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This summer I've been doing a deep dive on several issues related to the use of tactile transducers in new music contexts.  For this installment, I'm sharing the design of a 3D printed bracket that allows for the mounting of a Dayton Audio DAEX58FP tactile transducer to the back of a cello.  The 3D .stl file (linked below), when printed in PLA or ABS, provides an excellent set of mounting points for a DAEX58FP tactile transducer.  The circular portion of the 3D print fits snugly and securely over the exciter's magnet and suspension, allowing ample clearance for movement relative to the driv

Professor Carmine-Emanuele Cella has a new paper accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research.

Title: Target-based computer-assisted orchestration: Complexity and approximation algorithms

John-Carlos Perea will be in residence at CNMAT as a visiting researcher, composer, and performer for the academic year 2022-23. In addition to being a GRAMMY® Award winning multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, John-Carlos is Associate Professor of American Indian Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.

John-Carlos will be developing a musician-specific augmented performance environment for voice, cedar flute, and drum.

On Wednesday, April 27, CNMAT released a maintenance update for CNMAT Externals v1.0.5 that provides support and compatibility with Apple's M1 processors as well as other minor updates and bug fixes. Users should update the CNMAT Externals through the Max Package Manager:

CNMAT's assistant professor Carmine-Emanuele Cella, with co-authors, recently published two new papers on mathematical modeling of music timbre.

Rage Thormbones will complete their residency at CNMAT this month and present a concert of works by UC Berkeley composers. They have worked closely with the duo over past months to develop pieces that range from ecstatic grim comedy to improvisatory murmurings. There will be a light reception to follow the concert.

RAGE Thormbones Concert
Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8:00pm to 9:30pm
1750 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA 94709

As part of his composition, Kobi, which will be premiered at Milano Musica in May 2022 by Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Professor Carmine Cella is working to complete the first model of an augmented Mbira. Carmine has partnered with Ozias Macoo, an instrument builder from Mozambique who has built a special Mbira for the project.

CNMAT welcomes Januibe Tejera, Olivier Stankiewicz, and Alice Belugou for an April concert.

Tejera, Belugou, Stankiewicz Concert
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 @ 8pm
1750 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA, 94709

The concert will feature works by Tejera, Pedro Garcia Velazquez, Tonia Ko, and Gabriel Araújo.

https://www.januibetejera.com

CNMAT is pleased to host a concert of composers and performers affiliated with CCRMA.

CCRMA @ CNMAT Concert
Friday, April 15, 2022 @ 8pm
1750 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA 9470

The concert will feature Barbara Nerness and Engin Dağlık. Barbara will be joined by Stephanie Sherriff and they will be performing as Alkimiya Transfer.

CNMAT stands in solidarity with those affected by the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. We echo the condemnation that has been expressed broadly across the UC Berkeley campus of this terrible violence.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/03/01/dania-matos-to-ukrainian-students-scholars-we-stand-with-you/

CNMAT is pleased to welcome international composer and researcher Marlon Schumacher for a spring research residency. Marlon will be working in collaboration with Professor Carmine Cella and on his own independent research initiatives.

Marlon Schumacher is full professor for Music Informatics at the Institute for Music Informatics and Musicology (IMWI) of the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany.

https://edu.marlonschumacher.de

Alessandro Frullani will be in residence this spring at CNMAT. Alessandro recently finished his masters degree in mechanical engineering. He will be working under the direction of Professor Carmine Cella on the research and development of musical instrument augmentation.

Alessandro specializes in vibration mechanics, acoustics, and psychoacoustics. His master’s thesis featured his work on binaural recording.

https://cnmat.berkeley.edu/people/alessandro-frullani