VolumetricCondensed

Domenico Stefani

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Trento

About Me

Postdoctoral researcher at the CIMIL group at the University of Trento, Italy. I received my PhD in early 2024 with a thesis on real-time deep learning on embedded computers for Music Information Retrieval.

In the last 4 years I have been developing audio plugins for embedded computers and PCs, and most of the time these plugins included neural network execution.
The work of these years has been published in the proceedings of conferences such as the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Audio Mostly, and in journals such as the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

Since graduating, I have worked on spatial audio plugins for navigation in VR environments with 6 degrees of freedom.

Sessions

  • “Engine-Swap” on Two Spatial Audio Plugins Will Be Easy, Right?

    Lessons Learned
    16:20 - 16:40 UTC | Monday 11th November 2024 | Bristol 2
    Beginner
    Intermediate

    Tackling a project that involves swapping the cores of two audio plugins seemed straightforward at first: Yes, spatial audio is complex, but these are two similar JUCE plugins and I can just swap the core code components, it will be easy, right? It wasn't, and it uncovered many unexpected challenges and learning opportunities. In this talk, I will share my experience of improving an existing spatial audio plugin (SPARTA 6DoFConv) by replacing its convolution engine with a more efficient alternative. This process required deep dives into complex and sparsely commented audio DSP code and problem-solving. The core of this presentation […]