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The 2nd Nordic Sound and Music Conference took place online on 11-12 November 2021, and was organized by the Sound and Music Computing group at the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology at Aalborg University, Copenhagen. The conference is free of charge, both for submitting authors and other attendees.
NordicSMC 2021 welcomes both scientific and music-based contributions that lie within the scope of the Sound and Music Computing (SMC) field, especially those relevant to the featured topic of this year’s conference:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Research in Sound and Music Computing.
Through this topic, we aim to foster SMC research by bringing together the promising new generation of talented young researchers and students. Our goal is to provide them with the full online conference experience in the presence of some of the most renowned veterans of the field. As such, we strongly encourage submissions from PhD students, master students, advanced bachelor students and early stage researchers, although all within the SMC community are most welcome to submit and participate.
The conference will include a hands-on workshop on the JUCE framework with Silvin Willemsen, as well as a Keynote by Ludvig Elblaus and a panel discussion on Rigorous Empirical Evaluation of SMC Research moderated by Sofia Dahl.
The full conference proceedings can be found here.
Sponsors
The 2nd NordicSMC conference would not have been possible without the support of the following sponsors:
Organising Committee
- Prithvi Ravi Kantan (Conference chair, AAU) – prka@create.aau.dk
- Razvan Paisa (Conference chair, AAU) – rpa@create.aau.dk
- Silvin Willemsen (Conference chair, AAU) – sil@create.aau.dk
The scientific committee for the 2nd NordicSMC conference is listed below:
Scientific Committee
The scientific committee for the 2nd NordicSMC conference is listed below:
- Stefania Serafin (AAU)
- Sofia Dahl (AAU)
- Alexander Refsum Jensenius (UiO)
- Stefano Fasciani (UiO)
- Roberto Bresin (KTH)
- Ludvig Elblaus, (KTH)
- Kjetil Falkenberg (KTH)
- Emma Frid (KTH/IRCAM)
- Bob Sturm (KTH)
- Sandra Pauletto (KTH)
- Andre Holzapfel (KTH)
- Henrik Frisk (KMH)
- Rúnar Unnþórsson (UI)
- Stefan Östersjö (LUT)
- Vesa Välimäki (Aalto University)
- Sebastian Schlecht (Aalto University)
Keynote by Ludvig Elblaus: Site-Specific Music: A Modelling Approach
Abstract: This keynote will address the practical and artistic challenges with site-specific composition, from a particular understanding of the concepts of site and model, drawing from realised pieces from the last few years. Specifically, it will look at the artistic opportunities that contemporary sound and music computing technologies can offer, such as acoustic measurements and modelling. Some compositional strategies that make use of these tools will be explored, demonstrating how the modelling approach makes it possible to write site-specific music for inaccessible and even nonexistent places.
Introduction to JUCE Audio Plugins Workshop by Silvin Willemsen
Abstract:
This workshop will give an introduction to JUCE, a C++ framework specifically designed for creating audio applications and plugins. Over the course of 3 hours, we will go through the code structure of the JUCE Audio Plugin template, and create an audio effect. The goal of the workshop is to end up with a VST / Audio Unit which you can use in your favourite DAW, as well as the basic knowledge to continue to build your own audio plugins using JUCE.
The workshop will take place on November 11th, from 09:00-12:00 CET. All conference attendees can join this workshop, although some programming experience is required.
Instructions: Please follow the instructions below, to install all the necessary software to be able to follow the workshop. Also, be sure to bring headphones, as you might be using your microphone as an input.
Panel Discussion on the topic of Rigorous Empirical Evaluation of SMC Research, moderated by Sofia Dahl
Abstract: The goal of this session is to share, discuss, and appraise the topic of evaluation in the context of SMC research and development. Evaluation is a cornerstone of every scientific research domain, but is a complex subject in our context due to the interdisciplinary nature of SMC coupled with the subjectivity involved in assessing creative endeavours. As SMC research proliferates across the world, the relevance of robust, rigorous empirical evaluation is ever-increasing in the academic and industrial realms. The session will begin with presentations from representatives of NordicSMC member universities, followed by a more free-flowing discussion among these panel members, followed by audience involvement.
