[ONLINE] Spatial audio processing for sound and music applications

CIRMMT workshops are back! Our first workshop of 2021 will be held virtually, comprising a set of talks from three CIRMMT-affiliated research groups working on spatial audio processing for sound and music applications. We will cover a few topics including sound source directivity measurement and representation, navigation of music performances recorded with a 6DoF capture system, sound source detection and separation in the Ambisonics domain, or recreation of the Stradivari Messiah in virtual reality.

Schedule:

• 2:00 PM - Explaining sound directivity: from backup alarms to musical instruments. Olivier Robin, Pierre Grandjean (Groupe d'Acoustique, Université Sherbrooke)

• 2:15 PM - A concrete explanation to sound directivity by using binaural rendering. Pierre Grandjean, Olivier Robin (Groupe d'Acoustique, Université Sherbrooke)

• 2:30 PM - Deconstruction and reconstruction of acoustic scene. Louis Dermagne (Groupe d'Acoustique, Université Sherbrooke)
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• 3:15 PM - Exploring the possibilities of navigating and presenting music performances with a 6DoF capture system. Florian Grond, Jack Kelly, Wieslaw Woszczyk (Sound Recording, McGill University)

• 3:40 PM - Recording and rendering three-dimensional instrument directivity for immersive music production with 6DoF capability. Jack Kelly (Sound Recording, McGill University)

• 4:05 PM - The return of the Messiah: recreating the sound of the Stradivari Messiah in virtual reality. Esteban Maestre, Gary Scavone (Computational Acoustic Modeling Laboratory, McGill University)