Princeton Sound Lab

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{{Short description|Research laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University}}

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The Princeton Sound Lab is a research laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, in collaboration with the Department of Music. The Sound Lab conducts research in a variety of areas in computer music, including physical modeling, audio analysis, audio synthesis, programming languages for audio and multimedia, interactive controller design, psychoacoustics, and real-time systems for composition and performance.

The lab has had support from the SONY Corporation.{{cite web | author=John Sullivan on | title=Princeton sound lab pushes boundaries of realism in audio with support from Sony | website=Princeton University | date=2012-02-27 | url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2012/02/27/princeton-sound-lab-pushes-boundaries-realism-audio-support-sony | access-date=2025-03-27}}

The facility has utilised an anechoic (echo-less) chamber for research.{{cite web | last=Wells | first=Matt | title=Musical sweet spot for 3D sound | website=BBC News | date=2011-03-19 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9427000/9427892.stm | access-date=2025-03-27}}

History

The dedicated Princeton lab was created following separation of joint research activities with Columbia University in the 1980s.{{cite book | last=Uy | first=Michael Sy | title=Ask the Experts | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=New York | date=2020 | isbn=978-0-19-751044-5 | page=230}}

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