IRCAM Lab

About IRCAM Lab :

IRCAM, (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music), was founded by Pierre Boulez in 1977 under the aegis of the Centre Pompidou and the French Ministry of Culture.

IRCAM is one of the world’s largest public research center dedicated to both musical expression and scientific research. It is a unique location where artistic sensibilities collide with scientific and technological innovation. Frank Madlener has directed the institute since 2006. IRCAM's three principal activities — creation, research, transmission — are manifest in IRCAM's Parisian concert season, in the institute's annual festival, AGORA, and in productions throughout France and abroad.

In the realm of music and sound, IRCAM is on the cutting edge of scientific and technological innovations. Its R&D Department directed by Hugues Vinet gathers 90 researchers and engineers and implements an interdisciplinary research program in Science and Technology of Music and Sound (STMS), carried out in partnership with numerous universities and international companies (including CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6). It covers a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines including acoustics, signal processing, computer science (languages, real-time, databases, man-machine interfaces) musicology, and music cognition.

The unique framework of collaboration between artists, scientists and engineers offered by IRCAM enables the production of advanced technology implementing the latest research results and subject to constant adaptations to the needs of contemporary creation in music and the performing arts. The series of software environments developed by the R&D teams are made available to the IRCAM Forum gathering 1300 professional users worldwide. They propose innovative features in audio processing, audio and music indexing, voice synthesis and processing, sound synthesis by physical modeling, sound spatialization, computer-aided composition and improvisation, music and multimodal interaction.

IRCAM also plays an active role in R&D projects at French, European and international levels in collaboration with companies and other laboratories in all aspects of STMS. Numerous licenses of its technology are granted to companies in the fields of audio and music technology, cultural industries, telecommunications, computer science, and transportation and automotive.

The release of the IrcamTools professional audio plug-in collection marks a new step in the dissemination of IRCAM’s advanced technology in collaboration with the French Flux company known for the quality of its products. The first available items are the results of 20 years of research in two dimensions of audio processing. T.R.A.X is an application of the SuperVP phase vocoder analysis/synthesis engine developed by Axel Roebel in the Analysis/synthesis team with Xavier Rodet. The SPAT series is the result of an original approach of sound spatialization in the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces team headed by Olivier Warusfel, combining the study of spatial sound perception with room acoustics and signal processing.

Latest News from IRCAM Lab :

The Snail, Version 1.2.10 Released

Monday February 20, 2017

Quick to respond to calls for new features from our customers, we've just added "dual channel input support" in our latest 1.2.10, available on our Downloads Page. So, you can now plug in two sources, left and right, and monitor, view and analyze your tuning for both channels (1 and 2) independently. This is a great feature and one much requested by those using such instruments as the Chapman Stick with stereo output. Enjoy!

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Ircam Lab Announce The Snail For Windows OS

Tuesday February 14, 2017

Today, Ircam Lab proudly announce the availability of The Snail on the Windows OS platform. Over a year ago a revolutionary new standalone tuner software called The Snail was released on the Macintosh platform by Ircam Lab, it set new standards in this software category with its flexibility, its wide range of uses, and its unusual interface. This attractive Tuner/Analyser software with its user-friendly visual interface offers a new and extremely accurate way of tuning and analyzing instruments. It also breaks new ground with its abilty to...

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IRCAMLab Update 'The Snail' To Version 1.2.8

Tuesday July 12, 2016

There is a new version of The Snail! The new 1.2.8 version from Ircam corrects some GUI details to make the SNAIL even easier to use. The incorrect initialization of the intensity color mode has been fixed, and a GUI Plugin UI animation getting stuck occasionally on project reloading. The exciting news is there is a new function where you can click on the new icon which resembles a snowflake and 'freeze the display' so you can easily see how far or close you are in your tuning of an instrument or pre-recorded track. So, you will no longer...

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IRCAMLab Update 'The Snail' To Version 1.2.4

Tuesday March 8, 2016

Following the successful launch of The Snail, with input from the QA team and customer feedback, a redraft of the manual for furthered clarity, the IRCAMLab developers have been at work implementing a series of new features that will surely enhance workflow and the usefulness of The Snail, and highlight it as the premier tuning analysis software and plug-in avaiable on the market! With lots more features planned for a posed version 2 in the not too distant future, here are the details for this 1.2.4 current update... The Snail...

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The Snail Is Running...

Friday February 5, 2016

Today we are proud to announce the launch of our new revolutionary product, "The Snail" The Snail is a Tuner, but one that will give a whole new insight into what tuning is all about. Ever had a guitar that never seems in tune as you move up the fretboard or has a resonance that you found was a problem or was a thing that you loved about it ? Well, now you will be able to see it ! The Snail shows you the fundamental and all the associated resonances and harmonics of any instrument or sound in an easy to see graphic display. Have you ever...

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IRCAM Lab TS Is Available !

