Renzo Vitale: What should electric cars sound like?
رنزو ویتاله: صدای خودروهای الکتریکی باید چگونه باشد؟
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,
حالتهای انسانی است،
the depth of our presence.
تا عمق حضورمان را حس کنیم.
why the advent of electric cars
ظهور خودروهای الکتریکی
of enthusiasm among people.
در میان مردم ایجاد کرده است.
the concept of cars
when it comes to cars,
وقتی که در مورد خودرو باشد،
they can't even hear it.
دیگر صدایش را نمیشنوند.
as we are walking around the city,
که در اطراف شهر راه میرویم فکر کنید،
and we detach from the surroundings.
و توجهی به اطرافمان نداریم.
our precious companion.
همراه ارزشمندی برایمان باشد.
wonderful gifts of our universe.
sound is also information.
صدا یعنی اطلاعات.
feedback to the drivers,
have introduced several regulations
مقرراتی را وضع کردهاند
for electric vehicles.
الکتریکی تعیین میکند.
minimum sound levels
صدا را داشته باشند
is considered as sufficient.
have generated different reactions
and those who fear the presence
و کسانی که از وجود آلودگی صوتی زیاد
as the noise of the car.
آلودگی صوتی خودرو نمیبینم.
and privileges, at the same time.
و همزمان با آن افتخارات من است.
الکتریکی را طراحی میکنم.
engine sounds like,
موتور احتراقی چه صدایی دارد،
how an electric engine sounds like.
الکتریکی چه صدایی دارد.
high-frequency pitch sound,
از خود متصاعد میکند،
just amplify this sound,
the legal requirements.
نیاز قانونی را برآورده سازیم.
to compose new sound.
صدای جدیدی بسازیم.
is already very chaotic,
وضعیت ترافیک بحرانی است،
are a great case study
نمونههای بسیار جالبی برای
cross purposes and disarray.
تقابل اهداف، و آشفتگی است.
offers a great opportunity
on how to reduce this chaos.
در کاهش این بینظمی است.
that tries to reduce the chaos
how an electric car could sound like,
الکتریکی را نشنیده باشند،
a new sound world,
دنیایی از صداهای جدید،
to our previous experience
we create lots of sonic textures
ما بافتهای صوتی زیادی را خلق کردیم
feelings and frequencies
به هم مرتبط کنیم
the legal requirements,
and the identity of the car.
«ژنتیک صوتی» گذاشتهام.
first of all, an aesthetic space of sound,
زیبایی فضایی صدا را تعریف میکنم،
I search for new, innovative methods
شیوههای نوآورانه و جدیدی هستم
that we don't know,
to envision abstract worlds,
مجرد را متصور شویم،
of a sonic organism,
of sonic variations,
is the composition of sound genes.
is based on a cluster of properties
دستهای از ویژگیها تعریف میشود
that I compose should have.
such as the sound of a car,
مثل صدای خودرو منتقل میشوم،
of sound in the air.
در هوا مشخص میکند.
the sound of a car.
coming back home.
an unexpected sense of wonder,
غیرمنتظرهای از شگفتی را ایجاد کند،
we define the sonic variations.
متغیرهای صوتی را تعریف کنیم.
generate different voices,
صداهای مختلفی میسازد،
have a different acoustic behavior
رفتارهای صوتی متفاوتی دارند
the geometry and the materials.
how this car propagates the sound outside
خودرو صدا را چگونه در بیرون پخش میکند
to produce different tones and timbres,
نتها و خواص متفاوتی داشته باشد،
different sonic variations
of eight words that I defined.
تعریف کردهام میسازیم.
to me, really important,
of "dynamic," of "embracing."
these two aspects,
گذاشتهام را بدست آوردهایم،
the sonic identity card of a car.
we enter the world of the sound design,
وارد دنیای طراحی صدا میشویم،
a sound field into a melody.
یک ملودی تبدیل میکنم.
روی صحنه هستم.
which would propagate in this hall,
در این سالن پخش میشد،
would hit the side walls
several ways of sound to hit side walls.
به دیوارهای کناری میخورد را ثبت کردهام.
by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
that they were going to play.
که قرار بود بنوازند را برایشان بسازم.
to start from this sound field.
که از این میدان صوتی شروع کنم.
over the distribution
سوار کردم،
the blooming of the sound field
for each instrument,
برای هر ساز را نوشتم،
the string section playing very softly,
بسیار ملایم آغاز میشود،
as the brasses, the woods will jump in,
اوجی بوجود میآید،
with a harp and a piano
actually, in the morning.
در صبح است،
that I showed you.
که نشانتان دادم گوش کنیم.
how a potential sound,
که چطور یک صدای بالقوه،
for electric cars, could sound like.
میتواند چه صدایی داشته باشد.
distance and journey,
مسافت و سفر است،
of intelligence and complexity,
از هوش و پیچیدگی،
performative art installations.
ساختارهای هنرهای نمایشی میدانم.
through sound genetics
ژنتیک صوتی متصور شدهایم
to celebrate this complexity
این پیچیدگی را گرامی بداریم
a more elegant and safe space.
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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