{"39829":{"#nid":"39829","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Center for Music Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech today launches the new Center for Music Technology with more than 20 researchers from the arts, sciences and engineering. Several interdisciplinary projects already in progress will be demonstrated today at an exclusive launch event for potential collaborators\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our goal is to build an international center for creative and technological research in music that will redefine the way we create, perform, listen to and consume music,\u0022 says Dr. Gil Weinberg, co-founder and director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. \u0022To that end, we brought together top researchers from across campus who together can address current challenges in the field and develop new solutions that cannot be achieved in the framework of a single discipline.\u0022    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike much current research in music, the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology is committed to bringing new ideas to the market, with applied solutions for businesses and consumers. Researchers are already working on ways to improve existing acoustical instruments, as well as defining new approaches for music making. \u0022One of our new projects, called ZooZ Beat, for example, allows anyone with a cell phone to use expressive gestures to create and share music in a group,\u0022 explains Weinberg. \u0022Other projects explore concepts like wearable devices for music therapy, audience participation in live performance, robotic musicianship, music as an assistive medium for the visually impaired and computational analysis of music at the signal level.\u0022 Other research areas include composition, machine listening, materials science, music information retrieval, digital signal processing, design and manufacturing, networked music, music perception, music theory, multimedia development and acoustics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is important to note that the students who work with our faculty members bring with them a wide range of skills and experiences, from the technical to the artistic,\u0022 stresses Weinberg. \u0022More than half of our students are pursuing a Master of Science in Music Technology degree in a relatively new program at Georgia Tech that encourages students to explore their creativity both technically and musically. We are currently in the process of proposing a PhD degree in Music Technology, which will allow our students to deepen their education in these areas and help develop a strong intellectual backbone for research activities in the Center.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology is a unit of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, and jointly funded by the Office of the Provost and the Colleges of Architecture, Computing and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Center\u0027s interdisciplinary research will explore new ways to combine music and technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech today launches the new Center for Music Technology with more than 20 researchers from the arts, sciences and engineering. 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