The Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) is a multi-disciplinary facility where composers and researchers work together using computer-based technology both as an artistic medium and as a research tool. Pronouncing "CCRMA": CCRMA is an acronym for the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics it is pronounced "karma" (the first "c" is silent).Areas of ongoing interest:CompositionApplications HardwareApplications SoftwareSynthesis Techniques and AlgorithmsPhysical ModelingMusic and Mobile DevicesSensorsReal-Time ControllersSignal ProcessingDigital Recording and EditingPsychoacoustics and Musical AcousticsPerceptual Audio CodingMusic Information RetrievalAudio NetworkingAuditory Display of Multidimensional Data (Data Sonification)Real-Time Applications.The CCRMA community:Administrative and technical staff, faculty, research associates, graduate research assistants, graduate and undergraduate students, visiting scholars, visiting researchers and composers, and industrial associates. Departments actively represented at CCRMA include Music, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Art, Drama, and Psychology. Center activities:Academic courses, seminars, small interest group meetings, summer workshops and colloquia. Concerts of computer music are presented several times each year, including exchange concerts with area computer music centers. In-house technical reports and recordings are available, and public demonstrations of ongoing work at CCRMA are held periodically.Research results:Are published and presented at professional meetings, international conferences and in established journals including the Computer Music Journal, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, and various transactions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Compositions are presented in new music festivals and radio broadcasts throughout the world and have been recorded on cassette, LP, compact disc, and in the cloud.
