Workshop: The past, present, and promise of sound synthesis: Analog, digital, and beyond

A CIRMMT workshop with modular synth, software and digital musical instrument demos, and panel discussion

Chadabe Workshop Poster

 

 

Registration

Registration is now closed. For all inquiries please contact us: events[at]cirmmt.mcgill.ca

Description

Join researchers, designers and musicians in this workshop to explore historical, current and future perspectives on sound synthesis, digital musical instrument design and electronic music performance. The event will feature hands-on demonstrations for attendees to try out commercial and in-development synthesizers, controllers, software, digital musical instruments and more. The demo session is followed by short talks and a round table discussion by panelists representing a wide variety of perspectives on synthesis and electronic music.

 

The first 25 attendees will receive a discount card to Moog Audio. 

Plus we will give away two licences from Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS): 

- Chromaphone 2 (Acoustic Object Synthesizer)

- String Studio VS-3 (String Oscillator Synthesizer)

details at www.applied-acoustics.com

Schedule

  • 13:00-14:45 - Demo session
    • Hexinverter Electronique (Eurorack)
    • TechnoSynth (modular and hardware synthesizer distribution)
    • Genki Instruments (MIDI controller, audio plugin, and Eurorack)
    • Applied Acoustics Systems (audio plugins)
    • Torso Electronics (MIDI controllers)
    • Concordia electroacoustic studies program (Doepfer Eurorack modular)
    • Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab (digital musical instrument prototypes)
    • Philippe-Aubert Gauthier, Groupe d'Acoustique de l'Université de Sherbrooke & CIRMMT
    • EasternBloc's Modular Mondays
  • 14:45-15:00 - Coffee break
  • 15:00-17:00 - Panel Talk (this session will start with short talks by each panelist, followed by a moderated round table discussion)
    • Joel Chadabe (Moog collaborator and electronic music pioneer)
    • Marc-Pierre Verge (Applied Acoustic Systems)
    • Jim Clark (McGill Centre for Intelligent Machines, Intelligel, Cylonix)
    • Philippe Depalle (McGill Sound Processing and Control Laboratory)
    • Adam Ing (Hexinverter Électronique)
    • Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem In My Heart)