Symbolic Sound
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Creators of the Kyma/Pacamara sound design environment
Joined April 2009
SonicBoom autonomous robot uses sound to sense objects in visually cluttered environments. Small differences in signal intensity & phase across an array of contact mics localize the sound source & thus the point of contact with accuracy of ~0.4 to 2 cm
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Can the sound of laughter promote optimistic behavior? Study shows that bonobos approach ambiguous stimuli to search for rewards more often after hearing laughter.
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Concert for pipe organ & live Kyma electronics: 5 June 6:30 pm St Paul's Cathedral London. While performing the pipe organ, Franz controls Kyma processing with an EEG scanner & a MIDI glove!.
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Paper describes how, 0.3 s after hearing a sound, the brain briefly represents pitch in a helix-like structure! (consistent with octave equivalence?)
This animation shows the reconstruction of how the brain dynamically represents musical pitches. The pitches that are closer in space are perceived as more similar at a given moment. 4/n
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Kyma 7.44 is HERE! 🚀 New synthesis/processing Sound objects, !SongPosition from MIDI, new Smalltalk messages, roll the dice on a single component of VCS, selectable MPE mode, Community Library access & tons of UI/workflow improvements. #Kyma #SoundDesign #MusicTech.
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Prosody — pitch contour, stress, rhythm & loudness of speech — found to have its own vocabulary, semantics & simple syntax. Study finds Intonation Units (IUs) —which when stripped of text consist of a pitch contour — as an element of a prosodic vocabulary
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Just heard the closest lightning strike I’ve ever witnessed (no delay between the flash & the sound. Here’s a video of Symbolic Sound offices shortly afterward
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What’s Behind the ‘Pop and Slosh’ When Opening a Swing-Top Bottle of Beer? Using high-speed video+ audio recordings plus computational fluid dynamics simulations, researchers say the sound is explained by a sudden expansion of CO2 + a drop in temp to -50C.
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Audible enclaves: Delivering audio to a targeted listener located at the intersection of 2 nonlinear ultrasonic beams without disturbing others nearby
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In memory of Kaija Saariaho, the Sons of Chipotle (Anssi Karttunen + John Paul Jones) are performing w/ piano, cello, various controllers & live Kyma processing this Saturday 15 March 2025 @ the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam—part of the first Saariaho Festival
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Study of human hand claps finds Helmholtz resonators to be a good model for the dominant sound generation mechanism & for physically separating factors contributing to different aspects of the sound.
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Check out Cork by Phil Maguire & Anne La Berge (flutes, Kyma System, laptops & synthesizer), mastered by Jim O'Rourke. On Mar 7, Bandcamp waives their revenue share & passes the funds directly to artists.
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Hearing is triggered by a molecular spring: Researchers at Göttingen’s Max Planck Institute identify an elastically suspended molecular spring that opens an ion channel in the human ear
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Franz Danksagmüller: live Ciné-concert: Kyma electronics & 1937 Wurlitzer organ to accompany Fritz Lang’s Metropolis 7 March at 8 pm in Geneva at Collége Claparède. Masterclass on 6 March 2 pm.
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A rapid, inexpensive method using sound (24 kHz/400W) to change the surface of glass to be either hydrophobic or charged. 'Sonochemical modification' has applications in filtration systems & biofuel cells
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Sound design insights from an interview with @lowellpickett, Senior Audio Engineer at @zoox: "A well-considered audio experience improves workplaces and recreational spaces alike." Full interview here:
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Aminoglycosides (AGs) antibiotics are ototoxic, causing irreversible hearing loss in millions annually. By inhibiting GABARAP expression in inner ear hair cells, researchers successfully prevented AG-induced hair cell death & subsequent hearing loss
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U of Chicago researchers demonstrate multi-phonon entanglement between two physically separated acoustic wave resonators. [Reminds me of Huygens' "odd kind of sympathy"?]
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A spherical 10-100 µm microrobot converts acoustic energy into thrust for velocities of 300 body lengths per second. Resonance of a trapped bubble disrupts acoustic streaming symmetry for multiple frequency-dependent boundary-free 3D locomotion modes
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The sound of a virus! Study tracks acoustic vibrations of a single virus using ultrafast spectroscopy. The spectrum reveals modes associated with virus morphology, viral-envelope protein interactions & acoustic mode-coupling w/the local environment.
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