Leigh Landy featured in new book 'Im Hörraum vor der Schaubuühne'

MTI Professor and Head of Research Leigh Landy has recently published two chapters in a new book on theatre sound.

The book focuses on Hans Peter Kuhn and Landy in their explorations of incidental music and sound design.

Both composers describe their approaches to theatre sound and its electroacoustic possibilities. 

The other theatre and musicological contributions are based on the works of Kuhn and Landy.

'In a listening space in front of the stage' ('Im Hörraum vor der Schaubühne') is edited by Julia H. Schröder.

For more information see Transcript Verlag.

Dylan Menzies O-bow featured in 'Wired', 'New Scientist', and more…

Following a demonstration and paper by MTIRC's Dylan Menzies at the Tangible Embedded Interaction conference in Barcelona, New Scientist magazine ran a feature on his O-Bow technology. The story rapidly spread to Wired, Gizmodo, The Daily Mail, and other news outlets.

The O-Bow is an electronic musical instrument consisting a bow sensor and synthesis software. An optical flow sensor is used to measure the bow speed and horizontal angle with high resolution. A variety of bow types can be tracked, including violin bows and wooden sticks.

More information is available at http://www.tech.dmu.ac.uk/~dylan/z/dylan/project/obow/

And a short demonstration video is available via YouTube:

Luca Forcucci: Chinese Soundscape Research

The Electronic Music Foundation's "Ear to the Earth" website featured doctoral student Luca Forcucci's Chinese soundscape research this past August.

The first outcome of the collaborative agreement between the MTI and the CEPSA Research Group at the National University of Argentina, Lanús UNLa) is the publication of the very first edition of their publication series, jointly edited by Raúl Minsburg and Leigh Landy. “En el Límite” includes four MTI articles (in Spanish) and can be downloaded here.