Monday September 22, 2014

Today we are very proud to announce the availability of our IRCAM Lab “TS” software (v1.0 for Mac OS X). The PC version will be available in the coming weeks at no extra cost ! “TS” is the first application that we launched under the brandname “IRCAM Lab” which Plugivery.com has been working very closely as an active partner with Ircam. IRCAM Lab TS will be sold at the suggested retail price (MSRP) of $249. The good news is that we have decided to launch “TS” at the INTRODUCTORY price of ONLY $99. A fully functional 15 day...

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Ircam lab @ircamlab Friday June 30, 2017

THE SNAIL ultimate tuner: https://t.co/GGaNL4JUOs via @YouTube

Ircam lab @ircamlab Thursday June 29, 2017

The Snail Version 2 is now available on the App Store incl. guitar #tuning mode and split screen. #instrument… https://t.co/jhZUcEiZIC

Christian Halten @ChristianHalten (retweeted by @ircamlab) Wednesday May 31, 2017

Preparing the App upload #thesnail by @ircamlab.Thanks to Nils for the new shot. Fully polyphonic audio visualizati… https://t.co/sLyQ7xNKF7

Ircam lab @ircamlab Wednesday March 15, 2017

@NeoMaxico Great! 👍

Ircam lab @ircamlab Monday March 13, 2017

The Snail advanced tuner version 2 on iOS will be available shortly on the App Store featuring a new split window m… https://t.co/ncvDtlWj8c

Ircam lab @ircamlab Thursday February 16, 2017

@sonicstate Thanks our friends for sharing the news, we're excited to offer this great tool; now availble for Windows and iOS platforms! 😃

Ircam lab @ircamlab Thursday February 2, 2017

The SNAIL on IOS is now avalaible..... https://t.co/F0r0bqtrNX

Ircam lab @ircamlab Tuesday July 12, 2016

IRCAMLab Update 'The Snail' to version 1.2.8: There is a new version of The Snail! The new 1.2.8 version fro... https://t.co/h0SUmlHHOl

Ircam lab @ircamlab Tuesday March 8, 2016

IRCAMLab Update 'The Snail' to version 1.2.4: Following the successful launch of The Snail, with input from th... https://t.co/oY7OW1ZPxb

Ircam lab @ircamlab Thursday February 18, 2016

Snail presentation VF: https://t.co/Fq6TRwe8LY via @YouTube

Voyage @VoyageDnB (retweeted by @ircamlab) Saturday February 13, 2016

@ircamlab New plugin alert - Sound Analyser - The Snail --- https://t.co/KEqlytZmnM

Muzyk @Muzyk_FCM (retweeted by @ircamlab) Thursday February 11, 2016

Nowa aplikacja @ircamlab The Snail (tuner/analizator) dostępna w serwisie @Plugivery. WIęcej informacji: https://t.co/YJ7RHkrki4

Ircam lab @ircamlab Monday February 15, 2016

Use " the Snail " for tuning instruments https://t.co/JUWMHWj30c

Ircam lab @ircamlab Monday February 15, 2016

The Snail Tuner: https://t.co/Ql2oowOsbp via @YouTube

IRCAM @Ircam (retweeted by @ircamlab) Thursday February 11, 2016

Looking for absolute tuning? We've just launched The Snail! https://t.co/dNvhKZozmF

Ronnie / rekkerd @rekkerd (retweeted by @ircamlab) Wednesday February 10, 2016

IrcamLab releases The Snail high-precision frequency-domain analyzer https://t.co/XexXQsRxsc https://t.co/WOUTGAsbzp

Ircam lab @ircamlab Thursday February 11, 2016

The Snail is Running...: Today we are proud to announce the launch of our new revolutionary product, "The Snai... https://t.co/7dvmHrgG7V

Ircam lab @ircamlab Thursday February 11, 2016

We've published our new Facebook page at https://t.co/mOkQNMpzib . Please Like Us !

Audiofanzine @Audiofanzine (retweeted by @ircamlab) Wednesday February 10, 2016

Ircam Lab Releases "The Snail" https://t.co/oDQXRQJBzp @Ircam

MusicRadar Tech @MusicRadarTech (retweeted by @ircamlab) Wednesday February 10, 2016

Will shelling out for The Snail change the way you tune and analyse audio? @Ircam releases new Mac plugin https://t.co/0Fv4AAN5E5

Ircam lab @ircamlab Wednesday February 10, 2016

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist https://t.co/3pO0fAt4NA The Snail: Absolute Tuning

Ircam lab @ircamlab Tuesday February 9, 2016

The Snail Teaser: https://t.co/IR5xWAqVbZ via @YouTube

Ircam lab @ircamlab Monday February 8, 2016

We've just launched "The Snail", an absolute tuner software. Check it out at : https://t.co/SqGanN6AWa

Plugivery @Plugivery (retweeted by @ircamlab) Monday February 8, 2016

@ircamlab has just lauched "The Snail" an amazing tuner. https://t.co/fSQVFme2BK

DontCrac[k] @dontcrack (retweeted by @ircamlab) Friday February 5, 2016

Ircam Lab announces ‘The Snail’: Ircam Lab has released their revolutionary new product ‘The Snail’ at a speci... https://t.co/NESvT9br9o

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