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AKRAM KHAN COMPANY - THIKRA: NIGHT OF REMEMBERING
AKVILE TERMINAITE - WONDER
ALTR - DIGITAL MEETS CULTURE
AMELIA PENG - MUSIC-MIND-TEXTILE
CONSTANZA BIZRAELLI - AURALISMS
CONWAY SUITE
EMBODME - ERAE TOUCH & ARTURIA DX7
ENGLISH HERITAGE VR
EXPLORING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH THEIR AUDIBLE SOUND
FOLLOW THE SOUND
GAIA ENSEMBLE - MOUNTAIN RHAPSODY
GEORGE KALLIS - ROOT OF EVIL
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GERSON EGUIGUREN - ÑUCA GUAMBRA
HOMO INFORMIS
ICTUS AUDIO - HIRAETH
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR MUSIC CREATION
IOLAS WONDERLAND
IZABELA DUSZENKO - SAILOR OF THE STARS
JAMES ALEXANDER - CHILDREN OF ALEPPO
JANN KLOSE - STAY THE SAME
JANN KLOSE - THE LOST KINGDOM
LIBERO AUDIO LOGO
LILI EVA BARTHA - BEYOND VISION
LIVE AT THE ROTUNDA
LIVE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
MENEX & PHILOTECHNOS - LIVE AT BENSOUSAN HAN
MODERN CATWALK MUSIC
MRI PLAY KIT
OLYA - BREAKING OLD TIES
PATTERN & REPETITION
PERPETUUM MOBILE
PHENOMENA
PHILOTECHNOS - THE SPACE BETWEEN US
PROTOPLANETARY CHORALE
RHYTHM & FRAMES HOME CONCERT
ROBERT RICH - SPECTRE OF LOST LIGHT
SCARLETT YANG - EPHEMERAL MATERIALITY
SCARLETT YANG - NOWNESS 4TH SHORT FILM AWARDS
SIREN’S CALL
THE STATE OF THE ART IN PROCEDURAL AUDIO
THE VILLAGE
TOMICA WONG - TAMAR DÉJÀ VU
TUTTI FRUTTI - SLEEPTIME KARTING
USING TEXTURE MAPS TO GENERATE SOUND
VARIOUS ARCHIVED PICTURES
VOGUE CHINA - NEW BEGINNINGS
WATERAID UK - BRIDES OF THE WELL
XBOX ONE MIDI CONTROLLER
YIMING YANG – BARBIE NONSENSE SYNTHESIZER
ZONGBO JIANG - DILEMMAS FOR EARTHLINGS
ZONGBO JIANG - SHARED PLANET



THE STATE OF THE ART IN PROCEDURAL AUDIO
AUTHORS - DIMITRIS MENEXOPOULOS, DR. PEDRO PESTANA, PROF. JOSHUA REISS


AFFILIATIONS - CENTRE FOR DIGITAL MUSIC, QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, LONDON, UK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL (UAB), LISBON, PORTUGAL;

JAES VOLUME 71 ISSUE 12 PP. 826-848; DECEMBER 2023

PUBLICATION DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2023

PROCEDURAL AUDIO MAY BE DEFINED AS REAL-TIME SOUND GENERATION ACCORDING TO PROGRAMMATIC RULES AND LIVE INPUT. IT IS OFTEN CONSIDERED A SUBSET OF SOUND SYNTHESIS AND IS ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO NONLINEAR MEDIA, SUCH AS VIDEO GAMES, VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTIVE AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATIONS. HOWEVER, THERE IS RESISTANCE TO WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF PROCEDURAL AUDIO BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE AWARENESS OF THE STATE OF THE ART, INCLUDING THE DIVERSITY OF SOUNDS THAT MAY BE GENERATED, THE CONTROLLABILITY OF PROCEDURAL AUDIO MODELS, AND THE QUALITY OF THE SOUNDS THAT IT PRODUCES. THE AUTHORS ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ASPECTS IN THIS REVIEW PAPER,WHILE ATTEMPTING A LARGE SCALE CATEGORIZATION OF SOUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROACHED THROUGH PROCEDURAL AUDIO TECHNIQUES. THE ROLE OF RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN NEURAL AUDIO SYNTHESIS, ITS CURRENT IMPLEMENTATIONS, AND POTENTIAL FUTURE APPLICATIONS IN THE FIELD ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.

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