Participants:
Alexander Refsum Jensenius – University of Oslo
Nashmin Yeganeh – University of Iceland
Roberto Bresin – KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Razvan Paisa – Aalborg University
Session 1: Physical Modelling, chaired by Karolina Prawda
42 – Applied Physical Modeling for Sound Synthesis: The Yaybahar – Pelle Juul Christensen, Silvin Willemsen and Stefania Serafin
18 – A Faust Implementation of Coupled Finite Difference Schemes – David Südholt, Riccardo Russo and Stefania Serafin
4 – A Real-Time Interactive Physical Model of the Langeleik using Finite Difference Schemes and Web Audio – David Südholt, Søren V. K. Lyster, Oliver B. Winkel and Stefania Serafin
9 – Real-time Implementation of Non-linear Physical Models with Modal Synthesis and Performance Analysis – Alessandro Cerioli, Michele Ducceschi and Stefania Serafin
Session 2: Sound Design, chaired by Adrian Benigno Latupeirissa
34 – Investigating the Sound Design Process – Rod Selfridge and Sandra Pauletto
40 – The Radio Sound Studio Project – Sandra Pauletto, Rod Selfridge, Andre Holzapfel and Henrik Frisk
32 – Analysis of Concatenative Synthesis Techniques – Kuura Parkkola, Vili Visakorpi and Alec Wright
35 – Design Approaches to Alert Sounds for Interactions in Shops – Puspita Parahita Anindita and Kjetil Falkenberg
Session 3: Music Perception & Cognition, Gestural Research, chaired by Sofia Dahl
25 – Assessing Room Acoustic Memory using a Yes/No and a 2-AFC Paradigm – Madalina Nastasa, Nils Meyer-Kahlen and Sebastian J. Schlecht
43 – Cochlea: Gamifying Ear Training for Cochlear Implant Users – Titas Lasickas, Jonas Siim Andersen, Stefania Serafin and Marianna Vatti
38 – Reflections on the Development of the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python – Bálint Laczkó and Alexander Refsum Jensenius
Session 4: Sound Analysis, chaired by Stefano Fasciani
20 – Sound Source Localization Using Sector-Based Analysis With Multiple Receivers – Michael McCrea, Leo McCormack and Ville Pulkki
17 – User Location-Based Loudspeaker Correction – Joel Lindfors, Juho Liski and Vesa Välimäki
33 – Improving Interpretable Genre Recognition with Audio Feature Statistics Based on Zygonic Theory – Igor Vatolkin
26 – Towards New Analysis And Visualization Software For Studying Performance Patterns in Hardanger Fiddle Music – Aleksander Tidemann, Olivier Lartillot and Mats Johansson
Session 5: Sound Synthesis, chaired by Vesa Välimäki
31 – Recreating the Amoeba Violin Using Physical Modelling and Augmented Reality – Chrysoula Kaloumenou, Sofia Lamda, Panagiota Pouliou, Marius G. Onofrei, Silvin Willemsen and Stefania Serafin
39 – Datatonism: Emulating Historical Instruments as a Pedagogic Exercise – Derek Holzer, Karolina Shi and André Holzapfel
11 – A Faust-built Mobile Vocoder Instrument – Riccardo Russo and Daniel Overholt
Poster Session
24 – A Pilot Study of Expressive Body Movement on Audio Parameters of Piano Performances – Wenbo Yi
30 – An Audio-tactile Art Installation for hearing impaired people – Miguel Cuadrado Sierra, Jonas Brunskog and Jeremy Marozeau
3 – Automatic Piano Fingerings Estimation Using Recurrent Neural Networks – Hongzhao Guan, Zhao Yan and Timothy Hsu
29 – Daisy Dub – The Playable Delay – Rasmus Kjærbo
13 – Designing the structure of a Hybrid Conference – Joni Mok
21 – Modeling the Sound of Astronaut Voice Communications – Aaron Geldert and Tom Railio
5 – Real-time Implementation of a Physical Model of the Persian Santur – Simon Rostami Mosen, Oddur Ingi Kristjánsson, Ali Adjorlu and Stefania Serafin
22 – SoloJam Island : a platform for rhythmic experimentation in spatially segmented multi-agent systems – Pierre Potel, Frank Veenstra and Kyrre Glette
2 – Sonification of Twitter Hashtags Using Earcons Based on the Sound of Vowels – Emil Myresten, David Larsson Holmgren and Roberto Bresin
28 – Space Walk – Visiting the Solar System Through an Immersive Sonic Journey in VR – Andrea Mancianti, Sebastian J. Schlecht, Vesa Välimäki, Riku Järvinen and Esa Kallio
15 – tiNNbre: a Timbre-Based Musical Agent – Andrea Bolzoni, Balandino Di Donato and Robin Laney
Campus Hubs
If you want to join other participants and attend the conference in person, some universities have local hubs where the presentations will be shown:
- Aalborg University Copenhagen
- Building A, first floor, 2.2.040A
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology:
- University of Oslo:
- ZEB-building, Sem Sælands vei 2A, Group room 1 (103)
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