Sonic Days 2024

Sound interaction plays a crucial role in the general user interface of a car, especially since the task of driving a car largely occupies the driver visually. Hence automotive sound design is generally intended to promote safety and optimize usability.  As the automotive industry is in the transforming, shifting from combustion to electric propulsion, manual to autonomous driving and adding new mobility solutions, new use cases are arising including possibilities as well as challenges with regards to the need of sound interaction and design. This session will cover some background, the current use of sound design and sound interaction principles as well as upcoming trends and outlooks for sound interaction in automotive industry with a special focus on Volvo Cars implementation.  

Creative Sessions:
 
Creating immersive experience on multi platforms, ways of composing  music for interactive immersive environments, including installations, exhibits, and VR/AR experiences.
 
Hear directly from creators Mons Niklas Schak as he share their experiences, challenges, in bringing audio-driven projects to life. 
Based on the site-specific audiovisual experience  Cars Choir - The Redemption Sound, the project explores interaction in a Mixed Reality ,
which merges Dolby Atmos, 3D audio in VR, and augmented reality to create a unique auditory experience on multi platforms.
 
It inspires creative minds to rethink how we can use technology to create meaningful and interactive experiences in new ways.

How to compose out of pure movement using vertical dancers, a VR system, binaural sound, some programming and a lot of imagination? BEFORE notes and harmony, BEFORE rhythm and timbre. Pure movement in space as the beginning of composition.
A part of MicroGravity (an action performance by Sparrow Dance), Sonic Travel is a sound installation which visually links the blind with the deaf, and in which the two spaces they individually choreograph become renewed tools for the creation of music.

There are many technical and practical challenges that need to be solved to ensure efficient and safe automation of road vehicles such as cars and trucks. Remote operation, which allows a human operator to support and even drive an automated vehicle from a distance, has been proposed as a solution to some of these challenges. In this session, we will give an overview of the field of remote operation as such and deep dive into the use of sound as a potential improvement to the current predominantly visual remote operator interfaces. We will try to answer what types of sounds and auditory displays will be helpful for the operator, how these should be designed and how they might be integrated into the operator interface. Furthermore, we will give examples of studies that show that when designed properly, auditory displays can have measurable positive effects such as lowered cognitive load, improved speed regulation performance and increased situational awareness.

Dive into the challenges and opportunities of bringing immersive audio experiences into the confined space of a vehicle. This talk will highlight some of the challenges with reproducing spatial audio in the vehicle environment and discuss strategies to overcome those challenges.

Join Rasmus Kjærbo, CEO of Componental and an Ableton Certified Trainer, as he dives into the world of interactive music creation using controllers. In this session, Rasmus will demonstrate how modular platforms and advanced controllers can become powerful tools for shaping sound in real-time, enabling musicians to blend creativity and technology. Attendees will explore the innovative ways these tools can be used to manipulate music interactively, offering a dynamic and immersive approach to electronic music production. Whether you're an aspiring producer or an experienced audio engineer, this session will inspire you to push the boundaries of your musical creativity and transform how you engage with your sound.