Open Studio: Vicente Yáñez

Ambisonics as a generative space

When:  Thursday 18 September, 13-14.00 (1-2PM) 2025
Where: Elektronmusikstudion, Söder Mälarstrand 61, Stockholm
Fee: Participation is free of charge.
Sign up: Send an e-mail to info@elektronmusikstudion.se
Prerequisities: Language is English.

EMS Guest composer Vicente Yáñez is a Chilean artist based in Berlin. His body of work comprises music for contemporary dance, film and string orchestra to sound installations, 3D virtual animated environments and Ambisonics.

Vicente about the presentation:

“This project approaches Ambisonics as a generative space. I trained a Multi-Layer Perceptron neural network using a custom First Order Ambisonics dataset created specifically for this purpose. The resulting model was deployed in Max/MSP, enabling a system that predicts intensity vectors from live FOA input.

I use the model’s output to drive real-time interactions with synthesis and additional field recordings. The work builds upon an earlier installation I developed in February 2025 for the DodekaOTTO system in Koper, Slovenia.”