March Meeting Notice

March 2006 Meeting Notice

 The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics has a 30 year  history and  has held a major role in the development of FM synthesis, physical  modeling and  computer music composition. We offer classes in computer music, recording  technology, digital signal processing, audio perception, acoustics and  human  computer interaction.

 The Knoll, CCRMA's newly renovated home is a beautiful building from the  turn of the  century.  It was originally built as the Stanford President's home but has  since  been used to house the Music Department, the Archive of Recorded Sound,  portions of  the Archeology Department since 1986 The Loma Prieta  Earthquake in  1989 damaged much of the building, and the third floor was weakened to  such an  extent that it was deemed unsafe for occupants. For close to fifteen  years, the  Knoll was never completely reconstructed, and the third floor remained  condemned.  CCRMA was able to move into the Knoll in August of this year.   We have  one  recording studio, three project studios, a performance space, teaching  facilities  and a cutting edge listening room.  Our computing system consists of 40 networked new fan-less linux computers.

 CCRMA LISTENING ROOM:
 The CCRMA Listening Room is an isolated, highly damped experimental room.  Eventually, it will permit full-spherical loudspeaker arrangements in the new space, thus  enabling new research in synthetic acoustics.

 CCRMA STAGE:
 The CCRMA Stage sound system consists of 4 ADAM S3a and 4 P-22a  loudspeakers fed  from a Tascam DM-3200 mixing console.  It allows high-quality playback of  music from  both live and computer-generated sources.  Speaker locations vary depending on the desire of electro-acoustic music composers, in order or create different  spatial  environments that suit a wide range of composition styles.

 JAY KADIS
 Jay Kadis was born in Oakland, California.  He has played guitar since  high school,  including with Misanthropes, a popular bay area band of the late 1960s.  Jay attended California State University at Hayward and holds Bachelor's and  Master's  degrees in biological science, having also studied electronics and  computer  programming.  He was a research assistant in the Department of Neurology  at Stanford  Medical School from 1975 until joining the Center for Computer Research in  Music and  Acoustics in 1987.  While working in the Neurology Research Labs, Jay  developed a  data acquisition and analysis system for intracellular neurophysiologic  data and  was coauthor on several research papers.  He has taught audio recording  classes at  CCRMA since 1991 and has enjoyed working with some of the best electronic music  performers and composers in live concert productions and recording.

 Jay has written and performed original rock music with several bands,  including  Urban Renewal and Offbeats.  He has built home studios, recorded and  produced dozens  of albums including many on Dexter Records, which he started to help  promote the  projects he produced.  Jay is interested in all aspects of music and  recording  technology, working on projects from early music to rock as recording  engineer,  producer, editor, and musician.  He also has experience designing and  building  electronic devices for neurological research and sound recording.  Jay is  currently writing a book on the science of sound recording.

 CHRIS CHAFE
 Chris Chafe is a composer/ cellist / researcher with an interest in  computer music  and interactive performance. The Duca Family Professor of Humanities and  Sciences at  Stanford University, he has been a long-term denizen of the Center for  Computer  Research in Music and Acoustics where he directs the center and teaches  computer  music courses. His doctorate in music composition was completed at  Stanford in 1983  with prior degrees in music from the University of California at San Diego  and  Antioch College. His areas of research involve methods for computer sound  synthesis  based on physical models of musical instrument mechanics and "SoundWIRE,"  which  explores musical collaboration and network  evaluation using next-generation internets for high-quality sound. He has  performed  his music in Europe, the Americas and Asia, and composed soundtracks for  documentary  films. From 2001, numerous collaborations with artist Greg Niemeyer have  included  "Ping" (SFMOMA, Parc de la Villette, Paris and online via the Walker Art  Center),  "Oxygen Flute"  (San Jose Museum of Art, UC's Kroeber Museum), the disc "Extrasensory  Perceptions"  with music from both installations, and most recently "Organum" which is a synthetic animation taking place in an invented world of larynx creatures (DVD) and led to the  "Organum Play Test" for collaborative game play.

Directions

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From 101 - Exit at Embarcadero Road heading west. As Embarcadero crosses El Camino Real it becomes Galvez Street. On Galvez, turn left at the first stop sign, onto Campus Drive. Follow Campus Drive to Mayfield Avenue; turn right on Mayfield (and follow it as it curves left). At the end of Mayfield turn left on Lomita Drive. The Knoll is at 660 Lomita.

From 280 - Exit at Alpine Road heading east. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Junipero Serra Boulevard. At the next traffic light, turn left onto Campus Drive West. At the stop sign, turn right onto Santa Teresa. Continue on Santa Teresa until the second stop sign, then turn right on Lomita Drive. Stay to the right on Lomita; the Knoll is at 660 Lomita.