Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
Encyclopedia
The Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) is a multidisciplinary research center within the Graz University of Music and Dramatic Arts (Austria
).
Since 1990, IEM has collaborated with guest artists (including Olga Neuwirth
, Peter Ablinger, Bernhard Lang
) in the production and performance of more than 80 new compositions. In this process, many international partnerships have been established.
The institute has established an audio engineering curriculum in collaboration with the Graz University of Technology
. The most important aspects of these courses is to bring technology and artistic creativity closer together.
projects.
It is currently hosting the main community portal and the mailing-lists for Pure Data
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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Research and Development
Research activities are concentrated mainly in digital signal processing, audio engineering, and psycho acoustics, eg. projects in analysis and syntheses of sound and loudness perception.- Recording- and Reproduction technology
- Signal Processing, Sound Analysis and Synthesis
- Realtime Software
- Internet Archive of Electronic Music
Art Production
IEM provides technology and know-how to composers and musicians in the creation and realization of their works.Since 1990, IEM has collaborated with guest artists (including Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth is an Austrian composer.As a child at the age of seven, Neuwirth began lessons on trumpet. She later studied composition in Vienna at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts under Erich Urbanner, while studying at the Electroacoustic Institute...
, Peter Ablinger, Bernhard Lang
Bernhard Lang
Bernhard Lang is an Austrian composer of the experimental and avant-garde school, particularly advocating a style he has self-termed "repetition-perpetrator"....
) in the production and performance of more than 80 new compositions. In this process, many international partnerships have been established.
- Lost Highway Olga Neuwirth's Opera adaption of the David Lynch Film
Education
At IEM, compositions students are trained in musical acoustics, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, and real-time systems.The institute has established an audio engineering curriculum in collaboration with the Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
The Graz University of Technology is the second largest university in Styria, Austria, after the University of Graz. Austria has three universities of technology – in Graz, in Leoben, and in Vienna. The Graz University of Technology was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria. TUG, as the...
. The most important aspects of these courses is to bring technology and artistic creativity closer together.
Electrical Engineering / Sound Engineering
Bachelor/Master study in cooperation with the Graz University of TechnologyGraz University of Technology
The Graz University of Technology is the second largest university in Styria, Austria, after the University of Graz. Austria has three universities of technology – in Graz, in Leoben, and in Vienna. The Graz University of Technology was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria. TUG, as the...
Composition - Computer Music
In close collaboration with the Institute of Composition, Music Theory and Conducting (Institute 1) of the Graz University of Music and Dramatic ArtsOpen Source
The IEM is involved in several Open SourceOpen source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
projects.
It is currently hosting the main community portal and the mailing-lists for Pure Data
Pure Data
Pure Data is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open source project with a large developer base working on new extensions to it. It is...
Articles
- Ritsch, Winfried and IOhannes Zmölnig. “IEM — Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (Graz).” eContact! 11.3 — Logiciels audio « open source » / Open Source for Audio Application (September 2009).