Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Upcoming Events
Gradients of Control | Robert Fleitz Piano Recital
Date:
Wed, 01/08/2025 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
The program features works by Camila Agosto, Manaka Kataoka, Linda Leimane, Rytis Mažulis, Jeffrey Mumford, Lou Sheppard, Julie Zhu and Raimonda Žiūkaitė
FREE
Open to the Public
Junhyeok Lee (from JHU), "Differentiable Phase Augmentation for Speech Synthesis"
Date:
Fri, 01/10/2025 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom (Knoll 217) / Zoom
Event Type:
DSP Seminar 
Abstract
One of the most important goals of generative models is achieving a one-to-many mapping. In audio signals, the phase is a key component that contributes to one-to-many mapping, particularly in vocoder tasks. However, current audio generative models often overlook this aspect. In this seminar, we will discuss the application of domain knowledge from digital signal processing to deep generative modeling, including concepts such as the Fourier transform, Jensen-Shannon sampling, Nyquist frequency, quantization, and others.
FREE
Open to the Public
Chris Brown & Thea Farhadian | Solos and Duo Performance
Date:
Wed, 01/15/2025 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
CCRMA presents a live performance by Chris Brown and Thea Farhadian.
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
Jill Kries - How the brain encodes speech and language with aging and aphasia
Date:
Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
FREE
Open to the Public
Recent Events
Measuring Acoustic Transfer Functions - Swapan Gandhi and Juan Sierra (Meyer Sound)
Date:
Fri, 10/18/2024 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
We often want to characterize an audio system but we might not have access to the underlying input signal, This occurs in common devices that have their own clocks and unknown latency. Our friends at Meyer Sound have this problem and are proposing a solution based on a "virtual referece." Grounded in their experience measuring and tuning room acoustics, they will share with us details of their method and a live demonstration of its use to characterize some popular consumer audio devices.
Who: Swapan Gandhi and Juan Sierra (Meyer Sound)
What: Transfer Function Measurements When the Reference Signal is Known but not Accessible
When: Friday October 18 at 10:30AM
Who: Swapan Gandhi and Juan Sierra (Meyer Sound)
What: Transfer Function Measurements When the Reference Signal is Known but not Accessible
When: Friday October 18 at 10:30AM
FREE
Open to the Public
CCRMA Transitions 2024
Date:
Wed, 10/16/2024 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Date:
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Event Type:
Concert 
CCRMA celebrates the start of the 2024 season with its annual Transitions concerts. Feast your ears on immersive 3D sounds played on our 56.8 speaker dome in the Stage. CCRMA students, faculty, staff, and alumni joined by special guest performers will present live performances, fixed media electronic music, and audiovisual works. Each evening’s program will feature different artists.
Due to limited seating, in-person access to these events is based on registration. Reserve your seat here. Please arrive no later than 10 minutes before the show, otherwise your seat may be given away.
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
Prof. Dan Bowling - Music for Mental Health
Date:
Fri, 10/11/2024 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
I'm happy to welcome a new faculty member, Dr. Dan Bowling, to Stanford and the Hearing Seminar. He'll be talking about his research on music and health at the next Hearing Seminar. Please join us.
Who: Dr. Dan Bowling, Stanford Psychiatry's Division of Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
What: Music and Health: Biological Foundations and Applications
When: Friday October 11th at 10:30AM
Where: CCRMA Seminar Room, Top Floor of the Knoll at Stanford
FREE
Open to the Public
Jin Woo Lee on "Differentiable Physical Modeling for Sound Synthesis: From Design to Inverse Problems"
Date:
Fri, 10/04/2024 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom [Knoll 217] (ZOOM Link Below)
Event Type:
DSP Seminar 
Abstract:
Open to the Public
Past Live Streamed Events
Recent News
Twist the Gears of a Massive VR Music Engine with Carillon
Really nice article about a new VR instrument created by Rob Hamilton and Chris Platz. Enjoy!
Behind the Scenes at the Stanford Laptop Orchestra
Really nice article about our very own SLOrk!
THX and Dr. James A. Moorer in the NYTimes
Dr. James A. Moorer updates the THX sound from 30-70 voices, to futher adapt to the advancing spatialization capabilites of theaters.
Read the full article here!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/as-thx-gets-a-new-trailer-an-interview-with-its-composer/?hpw&rref=movies&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Read the full article here!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/as-thx-gets-a-new-trailer-an-interview-with-its-composer/?hpw&rref=movies&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
How a University Launched the Electronic Music Revolution
Article about CCRMA and Andrew Nelson's book featured recently on MetroNews:
Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution
The Father of the Digital Synthesizer
Interesting article about our own John Chowining on pricenomics.com. Enjoy!
