https://www.arj.no/tags/sound-and-audio/ Recent content in Sound and Audio on ARJ (English) https://www.arj.no/images/_F8A4088_doc6pg1cufjdr42ycbfd0e.jpg https://www.arj.no/images/_F8A4088_doc6pg1cufjdr42ycbfd0e.jpg Hugo -- 0.152.2 en-us Alexander Refsum Jensenius. CC-BY-SA 4.0 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2025/12/28/audiovisual/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2025/12/28/audiovisual/ In this blog post, I advocate for avoiding the ambiguous term 'audiovisual' and instead using 'audio–video' for media and 'auditory–visual' for perception. https://www.arj.no/2025/12/22/sensing-book/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2025/12/22/sensing-book/ Reflections on writing a textbook with AI. This semester, I have written a book with AI. I should emphasize the with in the previous sentence, because this has. https://www.arj.no/2024/11/15/360-spatial-audio/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/11/15/360-spatial-audio/ Spatial audio from 360-degree cameras. I have been interested in 360-degree cameras for a long time. Earlier this year, we published a paper at SMC comparing. https://www.arj.no/2024/07/26/recording-audio/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/07/26/recording-audio/ Recording background and foreground audio. I am on vacation in Chile and exploring various techniques for recording sounds around me. I do some outdoor. https://www.arj.no/2024/05/10/sonic-design/ Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/05/10/sonic-design/ New Anthology: Sonic Design - Explorations Between Art and Science. I am happy to announce the publication of the anthology Sonic Design- Explorations Between. https://www.arj.no/2024/01/01/sonic-rhythms/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/01/01/sonic-rhythms/ A Year of Sonic Rhythms. Yesterday, I completed my year-long StillStanding project. This was my second year-long project. In 2022, I recorded one sound action. https://www.arj.no/2023/12/31/365-days-standing-still/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/12/31/365-days-standing-still/ 365 Days of Still Standing. Today is New Year's Eve, and I have done my 365th standstill of the year. I began my year-long StillStanding project on 1 January. https://www.arj.no/2023/10/09/converting-ambisonics-files-to-binaural-audio/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/10/09/converting-ambisonics-files-to-binaural-audio/ Converting Ambisonics files to Binaural audio. Ambisonics is a full-sphere surround sound format that captures audio from all directions using spherical. https://www.arj.no/2023/07/04/audio-video/ Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/07/04/audio-video/ Sound and Light vs Audio and Video. People often refer to "sound and video" as a concept pair. That is confusing because, in my thinking, "sound" and "video". https://www.arj.no/2023/07/01/half-year-standing-still/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/07/01/half-year-standing-still/ Half a year of standing still. Today, I am halfway through my year-long StillStanding project. Not so much has changed since I summed up the first 100 days. I. https://www.arj.no/2023/06/23/ventilation-noise-in-my-office/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/06/23/ventilation-noise-in-my-office/ The ventilation system in my office. I'm sitting in my office, listening to the noisy ventilation system that inspired my AMBIENT project. Here is a short. https://www.arj.no/2023/05/25/gopro-max-file-format/ Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/05/25/gopro-max-file-format/ Understanding the GoPro Max' File Formats. I use a GoPro Max 360-degree camera in my annual StillStanding project. That means that I also have had an excellent. https://www.arj.no/2023/04/10/100-days-of-standing-still/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/04/10/100-days-of-standing-still/ 100 Days and Still Standing. Today marks the 100th day of my annual StillStanding project. In this blog post, I summarize some of my experiences so far. https://www.arj.no/2023/03/21/sound-and-audio/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/03/21/sound-and-audio/ Sound vs Audio. What is the difference between sound and audio? I often hear people confuse the terms. Here are a couple of ways of thinking about the. https://www.arj.no/2023/01/01/a-year-of-still-standing/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/01/01/a-year-of-still-standing/ 2023, A Year of Still Standing. Yesterday, I completed my 365 Sound Actions project, during which I recorded one sound action per day as part of preparing for. https://www.arj.no/2022/12/31/365-sound-actions/ Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/12/31/365-sound-actions/ 365 Sound Actions. 