Conservatorio G. Tartini
Trieste
LOLA
Together, on demand!
A LOW LATENCY, HIGH QUALITY AUDIO/VIDEO
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR NETWORK MUSICAL
PERFORMANCES AND INTERACTION
Massimo Parovel, Paolo Pachini, Nicola Buso, Carlo Drioli
Claudio Allocchio
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LOw LAtency Audio Visual Streaming System
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The Dream…
…a viola Masterclass with New World Symphony,
at the GARR Conference 2005, in Pisa...
“To perform together, from distant locations...
as if distance has vanished
in a click of a computer mouse”
14:00
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http://www.garr.it/eventiGARR/conf_05/ram/Violista.ram
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To play together you need…
Audio Latency (RTT) below ~40-75ms (depends on music
Eye Contact to synchronize
Spatial Sound immersion for expression
Room Reverbering
Continuous Presence of all musicians
Non distracting environment
and art!
style)
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Audio/Video tools before LOLA…
Conference XP
DVTS
Skype
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H.323/SIP
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Audio/Video tools before LOLA…
Latency: 400ms
Echo
H.323/SIP
DVTS
Latency: 350ms
Echo
Latency: > 300ms
Audio for voice
Auto echo
cancellation
Conference XP
Skype
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Latency: 200ms
Audio for voice
Auto echo
cancellation
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But… we wanted…
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To satisfy all requirements,
in all involved remote sites,
also without a skilled conductor,
and to play J. S. Bach,
with a piano!
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 LOLA
Latency: 5ms
Audio for music
No echo
100 Mbps  500 Mbps
30 fps  60 fps
2 ch  8 ch
http://www.conts.it/artistica/lola-project/introducing-lola-workshop/
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Very Fast reliable networks
Hi-Speed cameras
Machine Vision Grabbers
Good PC (i5/i7)
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New programming
approach!
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LOLA Motivations and Goals
• Target applications:
• Network interactive musical tasks
• musical rehearsing and performances
• music education and training
• Network interactive on stage performances
• dance performances
• drama performances
• performing arts education and training
• and beyond…
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surgery, real time control…
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... but also...
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Discoveries with LOLA
10ms
Latency:
•~25ms (one way) is the
confort limit for most
instruments
15ms
20ms
25ms
30ms
Sound rendering:
• mixing different ambients;
• reproducing acoustic
instruments;
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Courtesy of Nathan Brock, UCSD
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LOLA public Events
Network Performing Arts Production Workshop: 23.11.2010
Tartini (Trieste) – IRCAM (Paris) 1300Km.
Internet2 Fall Members Meeting: 04.10.2011
NIU (Chicago, IL) – Congress Center (Raleigh, NC) 1850km.
Network Performing Arts Production Workshop : 05.03.2012
NIU (Chicago, IL) – NWS (Miami, FL) 2400km.
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Network Performing Arts Production Workshop: 15.06.2011
Tartini (Trieste) – Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 2700Km.
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LOLA First public Concert
AEC Annual Meeting for International Coordinators: 15.09.2012
Tartini (Trieste) – SS. Marcellino & Festo (Naples) 1200Km.
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Comments by LOLA users
“We are in a new unexplored world: how can we adapt
interpretation/composition to two different Concert Hall
acoustic environment at the same time?”
“Your horizon expands from a city to a continent”
“We won the CODECs challenge! ... the challenge is for
the network now!”
“A powerful tool to analyze and refine your performance”
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“You can talk, listen, make examples BUT ALSO you can
PLAY TOGETHER”
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LOLA: the community
Contact us at lola-project@conts.it, get a free
license for non commercial academic use, build
you own PC and join the community!
Northern Illinois University School of Music - DeKalb, IL, USA
CESNET - Czech Republic Research and Education Network - Praha, CZ
New World Symphony - America's Orchestral Academy – Miami, FL, USA
Internet2 networking consortium - Washington, DC, USA
Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale - Cassino, IT
JAnet - UK Education and Research Network - Oxford, Didcot, UK
Universidade de São Paulo - CMU, Departamento de Música - São Paulo, Brasil
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Department of the Arts - Troy, NY, USA
MAGPI - Mid-Atlantic Gigapop - Multimedia Service - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Edinburgh Napier University, School of Arts and Creative Industries, Music dept. UK
University of North Carolina, School of Music, Greensboro, NC, USA
University of Virginia, School of Arts, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, DK
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London-Edinburgh ~400miles
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Questions?
http://www.conts.it/artistica/lola-project
lola-project@conts.it
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