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New Equipment for Spatial Sound Recording at IAC

Virtual room with sound boxes. Illustration.
Black Room with speakers in the virtual version.

IAC is happy to unveil a powerful upgrade to its spatial sound recording capabilities – a new audio equipment with a focus on capturing the movement of sound in space.

This initiative builds on PhD student Yann Coppier’s technique, which he describes as “invisible choreography”, a method for recording spatial interactions and sonic gestures that preserves their dynamic presence.

The newly purchased setup includes twelve LOM Uši Pro high-quality omni-directional microphones and one 12-channel, digitally controlled microphone preamplifier from RME. Together, they enable high-fidelity multichannel recordings in environments such as the Black Room, where initial tests have been conducted.

IAC technician Jonas Jönsson and other IAC staff are contributing to the ongoing development of the setup, which is designed to be modular and adaptable for various recording contexts. The project aims to expand IAC’s capacity for immersive audio/visual formats and to support future initiatives that could enable audiences to experience time-based art in new and lasting ways, even after the original installation has ended.

Whether you're an artist, composer, or researcher, this new technology invites you to explore spatial sound in ways that were previously difficult to achieve.

Read Yann Coppier's article about "Absurd Sounds" - researchcatalogue.net

Read more about Yann Coppier's artistic research at IAC here.

Virtual illustration with speakers in the Black Room. Illustration.
Overview of the Black Room in the virtual version with some acoustic attenuation distances featured.