1 January this year, I set out to record one sound action per day. The idea was to test out the action–sound theory from my book Sound. https://www.arj.no/2022/12/20/open-sourcing-sound-actions/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/12/20/open-sourcing-sound-actions/ Open Sourcing My Sound Actions Book. Last week, my book was published by the MIT Press, and I am happy to announce that the source code is available on GitHub. https://www.arj.no/2022/12/13/sound-actions-published/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/12/13/sound-actions-published/ New Book: Sound Actions - Conceptualizing Musical Instruments. I am happy to announce that my book Sound Actions - Conceptualizing Musical Instruments is now. https://www.arj.no/2022/08/09/ffmpeg-fade-in-fade-out/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/08/09/ffmpeg-fade-in-fade-out/ Add fade-in and fade-out programmatically with FFmpeg. There is always a need to add fade-in and fade-out to audio tracks. Here is a way of doing it for a. https://www.arj.no/2022/07/17/mountain-walking/ Sun, 17 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/07/17/mountain-walking/ Video visualizations of mountain walking. After exploring some visualizations of kayaking, I was eager to see how a similar approach could work for walking. On. https://www.arj.no/2022/07/13/kayaking/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/07/13/kayaking/ Kayak motion analysis with video-based horizon leveling. Last year, I wrote about video-based motion analysis of kayaking. Those videos were recorded with a. https://www.arj.no/2022/07/13/ffmpeg-highpass/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/07/13/ffmpeg-highpass/ Removing audio hum using a highpass filter in FFmpeg. Today, I recorded Sound Action 194 - Rolling Dice as part of my year-long sound action project. The idea. https://www.arj.no/2022/06/11/adding-subtitles-to-videos/ Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/06/11/adding-subtitles-to-videos/ Adding subtitles to videos. In my ever-growing collection of FFmpeg-related blog posts, I will today show how to add subtitles to videos. These tricks are. https://www.arj.no/2022/05/10/sound-design/ Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/05/10/sound-design/ Sound Design vs Sonic Design. What is the difference between "sound design" and "sonic design"? This is one of the many questions I have pondered while. https://www.arj.no/2022/05/07/running-a-disputation-on-youtube/ Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/05/07/running-a-disputation-on-youtube/ Running a disputation on YouTube. Last week, Ulf Holbrook defended his dissertation at RITMO. I was in charge of streaming the disputation, and here are some. https://www.arj.no/2022/01/31/one-month-of-sound-actions/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/01/31/one-month-of-sound-actions/ One month of sound actions. One month has passed of the year and my sound action project. I didn't know how it would develop when I started and have found it. https://www.arj.no/2022/01/09/frame-differencing-with-ffmpeg/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/01/09/frame-differencing-with-ffmpeg/ Frame differencing with FFmpeg. I often want to create motion videos, that is, videos that only show what changed between frames. Such videos are nice to look. https://www.arj.no/2022/01/01/a-year-of-sound-actions/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/01/01/a-year-of-sound-actions/ 2022, a Year of Sound Actions. Over the last few years, I have worked on a book project with the working title Sound Actions. The manuscript has been through. https://www.arj.no/2021/12/19/rendering-4-channel-to-binaural-audio/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/12/19/rendering-4-channel-to-binaural-audio/ Rendering 4-channel to binaural audio. I had a period in the early 2000s when I made a few pieces in the genre of electroacoustic music ("tape music"). One of. https://www.arj.no/2021/12/15/kayaking-motion-analysis/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/12/15/kayaking-motion-analysis/ Kayaking motion analysis. Like many others, I bought a kayak during the pandemic, and I have had many nice trips in the Oslo fiord over the last year. Working. https://www.arj.no/2021/11/19/smc-evaluation/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/11/19/smc-evaluation/ Rigorous Empirical Evaluation of Sound and Music Computing Research. At the NordicSMC conference last week, I was part of a panel discussing the topic Rigorous. https://www.arj.no/2021/11/17/preparing-video-for-matlab-analysis/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/11/17/preparing-video-for-matlab-analysis/ Preparing video for Matlab analysis. Typical video files, such as MP4 files with H.264 compression, are usually small in size and with high visual quality. https://www.arj.no/2021/11/13/releasing-the-musical-gestures-toolbox-for-python/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/11/13/releasing-the-musical-gestures-toolbox-for-python/ Releasing the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python. After several years in the making, we finally "released" the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python at the. https://www.arj.no/2021/10/13/converting-a-wav-file-to-avi/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/10/13/converting-a-wav-file-to-avi/ Converting a .WAV file to .AVI. Sometimes, there is a need to convert an audio file into a blank video file with an audio track. This can be useful if you are. https://www.arj.no/2021/09/17/another-hybrid-disputation/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/09/17/another-hybrid-disputation/ Running a hybrid disputation in a Zoom Webinar. I have been running the disputation of Guilherme Schmidt Câmara today. At RITMO, we have accepted that "hybrid. https://www.arj.no/2021/07/23/manuscript-in-preparation/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/07/23/manuscript-in-preparation/ Sound Actions Manuscript in Preparation. Ever since I finished my dissertation in 2007, I have thought about writing it up as a book. Parts of the dissertation. https://www.arj.no/2021/07/01/sound-and-music-computing-at-uio/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/07/01/sound-and-music-computing-at-uio/ Sound and Music Computing at the University of Oslo. This year's Sound and Music Computing (SMC) Conference has opened for virtual lab tours. When we cannot. https://www.arj.no/2021/06/17/normalize-audio-in-video-files/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/06/17/normalize-audio-in-video-files/ Normalize audio in video files. We are organizing the Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop at RITMO next week. As mentioned in another blog post, we have. https://www.arj.no/2021/05/11/ffmpeg-audio-video/ Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/05/11/ffmpeg-audio-video/ Combining audio and video files with FFmpeg. When working with various types of video analysis, I often end up with video files without audio. So I need to add. https://www.arj.no/2021/03/18/splitting-audio-files/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/03/18/splitting-audio-files/ Splitting audio files in the terminal. I have recently played with AudioStellar, a great tool for "sound object"-based exploration and musicking. It reminds me. https://www.arj.no/2021/03/08/intimal-documentary/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/03/08/intimal-documentary/ INTIMAL Documentary. I think it is nice to share this new short documentary about the project INTIMAL: Interfaces for Relational Listening – Body, Memory. https://www.arj.no/2021/02/10/microphones/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/02/10/microphones/ Some thoughts on microphones for streaming and recording. Many people have asked me about what types of microphones to use for streaming and recording. This is. https://www.arj.no/2021/01/28/drum-roll/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/01/28/drum-roll/ Analyzing a double stroke drum roll. Yesterday, PhD fellow Mojtaba Karbassi presented his research on impedance control in robotic drumming at RITMO. I will. https://www.arj.no/2021/01/24/container-conversion/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/01/24/container-conversion/ Convert between video containers with FFmpeg. In my ever-growing collection of smart FFmpeg tricks, here is a way of converting from one container format to. https://www.arj.no/2021/01/07/plug-in-power-mics/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/01/07/plug-in-power-mics/ How to work with plug-in-power microphones. I have never thought about how so-called plug-in-power microphones actually work. Over the years, I have used. https://www.arj.no/2020/10/30/musictestlab/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/10/30/musictestlab/ MusicTestLab as a Testbed of Open Research. Many people talk about "opening" the research process these days. Due to initiatives like Plan S, much has happened. https://www.arj.no/2020/03/19/mpeg-2-to-mpeg-4/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/03/19/mpeg-2-to-mpeg-4/ Convert MPEG-2 files to MPEG-4. This is a note to self, and could potentially also be useful to others in need of converting "old-school" MPEG-2 files into. https://www.arj.no/2020/03/18/video-conferencing-tips/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/03/18/video-conferencing-tips/ Simple tips for better video conferencing. Very many people are currently moving to video-based meetings. For that reason I have written up some quick advise. https://www.arj.no/2020/02/21/aist-visualizations/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/02/21/aist-visualizations/ Visualizing some videos from the AIST Dance Video Database. Researchers from AIST have released an open database of dance videos, and I got very excited to try. https://www.arj.no/2020/02/14/camera-microphone/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/02/14/camera-microphone/ Testing simple camera and microphone setups for quick interviews. We just started a new run of our free online course Music Moves. Here we have a tradition of. https://www.arj.no/2019/10/23/interview-tips/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/10/23/interview-tips/ Tips for doing your job interview over Skype. I have been interviewing