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IRCAM

IRCAM (French: Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique; English: "Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music") is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to, and is organisationally linked with, the…

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A centre for musical research

A cultural centre for musical modernism

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IRCAM

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Edges128
Triples158
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015504
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related to Further reading · 28
IRCAM → Anderson, Boulez, Composer, Conductor, Contemporary Music Review, Dearden, Désintégrations, Enigma, Harrison Birtwistle, Harwood Academic Publishers, Ian, ISBN, ISSN, Joan, Julian, London, Machover, Montaigne MO, Musical Thought, New York
related to history · 24
IRCAM → Bernard Stiegler, Boulez, Centre Pompidou, Composers, Composition, Computer Music, Cultural Development, Cursus Program, Director, Frank Madlener, From, In, January, Jean-Claude Risset, Laurent Bayle, Luciano Berio, Max Mathews, On, Pierre Boulez, Place Igor-Stravinsky
related to References · 24
IRCAM → Born, Boulez, California Press, Coordination Acoustique/Musique, Georgina, In Stanley Sadie, Institut, Institutionalization, John Tyrrell, Julian, London, Los Angeles, Macmillan, Manning, Murail, Music, Musical Avant-Garde, Musicians, Peter, Recherche
related to A centre for musical research · 19
IRCAM → Along, Barry Anderson, Composers, FM, For, Fourier, Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask, Ian Dearden, John Chowning, Lisp-based, Many, Max, Max/MSP, Miller Puckette, OpenMusic, Orpheus, Several, The, Tristan Murail's Désintégrations
related to A cultural centre for musical modernism · 15
IRCAM → Apart, Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensemble Modern, Europe, It, Kaija Saariaho, Klangforum Wien, Luciano Berio, Many, Murail, Musical, Pierre Boulez, The Ensemble InterContemporain, Tristan Murail, World War II
related to Software developed at IRCAM · 11
IRCAM → Antescofo, AudioSculpt, It, Jonathan Harvey's, Modalys, OMax, OpenMusic, Orchidée, Some, Spat, Speakings
related to Affiliations · 10
IRCAM → Acoustics, Audio Technologies, Berkeley, California, CCRMA, Center, CNMAT, Computer Research, New Music, Stanford's Center
see also · 10
IRCAM → AmsterdamWORM, CNMATSTEIM, Electro Instrumental Music, Elektronmusikstudion, Groupe, MarseilleSDIF, Rotterdam, Sound Description Interchange Format, StockholmGRIM, Studio
related to External links · 7
IRCAM → Articles Hypertextes, BRAHMS, English, French, Musique, Relationnelle, Siècle

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music de musical ensemble max developed computer boulez new sound also electronic institute software research synthesis fr audio john msp

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that of Luciano Berio or Pierre Boulezinstance ofIt has disseminated music of post World War II modernist musicians0.80text
as well as younger performersinstance ofIt has disseminated music of post World War II modernist musicians0.80text
composersinstance ofIt has disseminated music of post World War II modernist musicians0.80text
that of Tristan Murailinstance ofMusical spectralism0.80text
has also received support from IRCAMinstance ofMusical spectralism0.80text
dynamicsinstance ofOrchidée is capable of computing the complex combinatorial possibilities of an orchestra based on musical attributes0.80text
instrumentsinstance ofOrchidée is capable of computing the complex combinatorial possibilities of an orchestra based on musical attributes0.80text
perceptual attributes such as brightnessinstance ofOrchidée is capable of computing the complex combinatorial possibilities of an orchestra based on musical attributes0.80text
and timbre models.IRCAM software is distributed via a subscription-based Foruminstance ofOrchidée is capable of computing the complex combinatorial possibilities of an orchestra based on musical attributes0.80text
Cycling 74instance ofaudio generativity/timbre transformation/transfer either as a VST plugin or using Max/MSP.There are also partnerships with companies0.80text
IRCAMrelated to A centre for musical researchSeveral0.60section
IRCAMrelated to A centre for musical researchJohn Chowning0.60section

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