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+ | ====== Music Technology News 2003 ====== | ||
+ | ===== November 2003 ===== | ||
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+ | ==== SPCL welcomes a new researcher! ==== | ||
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+ | The Sound Processing and Control Laboratory is happy to welcome a full-time (post-doctoral) researcher, **Dr. Vincent Verfaille**. | ||
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+ | Dr. Verfaille has recently completed a Ph.D. thesis at the LMA (Laboratoire de Mechanique et Acoustique)/ | ||
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+ | His research interests include adaptive digital audio effects, sound description and transformation, | ||
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+ | ===== October 2003 ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Prof. Ichiro Fujinaga guest speaker at Oxford University ==== | ||
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+ | Prof. Ichiro Fujinaga was invited by Oxford University to give a talk at the DIAMM Workshop (27-28 October 2003) entitled: Levy Sheet music project and optical music recognition. | ||
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+ | ==== New Electronics Development Laboratory established ==== | ||
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+ | The new laboratory, situated in room E538, east wing, Strathcona Music Building, is a high tech small electronics laboratory created to provide research at Music Technology with a facility to develop and test electronic devices for new controller and instrument design. | ||
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+ | It consists of a **LabView 7.0 Express workstation** (Windows XP) with a** NI PCI-6036E 200kS/s, 16 channel, 16 bit acquisition card** and BNC 2110 adaptor, **Circuitmaker 2000** " | ||
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+ | Furthermore, | ||
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+ | This laboratory is funded by grants from [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== MAPP Launches Website ==== | ||
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+ | This research is funded by FQRSC and McGill University. | ||
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+ | ===== September 2003 ===== | ||
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+ | ==== New graduate and undergraduate students in Music Technology! ==== | ||
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+ | The Music Technology Group at McGill is happy to welcome seven new graduate students. Three Ph.D. students (**Catherine Lai, Douglas Van Nort** and **Ivan Zawada**) and four Master' | ||
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+ | We are also very happy to welcome four new undergradaute students this year in our highly competitive Honours programme: **Vaughn T. Chauvin, Vanessa Li, Tristan Matthews**, and **Jonas M. Robertson**. The total number of students in the Music Technology undergraduate program (honours degrees) is now nineteen (19). | ||
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+ | Welcome to Music Technology at McGill! | ||
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+ | ===== June 2003 ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Recent Music Technology Grants - Over the 6 digit barrier! ==== | ||
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+ | Together with last year's grants, the total research funds obtained by Music Technology has gone over 1 million canadian dollars (not counting joint grants awarded under CIRMMT). These grants will help Music Technology staff and students to pursue their work in various topics related to audio and music research, allowing for the establishement of cutting-edge research laboratories in the current facilities of the Schulich School of Music. | ||
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+ | Here's an update on recent grants received by Music Technology professors and students: | ||
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+ | - **Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley** was awarded the [[http:// | ||
+ | This grant will allow the establishment of a research laboratoty on Human-Computer Interaction in Music, consisting of a high accuracy 3D movement tracker, several video and audio workstations and various controllers, | ||
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+ | - **Prof. Ichiro Fujinaga** was awarded the [[http:// | ||
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+ | - **Prof. Philippe Depalle** and **Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley** were awarded the [[http:// | ||
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+ | - **Prof. Philippe Depalle** was awarded an [[http:// | ||
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+ | - The students **Francois Thibault, Paul Kolesnik**, and **Cory McKay** were awarded FQRNT/FQRSC grants to pursue their master' | ||
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+ | ===== May 2003 ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Music Technology welcomes a new faculty member! ==== | ||
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+ | The Music Technology area is happy to welcome a new full-time faculty member in 2003. | ||
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+ | Assistant Professor **Dr. Gary Scavone**, currently the Technical Director of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA - Stanford University), | ||
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+ | Dr. Scavone holds a PhD on Computer-Based Music Theory & Acoustics and an M.S. on Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, as well as a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Music from Syracuse University. | ||
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+ | Dr. Scavone' | ||
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+ | ===== January 2003 ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Prof. Fernando Iazzetta - Visiting Researcher at McGill Music Technology in 2003 ==== | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | Prof. Iazzetta' | ||
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+ | During his stay at McGill, he will be collaborating with **Profs. Marcelo Wanderley** and **Sean Ferguson** (McGill Electronic Music Studio - EMS) at the Sound Processing and Control Laboratory. | ||
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+ | Prof. Iazzetta holds a percussion degree from the Institute of Arts of the Sao Paulo State University and a Doctoral degree in Communication and Semiotics from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo with a thesis entitled "Sons de Silicio: Corpos e Maquinas Fazendo Musica" |