University of Helsinki Music Research Laboratory

Facility/equipment: Research Laboratory

    Equipments Details

    Description

    University of Helsinki Music Research Laboratory (UHMRL) is a music research laboratory (originally a sound technical laboratory) founded in the academic year 1961–62. Lab’s focus areas are computational and computer-assisted music research, sound quality research, archeoacoustics, research on the interaction of music and technology, history and analysis of electroacoustic music, and research on electric instruments. In the music research laboratory, computational imaging methods for sound and music have been produced, workflows for the preservation of demanding cultural heritage material have been developed, and multi-channel sound field work equipment has been built. The laboratory works as part of Musicology in the Department of Philosophy, History and Art at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Arts.

    Type of research infrastructure

    • Resource
    • Equipment
    • Service

    Fields of Science and Free Keywords

    • 6131 Theatre, dance, music, other performing arts
    • electronic music
    • electronic musical instruments
    • electroacoustic music analysis
    • electroacoustic music
    • synthesizers
    • sound synthesis techniques
    • music acoustics
    • Sound Studies
    • sound quality assessment
    • 615 History and Archaeology
    • archeoacoustics
    • music history
    • electronic music history
    • music historiography
    • music history writing
    • 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics
    • sound visualization software
    • sound processing tools
    • DSP
    • digital sound processing
    • 5141 Sociology
    • STS
    • Science and Technology Studies

    ESFRI thematic areas

    • Social Sciences and Humanities

    UH research infrastructure classification

    • Research Laboratory