Renzo Vitale: What should electric cars sound like?
Renzo Vitale: Cum ar trebui să sune mașinile electrice?
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,
umane cele mai importante,
the depth of our presence.
importanța propriei prezențe.
why the advent of electric cars
pentru care revoluția mașinilor electrice
of enthusiasm among people.
în rândul oamenilor.
the concept of cars
putem asocia ideea de mașină
when it comes to cars,
they can't even hear it.
nici nu o pot auzi.
as we are walking around the city,
mergând prin oraș
and we detach from the surroundings.
detașați de mediul înconjurător.
our precious companion.
tovarășul nostru de neprețuit.
wonderful gifts of our universe.
daruri ale universului.
sound is also information.
sunetul este informație.
feedback to the drivers,
un răspuns acustic,
have introduced several regulations
mai multe reglementări
for electric vehicles.
pentru vehiculele electrice.
minimum sound levels
un nivel minim al sunetului,
is considered as sufficient.
este considerat suficient.
have generated different reactions
diferite reacții
and those who fear the presence
și cei care se tem
as the noise of the car.
ca fiind zgomotul mașinii,
and privileges, at the same time.
foarte mare, dar și un privilegiu.
engine sounds like,
un motor pe combustie.
how an electric engine sounds like.
cum sună un motor electric.
high-frequency pitch sound,
de frecvență înaltă,
just amplify this sound,
the legal requirements.
cerințele legale.
to compose new sound.
is already very chaotic,
traficul este deja foarte haotic,
are a great case study
sunt un studiu de caz minunat,
cross purposes and disarray.
destinații încrucișate și dezordine.
offers a great opportunity
on how to reduce this chaos.
pentru a reduce acest haos.
that tries to reduce the chaos
care să reducă haosul,
how an electric car could sound like,
cum ar trebui să sune o mașină electrică,
a new sound world,
o nouă lume a sunetelor,
to our previous experience
o referință pentru viitor.
we create lots of sonic textures
creăm multiple structuri sonice
feelings and frequencies
și frecvențe,
de o mașină,
the legal requirements,
reglementărilor legale,
and the identity of the car.
și caracteristicile mașinii.
first of all, an aesthetic space of sound,
mai ales un spațiu estetic al sunetului
I search for new, innovative methods
that we don't know,
to envision abstract worlds,
să ne imaginăm lumi abstracte,
of a sonic organism,
of sonic variations,
is the composition of sound genes.
genelor sonore.
is based on a cluster of properties
are la bază un grup de proprietăți
that I compose should have.
compus de mine trebuie să le aibă.
such as the sound of a car,
precum sunetul unei mașini,
of sound in the air.
traiectorii sonore în aer.
the sound of a car.
coming back home.
an unexpected sense of wonder,
un neașteptat sentiment de uimire
we define the sonic variations.
definim variațiile sonice.
generate different voices,
emit diferite voci,
have a different acoustic behavior
au comportamente acustice diferite,
the geometry and the materials.
how this car propagates the sound outside
cum propagă mașina sunetul afară
to produce different tones and timbres,
diferite tonalități și timbruri vocale,
different sonic variations
of eight words that I defined.
to me, really important,
sunt foarte importante pentru mine,
of "dynamic," of "embracing."
these two aspects,
the sonic identity card of a car.
de identitate sonică al mașinii.
we enter the world of the sound design,
intrăm în lumea designului sonor,
a sound field into a melody.
un câmp sonor într-o melodie.
un violonist pe scenă.
which would propagate in this hall,
care s-ar propaga în această sală
would hit the side walls
câmpul sonor ar lovi pereții laterali,
several ways of sound to hit side walls.
în care sunetul poate lovi zidurile.
by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
a Radiodifuziunii Bavareze mi-a cerut
that they were going to play.
pe care să le interpreteze.
to start from this sound field.
să pornesc de la acest câmp sonor.
over the distribution
the blooming of the sound field
dezvoltarea câmpului sonor
for each instrument,
pentru fiecare instrument,
the string section playing very softly,
cu instrumentele cu coarde,
as the brasses, the woods will jump in,
alămurilor și a instrumentelor de suflat,
with a harp and a piano
cu o harpă și un pian
actually, in the morning.
ceasului meu deșteptător dimineața.
that I showed you.
pe care vi l-am arătat.
how a potential sound,
for electric cars, could sound like.
pentru mașini electrice.
crește odată cu accelerația)
distance and journey,
a distanței și a călătoriei,
of intelligence and complexity,
a inteligenței și a complexității,
să le onoreze pe toate.
performative art installations.
foarte complexe în mișcare.
through sound genetics
to celebrate this complexity
această complexitate,
a more elegant and safe space.
un loc mai elegant și mai sigur.
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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