soundsol researchworking papers

rooms, sound and audiovisual systems

A public layer for the technical and cultural questions behind SoundSol: how spaces listen, how sound becomes image, how browsers become instruments, and how audiovisual culture can be mapped without losing provenance.

i · published notes

02 entries
Generative research plate for creative agents and audiovisual cultural infrastructure
plate 01
research feature

Creative Agents Are Becoming Cultural Infrastructure

Notes from the Hermes Agent Creative Hackathon and what it suggests for artists, curators and audiovisual systems.

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Generative research plate for responsive rooms and spatial listening systems
plate 02
research note

Rooms That Listen Back

A SoundSol research note on responsive rooms: spaces that sense speech, bodies, reverberation and attention, then return audiovisual behaviour rather than static atmosphere.

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ii · research lanes

six plates
browser audiovisual systems research lane artwork
fig. 01browser av

browser audiovisual systems

WebGPU, Web Audio, WebCodecs and WebXR as the technical base for sound reactive visuals, public sketches and lightweight cultural tools.

spatial audio and presence research lane artwork
fig. 02spatial audio

spatial audio and presence

HRTF, room modelling, auralisation and immersive audio research for installations, venue maps and sound led spatial work.

generative and procedural media research lane artwork
fig. 03generative media

generative and procedural media

Audio generation, music visualisation, neural media and shader based systems that can become rights safe soundsol visual language.

cultural maps and 3D spaces research lane artwork
fig. 04cultural maps

cultural maps and 3D spaces

glTF, NeRF, Gaussian splatting and cultural heritage data methods for persistent maps of venues, scenes and sound spaces.

provenance and rights safe media research lane artwork
fig. 05provenance

provenance and rights safe media

Content credentials, watermarking, source trails and correction posture for credible AI assisted curation.

voice and realtime audio infrastructure research lane artwork
fig. 06voice audio

voice and realtime audio infrastructure

Realtime speech, agents, audio compression and voice infrastructure signals that overlap with cultural discovery and ai-coustics context.

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five events, five research signals, five tracks

Five current research/news signals alongside event recommendations and new music for audiovisual culture.

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iii · working references

  1. [01]standard · W3C Audio Working GroupW3C Web Audio APIBase layer for sound analysis, reactive graphics, audio previews and browser based listening sketches.
  2. [02]standard · MDN Web DocsMDN WebGPU APIFoundation for browser native visual instruments, city map effects and realtime shader work.
  3. [03]standard · MDN Web DocsMDN WebXR Device APIUseful for future spatial city guides, installation previews and venue specific XR sketches.
  4. [04]tool · LiveKitLiveKit AgentsReference for possible voice guided event discovery, research briefings and cultural assistant interfaces.
  5. [05]paper · arXiv:2309.04509The Power of Sound: Audio Reactive Video Generation with Stable DiffusionInforms future event visuals, sound reactive reels and installation previews.
  6. [06]paper · arXiv:2208.09579Learning in Audio Visual Context: A Review, Analysis, and New PerspectiveResearch backbone for how sound and image can be coupled in future recommendation or visual systems.