Syren for Port Jackson has recently plied the waters of Sydney Harbour, delivering a unique location sensitive, immersive audio experience aboard the M.V. Regal.

The Syren project is part of the AudioNomad R+D project ~ a collaboration between the Artist Nigel Helyer and the Scientists Daniel Woo and Chris Rizos of the University of New South Wales.

The Regal approaching Darling Harbour.

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Listen to some talking heads wax lyrical about Spatial Audio and Mnemonics Syren for Port Jackson was a recent pilot project designed to demonstrate the potential of the AudioNomad systems that have been developed over the past two years.  The original Syren project was mounted on the Helipad of the cruise liner “Opera” and toured the Baltic in 2004 as part is ISEA.  The current work is a more sophisticated and accurate development, allowing the composition of finely grained non-linear spatial compositions that provide an immersive user experience.

Composing on the fly aboard the test rig, Leander.

Working in our home city was a conceptual and compositional challenge as it was important to address a raft of historical and cultural material and situate the sonic material in the appropriate physical context.  We used a small motor launch, the Leander as a test rig to de-bug both the software, the technical running gear and the compositional strategy.

DGPS tracks the Regal with a 1 metre accuracy.

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