Renzo Vitale: What should electric cars sound like?
رينزو فيتالي: كيف يجب أن يبدو صوت السيارات الكهربائية؟
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,
الحالات الثمينة لدى البشر،
the depth of our presence.
بعمق وجودنا.
why the advent of electric cars
of enthusiasm among people.
the concept of cars
when it comes to cars,
عندما يتعلق الأمر بالسيارات،
they can't even hear it.
لا يمكنهم حتى سماعها.
as we are walking around the city,
نمشي في جميع أنحاء المدينة،
and we detach from the surroundings.
ومنفصلين عن المناطق المحيطة.
our precious companion.
يصبح الصوت رفيقنا الثمين.
wonderful gifts of our universe.
الهدايا الرائعة في كوننا.
sound is also information.
يشكل الصوت أيضًا معلومات.
feedback to the drivers,
have introduced several regulations
العديد من اللوائح
for electric vehicles.
للمركبات الكهربائية.
minimum sound levels
مستويات الصوت الدنيا
is considered as sufficient.
have generated different reactions
and those who fear the presence
وأولئك الذين يخشون
as the noise of the car.
and privileges, at the same time.
والامتيازات، في نفس الوقت.
engine sounds like,
how an electric engine sounds like.
كيف يبدو صوت المحرك الكهربائي.
high-frequency pitch sound,
عالي التردد
just amplify this sound,
the legal requirements.
على تحقيق المتطلبات القانونية.
to compose new sound.
نحن بحاجة لتأليف صوت جديد.
is already very chaotic,
المرور فوضوي جدًا،
are a great case study
هي حالة رائعة للدراسة
cross purposes and disarray.
offers a great opportunity
يقدم فرصة كبيرة
on how to reduce this chaos.
كيفية الحد من هذه الفوضى.
that tries to reduce the chaos
يحاول تقليل الفوضى
how an electric car could sound like,
كيف يمكن أن يبدو صوت السيارة الكهربائية،
a new sound world,
عالم صوتي جديد،
to our previous experience
لتجربتنا السابقة
we create lots of sonic textures
نخلق الكثير من الأنسجة الصوتية
feelings and frequencies
المشاعر و الترددات
the legal requirements,
للمتطلبات القانونية،
and the identity of the car.
وهوية السيارة.
first of all, an aesthetic space of sound,
أولًا وقبل كل شيء، جمالية مساحة الصوت،
I search for new, innovative methods
أبحث عن طرق جديدة ومبتكرة
that we don't know,
ليس لدينا فكرة عنها
to envision abstract worlds,
تسمح لنا بتصور العوالم المجردة
of a sonic organism,
of sonic variations,
من الاختلافات الصوتية،
is the composition of sound genes.
هو تكوين الجينات الصوتية.
is based on a cluster of properties
يعتمد على مجموعة من الخصائص
that I compose should have.
كل كائن حيوي
such as the sound of a car,
مثل صوت سيارة،
of sound in the air.
الصوت في الهواء.
بصوت سيارة.
the sound of a car.
coming back home.
شعور غير متوقع من السحر،
an unexpected sense of wonder,
we define the sonic variations.
generate different voices,
المختلفة تولد أصواتًا مختلفًة،
have a different acoustic behavior
لديها سلوك صوتي مختلف أيضًا
the geometry and the materials.
how this car propagates the sound outside
كيف تنشر هذه السيارة الصوت في الخارج
to produce different tones and timbres,
على إنتاج نغمات وأخبار مختلفة،
different sonic variations
ننتج اختلافات صوتية مختلفة
of eight words that I defined.
to me, really important,
of "dynamic," of "embracing."
these two aspects,
the sonic identity card of a car.
الهوية الصوتية للسيارة.
we enter the world of the sound design,
عالم التصميم الصوتي،
a sound field into a melody.
which would propagate in this hall,
سينتشر في هذه القاعة.
would hit the side walls
سيصطدم بالجدران الجانبية
several ways of sound to hit side walls.
طرق لاصطدام الصوت بالجدران الجانبية.
by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
الأوركسترا السمفونية البافارية
that they were going to play.
to start from this sound field.
أن أبدأ بهذا المجال الصوتي
over the distribution
the blooming of the sound field
for each instrument,
the string section playing very softly,
مع الآلات الوترية بهدوء شديد،
as the brasses, the woods will jump in,
حيث ستدخل الآلات النفخية.
with a harp and a piano
مع القيثارة والبيانو.
actually, in the morning.
that I showed you.
الذي عرضته عليكم.
how a potential sound,
كيف سيبدو الصوت المحتمل
for electric cars, could sound like.
للسيارات الكهربائية
distance and journey,
عن الوقت والمسافة والرحلة،
of intelligence and complexity,
مثال عن الذكاء والتعقيد،
performative art installations.
through sound genetics
من خلال الجينات الصوتية
to celebrate this complexity
a more elegant and safe space.
أكثر أناقة ومساحة آمنة.
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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