Orchestration is a tricky business. How do composers take a simple melody and harmony and spin it into an orchestrated web of multitudes of instruments? What techniques are available, and what effects do they achieve?

Timbre is a pretty complicated concept when it comes to the sound of the singing voice. The way we perceive vocal timbre has much to do with our visual perception of the vocalist's appearance. What perceptual biases are entwined in this process, and how can we combat them?

Ever wonder how Weezer's cover songs sound nearly identical to the originals, yet unmistakably like Weezer? EduFilm 4 explores this question, and the answer, naturally, has something to do with timbre.

In EduFilm 3 we explore the roles of timbre and culture in determining how we respond to the music we love.

In the second ACTOR / TOR EduFilm, Lab partners Cameron Chameleon and Stephen McAdams (director, ACTOR project) explore cross-modal correspondences between sound and colour.

Learn about timbre and orchestration with the ACTOR project! In Episode 1, Stephen and his assistant Cameron Chameleon explore what goes on inside the ACTOR labs.