10 Computer Music Journal Natasha Barrett is a freelance composer who currently lives in Norway. Her compositional output consists of works for instruments and live electronics, sound installations, dance, theatre, and animation projects, but all her energy seems to stem from her acousmatic composition. In 2006, she received the Nordic Council Music Prize—the most prestigious recognition for a ...

Laser photoablation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), a flexible dielectric organic polymer, was used to design an acoustic miniaturized DNA biosensor. The microchip device includes a 100-microm-thick PET layer, with two microband electrodes patterned in photoablated microchannels on one side and a depressed photoablated disk decorated by gold sputtered layer on the other side. Upon applic...

Both the overall aging of the population and its exposure to higher noise levels have increased the tendency to hearing loss and the importance of improved hearing aids for speech perception. This article reviews improvements in conventional electroacoustic hearing aids, as well as recently developed alternative classes of speech-perception aids, including surgically implanted cochlear stimulat...

In this paper, the author describes his explorations and experiments in turning an acoustic drum-set into an expressive tool for electroacoustic improvisation. This is primarily achieved through the addition of DIY and lo-fi electronics, as well as DIY acoustic and electroacoustic instruments to the drum-set. The author details how he began building and modifying instruments and goes into detai...