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Workshop: Making Multichannel Music - Stephan Moore

  • Elastic Arts 3429 West Diversey Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647 United States (map)

MMM with Stephan Moore

In collaboration with Elastic Arts and the CLEAT Series we present four artist-led introductory workshops exploring spatial audio.

Stephan will demonstrate strategies for multichannel sound spatialization using the CLEAT system, including the basic CLEAT spatial toolkit written in the Max realtime-audio language, and available at http://cleat.info/resources. He will also demonstrate creating apparent sonic movements using the psychoacoustic phenomenon known as the precedence effect.

About the MMM Workshop:

These workshops are FREE!

The workshops are approximately 2 hours. Workshops begin with a demonstration and discussion of each individual artist’s approach to multichannel sound. In the second half of the workshops, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with multichannel sound techniques on the 16-channel CLEAT system installed at Elastic.

No prior experience with multichannel sound necessary! You will need to bring your own laptopo actively participate in the second half of each workshop, however you are also welcome to simply listen and observe without a laptop.

For more info and resources related to the CLEAT system, click here.

About Stephan Moore

Stephan Moore is a sound artist based in Chicago. His creative work manifests as electronic studio compositions, improvisational outbursts, sound installations, scores for collaborative performances, algorithmic compositions, interactive art, and sound designs for unusual circumstances. In 2019, he co-founded the Chicago Laboratory for Electro-Acoustic Theater, which operates a unique multichannel audio system at Elastic Arts in Chicago. He is also active as a curator, scholar, audio engineer, and freelance technician and problem-solver for a multitude of artistic projects. He is a Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Associate Professor of Instruction in the Sound Arts and Industries program at Northwestern University. More information at oddnoise.com.


This series is supported by a 2022 Chicago Made Professional Development Program grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.