Doctoral Colloquium (Music): Eduardo Meneses and Matthew Boerum (McGill)
The Doctoral Colloquium is open to all.
Music students for whom attendance is required must sign the attendance sheet at the colloquium.
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM
Eduardo Meneses – Matthew Boerum
McGill University
GuitarAMI: Classical Guitar Augmentation Beyond Effects
Eduardo Meneses
Augmented Musical Instruments, or AMIs, are hybrid musical instruments built using acoustic and electronic parts. Composers and performers have been using AMIs to create and perform mixed music for the last 60 years.
The GuitarAMI is a non-invasive system to create Augmented Musical Instruments (AMIs) using any classical guitar. The objectives are 1) to modify some of the instrument's acoustic limitations and 2) provide gestural control possibilities to composers and performers working with mixed music. We will present current advances in AMI research: how to explore the performer's skills and a set of possible gestures that do not impair the playability of the acoustic instrument. And how composers and performers interact to create repertoire-specific techniques for digital and augmented musical instruments.
Edu Meneses is a classical guitar performer and has worked as a guitarist on album recordings and jingles, composer and music consultant, producer of tracks for several short films, instrumentalist and musical director for theatrical productions, and participant in over 50 different Opera presentations in Brazil. He is currently a PhD candidate in music technology at McGill University, also playing with Alê Damasceno (drums + electronics) and Walmir Gil (trumpet + electronics) in B.E.A.T. trio.
The Effect of Virtual Environments on Localization during a 3D Audio Production Task
Matthew Boerum
In a perceptual study of three-dimensional audio for virtual reality (VR), an experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of virtual environments on localization during a production-based panning task. It was hypothesized that performing this task in VR would take longer and be less accurate than if conducted in a real environment. Using a 3D loudspeaker array and hardware panning controls, 80 participants were asked to repeatedly match probe sounds to the location of a randomly positioned target sound. Participants performed the task with and without awareness of loudspeaker position. Half were presented a VR replica of the environment using a head mounted display. Results showed that virtual reality did not significantly inhibit task performance.
Matthew Boerum is an audio engineer, educator, musician and PhD Candidate in Sound Recording at McGill University. His research focuses on binaural motion and 3D audio for music production & virtual reality. He is also co-founder and CEO of Audible Reality, an immersive audio technology company from Montreal revolutionizing music engagement through unique AI-driven 3D audio software.
