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.
Worlds / Graz – Sound Walks from Browser to Courtyard
Three composers built sound worlds in the browser. At ORF musikprotokoll 2026, visitors walked them in a Graz courtyard – with headphones, a tracking set and no screen.
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.