WWW Ircam: Instrumental Acoustics

DoReMi

Directionally Optimised Representation of Musical Instruments

Introduction

DOREMI is a project that started as a study of the directional characteristics of musical instruments in the context of the MOSART network of computer music research. After a period of research a new method for recording and measuring the radiation of musical instruments was proposed. The project DOREMI is the implementation of this new recording/measuring method and the study for possible developments and implementations.

Objectives

To develop and optimise a multi-channel recording method for musical instruments in an anechoic environment.
To study the behaviour of the radiation characteristics of musical instruments in a real performance situation.
To make multi-channel recordings of different kinds of musical instruments.
To optimise the spatial representation of musical instruments in room auralizations.
To study the application of the recording method for other purposes (virtual reality systems, multi-channel audio reproduction systems, musical ensembles, moving sources and computer music).