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Explore the development of live music through a case study in Trieste, Italy, on 14 July 2009. Learn about the technologies and philosophies behind Manhattan School of Music and its integration of interactive audio-visual communication in a virtual environment.
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Live Music Mode: Case Study and Development Performing Arts Production Workshop Trieste, Italy 14 July 2009 Stefan Karapetkov Emerging Technologies Director Polycom
Manhattan School of Music • International Conservatory of Music (1918) • Offering BM, MM and DMA in Classical & Jazz Music • 800+ students from over 48 countries • 350 Faculty • 400 students in Precollege Division (5-17) • 400+ Public Concerts/Year
Core Philosophy and Technologies • Live, interactive audio-visual communication in virtual environment • Connect, Interact, Listen, Learn • Integration of standards-based, interoperable collaboration video solutions in real time • Group-based videoconferencing • Live web streaming - archival video • distancelearning.msmnyc.edu/live
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Video Network Elements Soft Client Personal Telepresence Room Based Telepresence Gateways Video Border Proxy Management Application Recording Content Mgmt GK/Proxy Directory Presence Media Servers
Audio and Video Compression Concert Site Remote Site
Advanced Audio Compression Technology Siren 22 stereo G.719 stereo Super Wide Siren 14 stereo G.722.1C G.722.1 G.722 Wideband G.722.2 Audio Frequency G.711 G.728 G.729A Narrowband AMR-NB 4 kbps 64 kbps 128 kbps Data Bit Rate
Automatic Gain Control (AGC) AGC adds 0dB AGC adds 3dB AGC adds 6dB Signal strength Max. 12 feet from microphone Nominal is 2 feet from microphone
Automatic Noise Suppression (ANS) & Noise Fill ANS Noise Fill Signal Signal White noise Signal Comfort Noise
Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) Echo AEC Coupling
Advanced Video Technology: High Definition 4K 1080p 3840x2160 720p 1920x1080 480p Quality 1280x720 704x480 352x288 512kbps 1Mbps 384kbps 6Mbps Bandwidth
Email Stefan.Karapetkov@polycom.comBlog http://videonetworker.blogspot.com/