To push the boundaries of what's possible in this field, an international group of people meet at Notam's spatial audio meetups once a month to explore techniques, workflows, aesthetics, ideas and sounds.
Notam's Spatial Audio meetup is a meeting place for working with surround sound for artistic purposes. Here, some of the world's leading experts and technologists meet curious artists and beginners. Together, they explore new ways of expressing themselves in broadcast formats.
Presentation May 6th:
Zack Settel - WalkThruMusic
Zack Settel will explore an approach to “spatial audio”, better described as 3D sonic interaction, distinct from conventional 3DoF systems such as Ambisonics, Dolby Atmos, and Sony 360, with a focus on structured soundfields in the context of music creation, listening, and in between. This ongoing exploration has led to numerous productions as well as the development of the patented technology behind WalkThruMusic.
Zack Settel is a musician, audio technology innovator, Co-Founder and CTO of WalkThruMusic. He leads the development of a 6DoF “Depth Audio” platform that transforms songs into spatial ecosystems of instruments and voices. His work has consistently explored new forms of spatial and physical interaction with sound. With a background in live electronic music, including work at IRCAM on early Max/MSP and Pure Data systems, his practice has evolved over the past two decades from parametric sound processing toward 3D, movement-based approaches developed in environments such as Unity. This shift was driven in part by a desire to reconnect musical performance with physical gesture and space, leading to early systems in which sound was routed and transformed through performer movement. Since then, his work has focused on iterative cycles of creation and innovation centred on spatial interaction with music.
These meetups are led by American artist Monica Bolles and composer Mariam Gviniashvili.
Mariam Gviniashvili is a sound artist and composer who combines electronics, electroacoustics and 3D sound with visual material, dance and performance to penetrate the physical and emotional essence of sound and space.
Monica Bolles is an artist, audio engineer and composer who utilises emerging technologies, science and design to create spaces for the exploration of human experience in an ever-evolving and transforming world. Through the juxtaposition of the organic and the digital, art and science, technology and humanity, hub continually investigates what it means to be human in today's society.
Meeting ID: 926 0674 7841
Link: https://zoom.us/j/92606747841