a lot of people for various types of university positions over the years. Most often. https://www.arj.no/2018/11/25/flipped-classroom/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2018/11/25/flipped-classroom/ Reflecting on some flipped classroom strategies. I was invited to talk about my experiences with flipped classroom methodologies at a seminar at the Faculty of. https://www.arj.no/2018/09/28/mgt/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2018/09/28/mgt/ Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab. Yesterday I presented the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab in the late-breaking demo session at the ISMIR conference in. https://www.arj.no/2018/03/12/nordicsmc/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2018/03/12/nordicsmc/ Nordic Sound and Music Computing Network up and running. I am super excited about our new Nordic Sound and Music Computing Network, which has just started up. https://www.arj.no/2018/01/18/analyzing-sound-tracings/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2018/01/18/analyzing-sound-tracings/ New Publication: Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases. We have done several sound-tracing studies before at University of Oslo, and here is a. https://www.arj.no/2017/10/16/arduino2max/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/10/16/arduino2max/ Working with an Arduino Mega 2560 in Max. I am involved in a student project which uses some Arduino Mega 2560 sensor interfaces in an interactive device. It. https://www.arj.no/2017/09/11/sverm-resonans/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/09/11/sverm-resonans/ Sverm-Resonans - Installation at Ultima Contemporary Music Festival. I am happy to announce the opening of our new interactive art installation at the Ultima. https://www.arj.no/2017/07/20/smc-2017/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/07/20/smc-2017/ SMC paper based on data from the first Norwegian Championship of Standstill. We have been carrying out three editions of the Norwegian Championship of. https://www.arj.no/2017/05/03/new-publication-sonic-microinteraction-in-the-air/ Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/05/03/new-publication-sonic-microinteraction-in-the-air/ New publication: Sonic Microinteraction in the Air. I am happy to announce a new book chapter based on the artistic-scientific research in the Sverm and MICRO. https://www.arj.no/2017/02/05/music-moves-on-youtube/ Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/02/05/music-moves-on-youtube/ Music Moves on YouTube. We have been running our free online course Music Moves a couple of times on the FutureLearn platform. The course consists of a number. https://www.arj.no/2016/07/15/virtualmonium/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/07/15/virtualmonium/ New NIME paper: The ''Virtualmonium'': an instrument for classical sound diffusion. The third NIME contribution from the fourMs lab this year was the paper. https://www.arj.no/2016/07/02/sound-motion/ Sat, 02 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/07/02/sound-motion/ New paper: Exploring Sound-Motion Similarity in Musical Experience. New paper in Journal of New Music Research: Exploring Sound-Motion Similarity in Musical. https://www.arj.no/2016/01/24/music-moves/ Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/01/24/music-moves/ New MOOC: Music Moves. Together with several colleagues, and with great practical and economic support from the University of Oslo, I am happy to announce that. https://www.arj.no/2014/03/29/multicontrol-on-github/ Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2014/03/29/multicontrol-on-github/ MultiControl on GitHub. Screenshot of MultiControl v0.6.2 Today I have added MultiControl to my GitHub account. Inititally, I did not intend to release the. https://www.arj.no/2013/10/18/bits/ Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/10/18/bits/ What does it mean that your system is 7-bit, 10-bit or 16-bit?. In music technology we often talk about n-bit systems. For example, the MIDI protocol is based. https://www.arj.no/2013/08/01/smc2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/08/01/smc2013/ New publication: Non-Realtime Sonification of Motiongrams. Today I will present the paper Non-Realtime Sonification of Motiongrams at the Sound and Music. https://www.arj.no/2013/07/19/quicktime-time/ Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/07/19/quicktime-time/ Calculating duration of QuickTime movie files. I have been doing video analysis on QuickTime (.mov) files for several years, but have never really had the need. https://www.arj.no/2013/07/15/action-sound/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/07/15/action-sound/ New publication: An Action-Sound Approach to Teaching Interactive Music. My paper titled An action–sound approach to teaching interactive music has recently. https://www.arj.no/2013/06/03/acm-tap/ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/06/03/acm-tap/ Analyzing correspondence between sound objects and body