Fränk Zimmer
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Fränk Zimmer is a media artist, curator, and festival organizer. After training as a communications engineer in Luxembourg, he studied musicology in Graz and Vienna. He uses open-source software and hardware in sound and media installations in both public and art-specific spaces. Zimmer also works as a producer and co-curator for ORF musikprotokoll, a festival for contemporary and experimental music. In the last five years, he has focused on 3D audio and the development of interactive, web-based listening environments. In 2023, he founded "Sounding Future", an online platform dedicated to current technical and artistic developments in music and art.
Building Worlds with Sounding Future
How do you document a walk-through sound installation? From this question, Worlds was born: a browser-based tool by Sounding Future that lets composers and curators build walkable 3D sound worlds – without writing a single line of code.
Innovative streaming with the 3D AudioSpace from Sounding Future
In the 3D AudioSpace of Sounding Future, artists present their audio tracks in high-quality 3D audio. To kick things off, I'm introducing the features of the new audio streaming platform here.
Student 3D Audio Production Competition 2024
A look back at the 3D Audio Production Competition for Students 2024. The winners present their compositions. The audio tracks can be listened to using a 3D audio player with head tracking.
Holly+, Holly Herndon's digital AI voice twin
AI musician Holly Herndon makes her voice available to everyone as a freely usable tool plus exploitation model.
Sounding Future: The path to a 3D audio streaming platform
In this article, I outline how the Sounding Future content platform will be expanded in a further project phase to include a 3D audio area with a head-tracking function.
tingles & clicks - a hybrid music project
tingles & clicks aims to revive a physicality that has been lost in the years of the COVID-19 pandemic in a virtual and physical music project. Outstanding musicians create sound environments and music that evoke quasi-tactile experiences.