Tapping into the Internet as an Acoustical/Musical Medium.

Network audio technology transforms advanced networks into a new kind of sound propagation medium, with its own properties compared to air, water, or solids. Three areas of research are described: 1) methods for using your ears for monitoring quality-of-service (QoS) of networks supporting high-qual...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Music Review Vol. 28; no. 4/5; pp. 413 - 421
Autor principal: Chafe, Chris
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2009
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Sumario:Network audio technology transforms advanced networks into a new kind of sound propagation medium, with its own properties compared to air, water, or solids. Three areas of research are described: 1) methods for using your ears for monitoring quality-of-service (QoS) of networks supporting high-quality, real-time, interactive, bidirectional flows; 2) new musical practices being made in the medium; and 3) a discussion of human factors affected by some unique acoustical properties of the medium.