CNMAT’s research sits at the intersection of music, technology, computation, sound, and human interaction. Researchers develop new tools, systems, interfaces, and theories that expand how sound can be created, performed, analyzed, and experienced—from new protocols and audio networks to sensor technologies, machine learning, spatial audio, musical interfaces, and the materials of electronic instruments.
Research spans areas including audio signal processing and analysis; machine learning and music cognition; spatial acoustics and multichannel audio; new sensors, textiles, and interfaces; real-time music software; parallel and FPGA-based computing; musical interaction and gesture; and the development of new standards and protocols for communicating sound and musical information.
This work is both theoretical and deeply applied. CNMAT research has produced widely adopted technologies and standards, while also opening possibilities for entirely new forms of musical expression and performance. Explore this section to discover the projects, publications, software, and music emerging from CNMAT—and see how research at the Center moves from fundamental questions and experimental ideas into tools used by artists and technologists, industry-wide technologies, and new music.