Networked Music Performance: Developing Soundjack and the Fastmusic Box During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Hoene C, Howell I, Carôt A. Networked Music Performance: Developing Soundjack and the Fastmusic Box During the Coronavirus Pandemic. In: AES Conference: 2021 AES International Audio Education Conference. Audio Engineering Society; 2021. Paper 26. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21216

@inproceedings{Hoene2021_21216,
  author = {Hoene, Christian and Howell, Ian and Carôt, Alexander},
  title = {{Networked Music Performance: Developing Soundjack and the Fastmusic Box During the Coronavirus Pandemic}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2021 AES International Audio Education Conference},
  note = {Paper 26},
  year = {2021},
  month = jul,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21216}
}

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AB  - Networked music collaborations are technically demanding because of tight latency requirements. Typically an acoustic maximum one-way delay of 25 ms needs to be achieved if two musicians want to play in sync. We have developed the Fastmusic Box (FMB), a system that automatically analyzes the given system and network setup to identify all issues which might hinder a low delay transmission of audio. In this publication, we describe the algorithms implemented into the FMB. Since social distancing was imposed early in 2020, hundreds of music students and teachers have used the FMB to continue singing, playing, and rehearsing music together. This paper also reports on their experiences with the FMB.
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