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Description:
The pervasiveness of handheld mobile computing devices has created an opportunity to realize ubiquitous virtual musical instruments. These devices are powerful, connected and equipped with a variety of sensors allowing parametrically controlled, physically modeled instruments that previously required an 8-DSP farm with minimal UI.
We will provide a brief history of physically modeled musical instruments and the platforms that these models have been run on. We will also give an overview of what is currently possible on handheld mobile devices, including modern DSP strategies using a high level expression language that can be re-targeted across multiple platforms.
moForte inc was founded to develop a line of sonic and musical applications for handheld devices including "moForte Guitar" which is an application for mobile devices that models the guitar family of instruments.
About the Speakers:
Pat Scandalis, CTO and acting CEO, has worked for a number of Silicon Valley High Tech Companies. He has held lead engineering positions at National Semiconductor, Teradyne, Apple and Sun. He has spent the past 18 years working in Digital Media. He was an Audio DSP researcher at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He co-founded and was the VP of engineering for Staccato Systems, a successful spinout of Stanford/CCRMA that was sold to Analog Devices in 2001. He has held VP positions at TuneTo.com, Jarrah Systems and Liquid Digital Media (formerly Liquid Audio). He most recently ran Liquid Digital Media, which developed and operated all online digital music e-commerce properties for Walmart. He holds a BSc in Physics from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is currently a visiting scholar at CCRMA, Stanford University.
Dr. Julius O. Smith III, Founding Consultant teaches a music signal-processing course sequence and supervises related research at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He is formally a professor of music and associate professor (by courtesy) of electrical engineering at Stanford University. In 1975, he received his BS/EE degree from Rice University, where he got a solid grounding in the field of digital signal processing and modeling for control. In 1983, he received the PhD/EE degree from Stanford University, specializing in techniques for digital filter design and system identification, with app to violin modeling. His work history includes the Signal Processing Department at Electromagnetic Systems Laboratories, Inc., working on systems for digital communications, the Adaptive Systems Department at Systems Control Technology, Inc., working on research problems in adaptive filtering and spectral estimation, and NeXT Computer, Inc., where he was responsible for sound, music, and signal processing software for the NeXT computer workstation. In addition, he was a founding consultant for Staccato Systems, Inc., and Shazam Entertainment Ltd., where he co-developed the core technology. Prof. Smith is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and the Acoustical Society of America. He is the author of four online books and numerous research publications in his field.
Nicholas J. Porcaro, Chief Scientist, is a software developer proficient in many languages including Objective-C, C++, PHP, Javascript, Python and Perl. He holds a B.S in electrical engineering from Texas A&M, and was a visiting scholar at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University. He was a founder of Staccato Systems, and worked for several other startup companies in a variety of fields – electronic design automation, geophysics, e-commerce, and digital audio. He has also done independent artistic work with 3D graphics with sound. In late 2011 he released an iPhone app called UndAground – New York, a cultural guide to New York City. He is also a jazz pianist.
Address & Directions:
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
The Knoll
660 Lomita Court, Stanford, California 94305-8180
CCRMA Directions
CCRMA on Google Maps
Stanford Campus Map
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.
Via Caltrain
Take Caltrain to the Palo Alto station.
Take Marguerite shuttle service (either B Line or Midnight Express, depending on time of day) onto the Stanford campus; shuttles meet each train.
Get off the shuttle at Tressider Union.
Walk away from the Union through the Tressider parking lot and cross Mayfield Avenue.
A pathway to the left of Florence Moore Hall leads up a hill.
At the top of the hill is Lomita Drive, with the Knoll on your left.
From El Camino Real
Turn onto the Stanford Campus at 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 Foothill Expressway
Follow Foothill across Page Mill, where it becomes Junipero Serra Boulevard.
Turn right onto the Stanford Campus at Campus Drive East.
At the first stop sign, turn left onto Mayfield Avenue.
Follow Mayfield as it curves left.
At the end of Mayfield, turn left on Lomita Drive.
The Knoll is at 660 Lomita.
Parking:
Parking is available in the Tresidder Lots on Mayfield Street.
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