UBC Okanagan · Kelowna, BC
SPIRAL
The Sonic Production Intelligence Research and Applications Lab. We study how sound is perceived, performed, and produced — and build the generative systems and machine-learning tools that assist that process.
About
Sound, studied where it's made.
SPIRAL is situated on the traditional, unceded lands of the Syilx people. Our interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, musicologists, sound designers, and humanities scholars researches sound perception, performance, and the cognitive models behind creative process.
What we do
Generative systems for sound design, performance, and composition.
We build generative systems and machine-learning models that assist and streamline the creative process — from soundscape composition to live performance — aiming for a gold standard in computer-assisted sound design.
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Research
Projects
Generative soundscape systems, spatial audio, packet-loss-tolerant network performance, and machine-listening for sound design — the lab's current and recent work.
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Tools & Apps
Desktop tools built out of our research — audio plug-ins, a network-jamming app, and a sound-feature extractor — free for musicians and sound designers.
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Facilities
A sound design A.I. studio, a multi-microphone capture room, and a 36-channel immersive listening space at UBC Okanagan.
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People
Computer scientists, musicologists, sound designers, and humanities scholars — the researchers and collaborators behind SPIRAL.
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