motion. New publication: Title Analyzing correspondence between sound objects and body motion Authors. https://www.arj.no/2013/02/14/new-master-thesis-2-music-kinection-musical-sound-and-motion-in-interactive-systems/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/02/14/new-master-thesis-2-music-kinection-musical-sound-and-motion-in-interactive-systems/ New Master Thesis 2: Music Kinection: Musical Sound and Motion in Interactive Systems. Yet another of my master students have graduated recently, and here is a. https://www.arj.no/2013/01/18/dynamic-logo/ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/01/18/dynamic-logo/ Dynamic logo at the Norwegian Academy of Music. The Norwegian Academy of Music launched their new web page and logo today. As part of the visual profile, they. https://www.arj.no/2013/01/08/transformation-cmj/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/01/08/transformation-cmj/ New publication: Performing the Electric Violin in a Sonic Space. I am happy to announce that a paper I wrote together with Victoria Johnson has just been. https://www.arj.no/2012/12/13/10-phone/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/12/13/10-phone/ 10-phone Melodrone improvisation. A couple of weeks ago the Oslo Mobile Orchestra (OMO) got the chance to perform with a set of HTC mobile phones Learn more. https://www.arj.no/2012/12/13/performing-with-the-norwegian-noise-orchestra/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/12/13/performing-with-the-norwegian-noise-orchestra/ Performing with the Norwegian Noise Orchestra. Yesterday, I performed with the Norwegian Noise Orchestra at Betong in Oslo, at a concert organised by Dans for. https://www.arj.no/2012/09/11/mclarens-dots/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/09/11/mclarens-dots/ McLaren's Dots. I am currently working on some extensions to my motiongram-sonifyer, and came across this beautiful little film by Norman McLaren from 1940. https://www.arj.no/2012/07/13/smc-mocap/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/07/13/smc-mocap/ Paper #2 at SMC 2012: Noise level in IR mocap systems. Yesterday I presented a paper on motiongrams at the Sound and Music Computing conference in Copenhagen. https://www.arj.no/2012/06/25/record-videos-of-sonification/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/06/25/record-videos-of-sonification/ Record videos of sonification. I got a question the other day about how it is possible to record a sonifyed video file based on my sonification module for. https://www.arj.no/2012/06/06/sound-files-from-ma-thesis/ Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/06/06/sound-files-from-ma-thesis/ Sound files from MA thesis. Edit: These files are now more easily accessible from my UiO page. While preparing a lecture for the PhD students at the Norwegian. https://www.arj.no/2012/02/03/sonification/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/02/03/sonification/ Sonification of motiongrams. A couple of days ago I presented the paper "Motion-sound Interaction Using Sonification based on Motiongrams" at the ACHI 2012. https://www.arj.no/2012/02/01/virtual-park-at-amsterdam-airport/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/02/01/virtual-park-at-amsterdam-airport/ Virtual park at Amsterdam airport. I just discovered that it is possible to create blog posts from TextMate (see introductions here and here), so this is my. https://www.arj.no/2011/11/28/the-sound-of-naked-piano/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/11/28/the-sound-of-naked-piano/ The sound of naked piano. Here is my latest electroacoustic composition "The Sound of Naked Piano": Alexander Jensenius · The Sound of Naked Piano I got the. https://www.arj.no/2011/10/05/audio-recordings-as-motion-capture/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/10/05/audio-recordings-as-motion-capture/ Audio recordings as motion capture. I spend a lot of time walking around the city with my daughter these days, and have been wondering how much I move and how. https://www.arj.no/2010/11/09/sonification-of-motiongrams/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/11/09/sonification-of-motiongrams/ Sonification of motiongrams. I have made a new Jamoma module for sonification of motiongrams called jmod.sonifyer\. From a live video input, the program. https://www.arj.no/2010/10/31/new-screencast-on-the-basics-of-creating-reverb-in-pd/ Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/10/31/new-screencast-on-the-basics-of-creating-reverb-in-pd/ New screencast on the basics of creating reverb in PD. I have written about my making of a series of sreencasts of basic sound synthesis in puredata in an. https://www.arj.no/2010/10/25/music-is-not-only-sound/ Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/10/25/music-is-not-only-sound/ Music is not only sound. After working with music-related movements for some years, and thereby arguing that movement is an integral part of music, I tend to. https://www.arj.no/2010/10/11/audioanalysis-v0-5/ Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/10/11/audioanalysis-v0-5/ AudioAnalysis v0.5. I am teaching a course in sound theory this semester, and therefore thought it was time to update a little program I developed several. https://www.arj.no/2010/09/21/headset-for-mac/ Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/09/21/headset-for-mac/ Headset for Mac. I have seen/heard several questions about what type of headset to use for skyping on MacBooks over the last few days. Here are my suggestions. https://www.arj.no/2010/09/03/pd-introductions-in-norwegian-on-youtube/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/09/03/pd-introductions-in-norwegian-on-youtube/ PD introductions in Norwegian on YouTube. I am teaching two courses this semester: Sound theory 1 (in English) Sound analysis (in Norwegian, together with Rolf. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/27/screen-recording-in-quicktime-x/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/27/screen-recording-in-quicktime-x/ Screen recording in QuickTime X. I just discovered that QuickTime X has built in support for screen recording. I have been using iShowU for screen recordings. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/09/podcasting/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/09/podcasting/ Evaluating a semester of podcasting. Earlier this year I wrote a post about how I was going to try out podcasting during the course MUS2006 Musikk og bevegelse. https://www.arj.no/2009/12/21/musical-gestures-book/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/12/21/musical-gestures-book/ New Book: Musical Gestures: Sound, Movement, and Meaning. I am happy to announce the publication of the new book Musical Gestures: Sound, Movement, and Meaning. https://www.arj.no/2009/10/19/hyperimprovisation/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/10/19/hyperimprovisation/ Hyperimprovsation video. {.youtube-video} {.dmtdwtroqzfivctewzyq} {.dmtdwtroqzfivctewzyq} {.dmtdwtroqzfivctewzyq} {.dmtdwtroqzfivctewzyq} Alexander Refsum. https://www.arj.no/2009/08/13/updated-software-2/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/08/13/updated-software-2/ Updated software. I have been teaching at the International Summer School in Systematic, Comparative and Cognitive Musicology 2009 in Jyväskylä, Finland the. https://www.arj.no/2009/07/06/iphone/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/07/06/iphone/ iPhone headset works on MacBook. It took me a while to realize that the microphone on the iPhone headset actually works when plugged into the headphone input. https://www.arj.no/2009/07/06/scratching/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/07/06/scratching/ Scratching surface. A few years ago the EU project TAI-CHI (Tangible Acoustic Interfaces for Computer-Human Interaction) explored using acoustic cues from. https://www.arj.no/2009/02/09/thought-conduit/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/02/09/thought-conduit/ Thought Conduit. Synchronisation is a core issue when carrying out research on multimodal sensing/acting and multimedia. My take on this has been through the. https://www.arj.no/2009/01/12/triple-boot-on-macbook/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/01/12/triple-boot-on-macbook/ Triple boot on MacBook. I am back at work after a long vacation, and one of the first things I started doing this year was to reinstall several of my. https://www.arj.no/2008/09/04/papers-at-icmc-2008/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/09/04/papers-at-icmc-2008/ Papers at ICMC 2008. Last week I was in Belfast for the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2008). The conference was hosted by SARC, and it was. https://www.arj.no/2008/06/17/audiovideoanalysis/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/06/17/audiovideoanalysis/ AudioVideoAnalysis. To allow everyone to watch their own synchronised spectrograms and motiongrams, I have made a small application called AudioVideoAnalysis. https://www.arj.no/2008/06/06/uosc/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/06/06/uosc/ uOSC. micro-OSC (uOSC) was made public yesterday at NIME: micro-OSC (uOSC) is a firmware runtime system for embedded platforms designed to remain as small as. https://www.arj.no/2008/05/23/janers-dissertation/ Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/05/23/janers-dissertation/ Janer's dissertation. I had a quick read of Jordi Janer's dissertation today: Singing-Driven Interfaces for Sound Synthesizers. The dissertation presents a. https://www.arj.no/2008/05/22/homemade-spherical-speaker/ Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/05/22/homemade-spherical-speaker/ Homemade spherical speaker. Michael Zbyszynski has made a detailed tutorial on how to make homemade spherical speakers, using IKEA salad bowls and cheap. https://www.arj.no/2008/05/15/sonification-of-traveling-landscapes/ Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/05/15/sonification-of-traveling-landscapes/ Sonification of Traveling Landscapes. I just heard a talk called "Real-Time Synaesthetic Sonification of Traveling Landscapes" (PDF) by Tim Pohle and Peter. https://www.arj.no/2008/05/08/olpc-sound-samples/ Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/05/08/olpc-sound-samples/ OLPC Sound Samples. I am doing some "house-cleaning" on my computer, and came across the link to the OLPC Sound Samples which were announced last month. This. https://www.arj.no/2008/04/01/david-huron-listening-styles-and-listening-strategies/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/04/01/david-huron-listening-styles-and-listening-strategies/ David Huron: Listening Styles and Listening Strategies. In a presentation at the Society for Music Theory 2002 Conference, 2002, David Huron proposed 21. https://www.arj.no/2008/03/27/oldest-sound-recording/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/03/27/oldest-sound-recording/ Oldest sound recording. The International Herald Tribune reports on the finding of a 10-second recording of the folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" recorded on. https://www.arj.no/2008/02/14/syncing-movement-and-audio-using-a-vst/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/02/14/syncing-movement-and-audio-using-a-vst/ Syncing Movement and Audio using a VST-plugin. I just heard Esteban Maestre from UPF present his project on creating a database of instrumental actions of. https://www.arj.no/2008/01/18/open-sound-control/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/01/18/open-sound-control/ Open Sound Control. The newly refurbished OSC forum web site has sparked off some discussions on the OSC\dev mailing list. One interesting note was a reply. https://www.arj.no/2007/03/15/interactive-soundscapes/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/03/15/interactive-soundscapes/ Interactive Soundscapes. The Interactive Soundscapes project is about creating soundscapes intuitively. Samples can be loaded, simple effects can be added, and. https://www.arj.no/2007/03/10/musical-objects-action-sound-couplings-and-open-form/ Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/03/10/musical-objects-action-sound-couplings-and-open-form/ Musical Objects, Action Sound Couplings and Open Form. Participating in the Open Form rehearsals and workshops has been very interesting (as previously. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/28/audiopint/ Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/28/audiopint/ AudioPint. The AudioPint project at MIT aims at creating a computer based system that is as portable and stable as hardware gear: Consider a system that is. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/28/jon-olave-eikenes-diploma-project/ Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/28/jon-olave-eikenes-diploma-project/ Jon Olav Eikenes' Diploma Project. Jon Olav Eikenes has posted information about his diploma project on control of sound spatialisation at the department of. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/21/movement-action-and-gesture-revisited/ Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/21/movement-action-and-gesture-revisited/ Actions can be based on both movement and touch. Ok, so I have been discussing the concepts of movement, action and gesture with various people since I posted. https://www.arj.no/2006/12/31/noise/ Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/12/31/noise/ Noise. If you ever wanted some nice, pink noise in the background while working on your computer, Noise is the tool! Apparently, lots of people use this to try. https://www.arj.no/2006/12/20/movement-sound-couplings/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/12/20/movement-sound-couplings/ Movement-Sound Couplings. I am working on the theory chapter of my dissertation, and am trying to pin down some terminology. For a long time I have been using. https://www.arj.no/2006/12/18/spectator-listener/ Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/12/18/spectator-listener/ Spectator-listener. Usually, we use the word listener when describing the perceiver in a musical context. This, however, does not fit well with the premise of. https://www.arj.no/2006/11/16/m-audio-midair/ Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/11/16/m-audio-midair/ M-AUDIO - MidAir. M-Audio has released MidAir a wireless MIDI transmitter and receiver system. The system is also able to synchronize between several. https://www.arj.no/2006/11/12/icmc-2006-wednesday-8-day-3/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/11/12/icmc-2006-wednesday-8-day-3/ ICMC 2006 - Wednesday 8 (Day 3). Interesting things from ICMC 2006 day 3: Philippe Kocher (ICST) had a very nice presentation of the ICST ambisonics modules he. https://www.arj.no/2006/11/11/icmc-2006-monday-6-day-1/ Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/11/11/icmc-2006-monday-6-day-1/ ICMC 2006 - Monday 6 (Day 1). Day 1 of ICMC 2006 was hot and humid before the rain... Woon Seung Yeo (CCRMA) presented raster scanning, a technique for sound. https://www.arj.no/2006/10/30/trond-lossius-on-sound-art/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/10/30/trond-lossius-on-sound-art/ Trond Lossius on sound art. In an interview, Trond Lossius discusses his take on sound art. He mentions how he treats video as an advanced spotlight, giving. https://www.arj.no/2006/07/11/reactive-sound-system/ Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/07/11/reactive-sound-system/ Reactive Sound System. The Reactive Sound System adds sounds to the current soundscape, either to mask for example speech, or to make unpleasant sounds more. https://www.arj.no/2006/06/08/nime-day-4/ Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/06/08/nime-day-4/ NIME. There are so many things happening, so I'm seriously lagging behind in writing up my summaries about what is going on. Here are some interesting things. https://www.arj.no/2006/05/21/kore-universal-sound-platform/ Sun, 21 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/05/21/kore-universal-sound-platform/ KORE Universal Sound Platform. Native instruments states that KORE should be the new universal sound platform solving "all problems" in large music software. https://www.arj.no/2006/05/15/laser-sound-performance/ Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/05/15/laser-sound-performance/ Laser Sound Performance. A memorable show during the Elektrafestival was the Laser Sound Performance by Edwin van der Heide. He used two lasers and (I think). https://www.arj.no/2006/04/20/music-and-audio-users-on-course-in-intel-mac-transition/ Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/04/20/music-and-audio-users-on-course-in-intel-mac-transition/ Music and Audio Users On Course in Intel Mac Transition. Interesting comment from Create Digital Music: What I find especially interesting is how far ahead of. https://www.arj.no/2006/03/30/apple-sound-and-hearing/ Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/03/30/apple-sound-and-hearing/ Apple - Sound and Hearing. John Lazarro writes on the Auditory list: Apple released a software update today for iPods, that lets users set a maximum dB level. https://www.arj.no/2005/12/29/open-sound-control-forum/ Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2005/12/29/open-sound-control-forum/ Open Sound Control forum. The CNMAT people have made a forum at the Open Sound Control site. OSC is a way of communicating musical information between devices. https://www.arj.no/2005/11/28/chuck-concurrent-on-the-fly-audio-programming-language/ Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2005/11/28/chuck-concurrent-on-the-fly-audio-programming-language/ ChucK : Concurrent, On-the-fly Audio Programming Language. I finally got around to download and try ChucK : Concurrent, On-the-fly Audio Programming Language. https://www.arj.no/2005/09/12/international-computer-music-conference/ Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2005/09/12/international-computer-music-conference/ International Computer Music Conference. Some notes from ICMC, Barcelona, Spain 4-10 September 2005. Sunday 4 September I attended a workshop on audio. https://www.arj.no/2004/10/24/resonances-2004-2/ Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2004/10/24/resonances-2004-2/ Resonances 2004. Dette er et forsøk på å oppsummere, og trekke frem det jeg opplevde som mest interessant, under Resonances, en ti-dagers Learn more at arj.no. https://www.arj.no/2002/11/24/ann-music/ Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2002/11/24/ann-music/ Artificial Neural Networks and Music. Here I discuss neural networks as one specific type of computer model that learns to process information in a way that. https://www.arj.no/2002/11/20/sound-timbre/ Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2002/11/20/sound-timbre/ Analysis, visualization and synthesis of sound in Max/MSP — focusing on timbre, spectral centroid, harmonics, and perceptual models (Sony Rollins saxophone example). https://www.arj.no/2002/10/17/tone-synthesis/ Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2002/10/17/tone-synthesis/ Synthesis of a Tone. The sound we hear is built up of sound waves that can be described physically in terms of frequencies. A single frequency tone is called a. https://www.arj.no/2002/10/15/the-soundscape-and-musical-sound/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2002/10/15/the-soundscape-and-musical-sound/ The Soundscape and Musical Sound. When studying music from an auditory perspective, it is necessary to clarify what we are actually investigating. Schafer. https://www.arj.no/2001/11/28/master-exam-concert/ Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2001/11/28/master-exam-concert/ Master exam concert. Last week I performed my master exam concert at the Department of Music and Theatre, University of Oslo. The program consisted of. https://www.arj.no/2000/05/30/mp3-friend-of-the-youth/ Tue, 30 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2000/05/30/mp3-friend-of-the-youth/ MP3: Friend of the Youth or Enemy of the Sound?. The term paper MP3: Friend of the Youth or Enemy of the Sound? A discussion of different sound formats and.