials - 31 in Max) or successful completion of Max: Musical Programming: From Simple Patches to Live Performance Patches, or successful completion of Spat: Basic Principles of Sound Spatialization and Control Tools.

Upon completion of this session, participants will have acquired the necessary knowledge to integrate spat modules in their Max patches (simulation of concert halls, trajectories, multiple sound sources, external controls). Participants will know how to formalize and carry out spatial writing for a musical or sound project and will have seen some of the specific problems created by different venues as well as solutions to solve them.

Description

A portion of this course takes place in the Espace de projection at IRCAM, a concert hall with adjustable panels that change the acoustic quality and reverberation time, and can be adapted for different situations. This session is an exceptional opportunity for participants to test their work on spatialization in situ.

Several examples of musical staging and sound scenes will be demonstrated and explained. Participants will carry out a spatial writing project based on one of two types of sound materials offered: one with primarily instrumental sounds, the other featuring concrete electronic material. Participants will then test, listen, and compare their results on a multi-channel system installed in the Espace de projection.