Timbre and Orchestration Resource 10/3/22 Timbre and Orchestration Resource 10/3/22

Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration Project | Overview

Jithin Thilakan 7/12/21 Jithin Thilakan 7/12/21

Evaluation and reconstruction of a blended string ensemble: Recent developments & findings

The blending between sound sources in a joint performance is an important feature relevant in the evaluation and reconstruction of the sound field of an orchestra/ensemble in real life and also in virtual reality domain. I

Showan Tavakol 7/12/21 Showan Tavakol 7/12/21

Cross-cultural orchestration in contemporary music : adaptation of traditional Middle Eastern playing techniques to Western instruments

La recherche est generalement recentrée sur les strategies d'integration et d'adaptation des elements ésthetiques des modes particulieres du Moyen-Orient vers un langage contemporaine occidentale.

Jorge Ramos 7/12/21 Jorge Ramos 7/12/21

Technology and timbre – An autoethnography on the influence of electronics on the composer’s orchestration practice

Victor Rosi 7/12/21 Victor Rosi 7/12/21

Investigating timbral attribute perception using Best-Worst Scaling

There are several key attributes designated by sound experts to characterize timbre. Their use is common but varies greatly depending on the professional field.

Joshua Rosner 7/12/21 Joshua Rosner 7/12/21

Timbre and orchestration of big bands and jazz orchestras

Current timbre research has focused overwhelmingly on what George Lewis (1996) describes as Eurological traditions; musical traditions that are based in European-derived beliefs, behaviors, and logics.

Victor Rosi 7/13/20 Victor Rosi 7/13/20

Uncovering the Meaning of Four Semantic Attributes of Sound

Bright (brillant), round (rond), warm (chaud) and rough (rugueux) are four terms vastly used in French language for sound description in sound creation processes such as music performance, orchestration, sound engineering or sound design, yet they lack formal, standardized definitions.

Jithin Thilakan 7/13/20 Jithin Thilakan 7/13/20

Blending of Music Instruments: Listener’s Rating and Signal Analysis of Violin Ensemble

The impression of ensemble sound and blending between musical instruments is an important feature relevant in music composition, orchestration, stage acoustics adaption, and virtual acoustics.

Lindsey Reymore 7/13/20 Lindsey Reymore 7/13/20

A Model of the Cognitive Linguistics of Musical Instrument Timbre Qualia

The impression of ensemble sound and blending between musical instruments is an important feature relevant in music composition, orchestration, stage acoustics adaption, and virtual acoustics. Within a larger project, we perform research on musical instruments and the effect of blending.

Yuval Adler et al 7/13/20 Yuval Adler et al 7/13/20

Emergent Form Through Timbre in a Contemporary Aleatoric Composition

I will demonstrate how timbre and auditory scene analysis act as a central element in the emergence of musical form in a contemporary aleatoric composition with open instrumentation: all voices are heard (2015) by James Saunders.

Eliazer Kramer 7/13/20 Eliazer Kramer 7/13/20

Virtual Orchestration: A New Aesthetic

Composers for film and video games generally make use of digital audio workstations (Pro Tools, Cubase, etc.) to complete their work. Sample libraries, virtual instruments, and extensive programming in their chosen software allow them to produce realistic sounding mock-ups that serve either as placeholders until their music has been recorded or, in some cases, as the final product itself.