Elliot K. Canfield-Dafilou, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acosutics (CCRMA), Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA; Eoin F. Callery, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acosutics (CCRMA), Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA; Jonathan S. Abel, Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA; Jonathan Berger, CCRMA, Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA

AES Conventions - AES Dublin 2019

Method for Studying Interactions between Music Performance and Rooms with Real-Time Virtual Acoustics

2019

March

Published

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virtual acoustics; performance practice; historical performance practice; Chiesa di Sant’Aniceto; Felice Anerio

Dublin, Ireland

20-MAR-19

23-MAR-19

An experimental methodology for studying the interplay between music composition and performance and room acoustics is proposed, and a system for conducting such experiments is described. Separate auralization and recording subsystems present live, variable virtual acoustics in a studio recording setting, while capturing individual dry tracks from each ensemble member for later analysis. As an example application, acoustics measurements of the Chiesa di Sant’Aniceto in Rome were used to study how reverberation time modifications effect the performance of a piece for four voices and organ likely composed for the space. Performance details, including note onset times and pitch tracks, are clearly evident in the recordings. Two example performance features are presented illustrating the reverberation time impact on this musical material.

http://www.aes.org/events/146/papers/?ID=6567

https://doi.org/10.17743/aesconv.2019.978-1-942220-26-8