Renzo Vitale: What should electric cars sound like?
Renzo Vitale: Hur skulle elektriska bilar kunna låta?
Renzo Vitale explores the narrative between music, science and human perception -- envisioning sonic spaces for music to evolve, for cities to sing, for people to transcend. Full bio
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precious conditions for humans,
värdefulla tillstånden för människan,
the depth of our presence.
att känna oss själva på djupet.
why the advent of electric cars
varför ankomsten av elektriska bilar
of enthusiasm among people.
bland människor.
the concept of cars
så kan vi associera bilbegreppet
when it comes to cars,
kan när det gäller bilar
they can't even hear it.
så kan de inte ens höra den.
as we are walking around the city,
genom städerna,
and we detach from the surroundings.
och inte är uppmärksamma på vår omgivning.
our precious companion.
vår värdefulla följeslagare.
wonderful gifts of our universe.
som vi fått från universum.
sound is also information.
så är ljud också information.
feedback to the drivers,
återkoppling via ljud
have introduced several regulations
introducerat flera regleringar
for electric vehicles.
ska ge ifrån sig ljud.
minimum sound levels
miniminivåer på ljudet
is considered as sufficient.
från bilen som tillräckligt.
have generated different reactions
har skapat olika reaktioner
and those who fear the presence
och de som tycker att det finns
as the noise of the car.
som ljudet från en bil.
som bilens röst.
and privileges, at the same time.
och privilegium på samma gång.
engine sounds like,
how an electric engine sounds like.
hur en elektrisk motor låter.
high-frequency pitch sound,
just amplify this sound,
skulle förstärka detta ljud,
the legal requirements.
vara tillräckligt för lagens krav.
to compose new sound.
att vi behöver skapa ett nytt ljud.
is already very chaotic,
are a great case study
är en bra fallstudie
cross purposes and disarray.
motsatta syften och oordning.
offers a great opportunity
erbjuder en stor möjlighet
on how to reduce this chaos.
för att reducera detta kaos.
that tries to reduce the chaos
som försöker reducera detta kaos
how an electric car could sound like,
hur en elektrisk bil kan låta
a new sound world,
en ny värld av ljud,
to our previous experience
till vår tidigare erfarenhet,
we create lots of sonic textures
så skapar vi många ljudstrukturer
feelings and frequencies
med frekvenser,
the legal requirements,
de lagliga kraven,
and the identity of the car.
och identitet.
first of all, an aesthetic space of sound,
och främst ett estetiskt utrymme,
I search for new, innovative methods
nya innovativa metoder
that we don't know,
som vi inte känner till,
to envision abstract worlds,
se abstrakta världar,
of a sonic organism,
en ljudorganism,
of sonic variations,
av ljudvariationer,
is the composition of sound genes.
kompositionen av ljudgener.
is based on a cluster of properties
är baserad på ett kluster av egenskaper
that I compose should have.
borde innehålla.
such as the sound of a car,
som bilens ljud,
of sound in the air.
the sound of a car.
coming back home.
an unexpected sense of wonder,
en oväntad känsla av underverk,
det mänskliga tillståndet,
we define the sonic variations.
definierar vi ljudvariationer.
generate different voices,
där olika kroppar genererar olika röster,
have a different acoustic behavior
olika akustiska egenskaper
the geometry and the materials.
how this car propagates the sound outside
hur bildens ljud sprids på utsidan,
to produce different tones and timbres,
kan skapa olika toner och klanger,
different sonic variations
of eight words that I defined.
som jag har definierat.
to me, really important,
verkligen viktiga,
of "dynamic," of "embracing."
these two aspects,
dessa två aspekter,
identitetsprismat,
ett ljudidentitetskort för en bil.
the sonic identity card of a car.
we enter the world of the sound design,
så stiger vi in i en värld av ljuddesign,
a sound field into a melody.
ett ljudlandskap till en melodi.
which would propagate in this hall,
som sprider sig i denna sal,
would hit the side walls
träffa salens väggar
several ways of sound to hit side walls.
som ljud kan träffa väggar.
by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
av den Bavariska radiosymfoniorkestern
that they were going to play.
som de skulle spela.
to start from this sound field.
en idé om att starta ett ljudfält.
over the distribution
the blooming of the sound field
blomningen av ljudfältet
for each instrument,
för varje instrument,
the string section playing very softly,
som spelar väldigt mjukt,
as the brasses, the woods will jump in,
with a harp and a piano
med en harpa och ett piano
actually, in the morning.
från min alarmklocka på morgnarna.
till elektriska bilar.
that I showed you.
exemplet som jag visade er.
how a potential sound,
hur ett potentiellt ljud,
for electric cars, could sound like.
för elektriska bilar skulle kunna låta.
distance and journey,
avstånd och resa,
of intelligence and complexity,
intelligens och komplexitet,
performative art installations.
scenkonstinstallationer.
through sound genetics
genom ljudgenetik
to celebrate this complexity
att hylla denna komplexitet
a more elegant and safe space.
och trygg plats att leva på.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Renzo Vitale - Sound geneticist, musician, acoustic engineerRenzo Vitale explores the narrative between music, science and human perception -- envisioning sonic spaces for music to evolve, for cities to sing, for people to transcend.
Why you should listen
Renzo Vitale is an Italian pianist, composer, sound designer, acoustic engineer and artist. His creative process involves an interrogation of the relation between music, science and human perception.
As a musician, Vitale has composed a wide spectrum of works ranging from dance theater to performative installation pieces and virtual reality experiences. His solo works focus on vulnerable states of human condition, such as the sublimity of emotional gravities and the irrational nature of disorders. As a scientist, his research encompasses architectural acoustics, psychoacoustics, vehicle acoustics and music communication.
Vitale holds a PhD in Acoustics from RWTH Aachen University, two master's degrees in electronic engineering and in piano performance as well as further studies in electronic music, composition and conducting. Previously he has been a research scholar at the Institute of Technical Acoustics in Aachen, Pratt Institute in New York and KTH in Stockholm.
In 2015, Vitale joined the Research and Innovation Center of BMW Group as a Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) engineer. Since 2017 he designs the sounds of electric vehicles. He conceived a new generation of sounds through a novel approach that he calls "sound genetics," which defines the aesthetic space of sounds in order to generate soundscapes to enable us to envision abstract worlds and make them tangible and audible.
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