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Andrea Cera

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Embodied sound design

2018

Abstract Embodied sound design is a process of sound creation that involves the designer’s vocal apparatus and gestures. The possibilities of vocal sketching were investigated by means of an art installation. An artist–designer interpreted several vocal self-portraits and rendered the corresponding synthetic sketches by using physics-based and concatenative sound synthesis. Both synthesis techniques afforded a broad range of artificial sound objects, from concrete to abstract, all derived from natural vocalisations. The vocal-to-synthetic transformation process was then automated in SEeD, a tool allowing to set and play interactively with physics- or corpus-based sound models. The voice-dri…

Range (music)sound synthesisProcess (engineering)Sound designHuman Factors and Ergonomicsvocal sketchingsonic interaction design01 natural sciences050105 experimental psychologyEducationHuman–computer interaction0103 physical sciencesSettore ICAR/13 - Disegno IndustrialeNatural (music)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSet (psychology)010301 acousticsSound (geography)embodimentSettore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle Informazionigeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorySettore INF/01 - Informatica05 social sciencesGeneral EngineeringSound designHuman-Computer InteractionHardware and ArchitectureEmbodied cognitionSound design; embodiment; vocal sketching; sound synthesisSoftwareGesture
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Sonic in(tro)spection by vocal sketching

2016

How can the art practice of self-representation be ported to sonic arts? In S’i’ fosse suono, brief sonic self-portraits are arranged in the form of an audiovisual checkerboard. The recorded non-verbal vocal sounds were used as sketches for synthetic renderings, using two seemingly distant sound modeling techniques. Through this piece, the authors elaborate on the ideas of self-portrait, vocal sketching, and sketching in sound design. The artistic exploration gives insights on how vocal utterances may be automatically converted to synthetic sounds, and ultimately how designers may effectively sketch in the domain of sound.

Settore INF/01 - InformaticaSettore ICAR/13 - Disegno Industrialesonic interaction design
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