IRCAM - The Electronic Music Institute

Back in 1996 Hugues Vinet of the IRCAM electronic music institute in Paris, was interviewed by Paul Tingen for an article in Sound On Sound magazine. Now the two are back together discussing the musical and technical innovations of the past 25 years.Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:43 - Hugues Vinet and IRCAM 02:38 - How IRCAM Has Changed 06:02 - Partners and Community 09:03 - Music Styles and Technology 10:56 - Working With Ableton 12:56 - Musical Developments 18:49 - Sound Design 23:05 - Defining Sounds 26:04 - Using Different Tools 28:07 - AI DevelopmentHugues Vinet Biog Hugues Vinet is Director of Innovation and Research Means at IRCAM, a world-leading institution associated with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which is dedicated to music production and research. He has managed all research, development and innovation activities at IRCAM since 1994. He co-founded and ran for several terms the STMS (Science and Technology of Music and Sound) joint lab with the French Ministry of Culture, CNRS and Sorbonne Université. Hugues previously worked at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales of National Institute of Audiovisual in Paris, where he managed the research and designed the first versions of the award-winning real-time audio processing product, GRM Tools. He has coordinated many collaborative R&D projects, including recently H2020 VERTIGO in charge of the STARTS Residencies program managing 45 residencies of artists with technological research projects throughout Europe. Hugues is currently in charge of the artistic residencies program of the MediaFutures project. He also curates the Vertigo Forum art-science yearly symposium at Centre Pompidou, and participates in various experts bodies in the fields of audio, music, multimedia, information technology and innovation.Main Ircam site - https://www.ircam.fr Ircam Lab Software - https://www.ircamlab.com Free Ircam Technologies - https://forum.ircam.fr/collections/detail/technologies-ircam-freeMusic Credits: Répons by Pierre Boulez L'esprit des dunes by Tristan Murail Côte des Bars - by sound designer Roque Rivas for Krug Champagne Paul Tingen Biog Paul Tingen has been a contributor to Sound On Sound since 1990. In addition to his regular artist and producer interviews, he began writing the Inside Track: Secrets of the Mix Engineers series in January 2008.He is also the author of a book, Miles Beyond: the Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991 (Billboard Books), a producer, and a guitarist with one album to his name.Paul maintains two web sites: www.tingen.org and www.miles-beyond.com, and an Instagram page: @paultingenmusicCatch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts