Research

My research interests revolve around sound synthesis, virtual acoustics, and spatial audio. I wrote my master's thesis on Iannis Xenakis's use of spatialization in his music. While at Stanford, I've been on techniques for recording and performing in virtual acoustic spaces, techniques for signal decorrelation, and a variety of sound synthesis algorithms.

Virtual Acoustics

Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
with Cappella Romana
A Method for Studying Interactions between Music Performance and Rooms with Real-Time Virtual Acoustics
with Eoin F. Callery, Jonathan S. Abel, and Jonathan Berger
A Feedback Canceling Reverberator
with Jonathan S. Abel and Eoin F. Callery
Recording in a Virtual Acoustic Environment
with Jonathan S. Abel

Signal Decorrelation

A Group Delay-Based Method for Signal Decorrelation
with Jonathan S. Abel
Signal Decorrelation using Perceptually Informed Allpass Filters
with Jonathan S. Abel

Reverb and Impulse Response Measurement

Feedback Delay Network Modes
with Orchisama Das and Jonathan S. Abel
Resizing Rooms in Convolution, Delay Network, and Modal Reverberators
with Jonathan S. Abel
VampireVerb: A surreal Simulation of the Acoustics of Dracula's Castle
with Alex Chechile, Constantin Basica, and Jonathan S. Abel
An Allpass Chirp for Constant Signal-to-Noise Ratio Impulse Response Measurement
with Jonathan S. Abel
On Restoring Prematurely Truncated Sine Sweep Room Impulse Response Measurements
with Jonathan S. Abel
A Portable Impulse Response Measurement System
with Eoin Callery and Christopher Jette

Other Spatial Audio

A Virtual Acousmonium for Transparent Speaker Systems
An Update on the Development of Openmixer
with Fernando Lopez-Lezcano

Sound Synthesis

Dispersive Delay and Comb Filters Using a Modal Structure
with Jonathan S. Abel
Extensions and Applications of Modal Dispersive Filters
with Jonathan S. Abel
Group Delay-Based Allpass Filters for Abstract Sound Synthesis and Audio Effects Processing
with Jonathan S. Abel
Modal Audio Effects: A Carillon Case Study
with Kurt J. Werner
Improved Carillon Synthesis
with Mark Rau and Orchisama Das

Xenakis

Spatialization in Selected Works of Iannis Xenakis
Xenakis Synth: a Graphical Compositional Tool

Other Projects

Illustrating Trends in Nitrogen Oxides Across the United States using Sonification
with Joshuah L. Laughner
A Comparison of Real-Time Pitch Detection Algorithms in SuperCollider
Guess Chords: a Collaborative iPhone Chord Guessing Game
Accordion: a Motion Sensitive Accordion for the iPhone