March 7-8, 2025Baton Rouge, LA Goal:  This meeting will unite academic researchers, industry specialists, and gigging performers — spheres that work nearly in tandem in the relatively new milieu of contemporary electric guitar — from across the Gulf South, with a particular emphasis on those that are doing cutting-edge work in each field. Organizers hope […]

Electroacoustic Fais Do Do The Experimental Music & Digital Media (EMDM) program at Louisiana State University in coordination with the LSU School of Music and the Center for Computation & Technology is pleased to present the Electroacoustic Fais Do Do April 5 & 6, 2024 as part of the SEAMUS 2024 National Conference. The EAFDD […]

ESSLab @ LSU The eco-systemic sound lab is an exploratory research lab where we inspect

The Mill As part of the Cultural Computing focus area in the Center for Computation & Technology, DMC 1065 houses the Media Interaction Laboratory & Library (MILL), a lab space for creating electronics hardware based on cutting edge embedded technology and sensing devices.  Specialties include making Embedded Acoustic Instruments and custom Haptic Devices. Next door […]

Sound diffusion, spatialization and localization is an ongoing passion for the LSU EMDM program.  Using a loudspeaker orchestra or Massively Multi-channel Audio System, we perform pieces by diffusing sound across the array, taking advantage of the room acoustics, size and shape of the loudspeakers, and directionality of the speakers.  Through this process of diffusion, we […]

Through classes, workshops, and “appathons” organized through a Mobile Music Initiative at LSU, EMDM students learn to design and program native app instruments for iOS and Android. In collaboration with the Tangible Visualization lab at LSU, the EMDM program laser cuts tablet interface overlays which enable better tactile awareness of a digital interface. As part […]