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Sound Practice and Research at City St George's

SPARC Lab

SPARC Lab (or SPARCL) for research in immersive sound, image, and movement is based in the Department of Performing Arts at City St George's, University London and its research centre SPARC (Sound Practice and Research at City St George's).

Immersion

What can immersive sound make possible? SPARC Lab empowers artists to create immersive music to reach new audiences. Its mission is to widen access for artistic creators to technologies for immersive audio, which can be defined as sound that situates listeners in the midst of a three-dimensional (3-D) spatial scene. SPARC Lab is supported by an AHRC CResCa (Creative Research Capability) grant.

Software

The SPARCL GitHub repository is a forum for users to share software for use with SPARC Lab including tools for sound spatialisation with Higher-Order Ambisonic (HOA), the IKO icosahedral loudspeaker array, and EM64 Eigenmike spherical microphone array.

Residencies

SPARC Lab residencies widen access to immersive audio for creators by supporting artists to expand their sound practice benefiting from our facilities and expertise. Please contact us for more information and explore past residents' projects including:

Images

IKO icosahedral loudspeaker arrayEM64 EigenmikeAudience sitting in the SPARC lab during a concert.SPARC Lab Launch Young woman performing in front of a microphone, instrument in hand.Woman performing percussion on the interior of a piano