CCRMA Space Project

This is a compilation of sound tracks that I am working on along with other composers at CCRMA.Here the main idea is to make use of various spatializing techniques like Ambisonics, Vbap, Point Source and other Commercial Surround Sound methods Read more..

Glide Keyboard-HCI Project

Glide is a keyboard where every key senses the location of your finger, as well as the pressure being applied. Current keyboards have a pitch bend and mod wheel for extra expressivity, but these affect all notes simultaneously.This keyboard allows for an extra degree of freedom for every note played. The extra information, which is due to the location of the finger during key depression, can be directly mapped to pitch, physical model characteristics, or timbre, or even use gestural characteristics.Read more..

Give peace a chance

A 16 channel surround sound piece for CCRMAlistening room .The listening room offers more spacialization options than any other CCRMA space. A "narrative sound design" project attempts to tell a story using only sound.The setting is about someone trapped at the Taj hotel during the Mumbai blast. The sound design illustrates the entire event transcending into the melody which talks about the central theme, Give Peace a Chance.Read More..

Decorrelation filters

This is a project I am doing with Jonathan Abel and Hwan Shim. In this project I am designing a virtual surround sytem using decorrelation filters and HRTF. It can also be used for moving a sound source to a desired location in space in real time.Read more..

Intelligent Pitch tracker

A pitch tracking algorithm developed in chuck for adding accompaniments based on the register in which you are singing.There is also an option to switch between various effect banks based on the register in which the song is rendered.code..

Experiments with rhythm

My research focuses on expectation evoked-emotion, such as the tension and resolution that occurs when rhythm satisfies or defies expectations, as well as innate auditory cues.I am fundamentally interested in how music evokes emotions. I focused my research mainly in understanding how people in the west perceived Indian rhythmic patterns used in both Carnatic and Hindustani music styles. I wanted explore a cross cultural correlation and study about how the western world perceives and enjoys eastern music.Read more..