Renzo Vitale: What should electric cars sound like?
Ренцо Витале: Как звучат электромобили?
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,
the depth of our presence.
присутствия здесь и сейчас.
why the advent of electric cars
изобретение электромобилей
of enthusiasm among people.
the concept of cars
само понятие автомобиля
when it comes to cars,
когда дело касается машин,
подъезжающий автомобиль.
they can't even hear it.
как его услышать?
as we are walking around the city,
когда гуляем по городу,
and we detach from the surroundings.
отключаясь от реальности происходящего.
our precious companion.
нашим незаменимым товарищем.
wonderful gifts of our universe.
нашей Вселенной.
sound is also information.
то звук служит ещё и информацией.
feedback to the drivers,
для водителей
have introduced several regulations
ввели несколько правил,
for electric vehicles.
наличие звука у электрического транспорта.
minimum sound levels
уровень звука
до 30 километров в час.
is considered as sufficient.
считается достаточным.
have generated different reactions
and those who fear the presence
и тех, кто опасается
as the noise of the car.
and privileges, at the same time.
и в то же время честь.
engine sounds like,
внутреннего сгорания,
how an electric engine sounds like.
как звучит электрический двигатель.
high-frequency pitch sound,
just amplify this sound,
the legal requirements.
юридическим требованиям.
to compose new sound.
изобрести новый звук.
is already very chaotic,
и так мало организованное,
are a great case study
хороший наглядный пример
cross purposes and disarray.
offers a great opportunity
on how to reduce this chaos.
налаживания обстановки.
that tries to reduce the chaos
способный улучшить ситуацию.
how an electric car could sound like,
как может звучать электромобиль,
a new sound world,
определить новый звуковой мир,
to our previous experience
никогда не сталкивались,
we create lots of sonic textures
мы создаём множество звуковых текстур,
feelings and frequencies
объединяя их,
the legal requirements,
юридическим требованиям,
and the identity of the car.
и личности автомобиля.
«звуковой генетикой».
first of all, an aesthetic space of sound,
эстетическое пространство звука
I search for new, innovative methods
инновационные методы
that we don't know,
звуковых ландшафтов —
to envision abstract worlds,
представить абстрактные миры,
of a sonic organism,
звукового организма,
of sonic variations,
is the composition of sound genes.
is based on a cluster of properties
основано на совокупности свойств,
that I compose should have.
придуманный мной звук.
such as the sound of a car,
Это звук автомобиля,
of sound in the air.
звука в воздухе.
the sound of a car.
coming back home.
возвращающемся домой отце.
an unexpected sense of wonder,
неожиданное ощущение чуда,
человеческой природы,
преодолеть эти границы.
we define the sonic variations.
мы определяем звуковые вариации.
generate different voices,
различными голосами,
have a different acoustic behavior
имеют разное акустическое поведение,
the geometry and the materials.
how this car propagates the sound outside
этот автомобиль распространяет звук вовне
to produce different tones and timbres,
разные тона и тембры,
different sonic variations
различные звуковые вариации
of eight words that I defined.
которые я определил.
to me, really important,
очень важны для меня,
of "dynamic," of "embracing."
«всеобъемлющий».
these two aspects,
эти два аспекта,
«Призма индивидуальности»,
the sonic identity card of a car.
личности автомобиля.
we enter the world of the sound design,
мы вступаем в мир звукового дизайна,
a sound field into a melody.
which would propagate in this hall,
которое распространялось в этом зале,
would hit the side walls
ударило бы по боковым стенам
several ways of sound to hit side walls.
какими звук ударяется о боковые стены.
by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Баварского радио попросил меня
that they were going to play.
которые они собирались играть.
to start from this sound field.
один из них с этого звукового поля.
over the distribution
the blooming of the sound field
звукового поля
for each instrument,
для каждого инструмента,
the string section playing very softly,
as the brasses, the woods will jump in,
подключаются медные и деревянные духовые,
with a harp and a piano
actually, in the morning.
моего будильника по утрам.
that I showed you.
который я показал.
how a potential sound,
что может собой представлять
for electric cars, could sound like.
звуковой генетике для электромобилей.
distance and journey,
расстояния и путешествия,
of intelligence and complexity,
performative art installations.
перформативные инсталляции.
through sound genetics
посредством звуковой генетики,
to celebrate this complexity
понять важность этой сложности,
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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