{"id":151,"date":"2011-07-30T00:14:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T22:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2014-11-21T23:25:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T21:25:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?page_id=151","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in V\u00f6cklabruck (Austria), grew up in a musical family in Schwanenstadt (Upper Austria), lived some time in Graz, in the lovely Vilnius, Lithuania and now residing in Regensburg, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>In Vilnius I was studying composition within the ERASMUS program at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA).[ref name=&#8221;lmta&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/lmta.lt\/en\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lmta.lt\/en<\/a>[\/ref] Later I was teaching sound programming for composition students at the Music Innovation Studies Centre[ref name=&#8221;misc&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/misc.lmta.lt\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/misc.lmta.lt<\/a>[\/ref] of the LMTA.<\/p>\n<p>I was\u00a0studying\u00a0Electrical Engineering &#8211; Audio Engineering at the Graz University of Technology[ref name=&#8221;tugraz&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tugraz.at\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.tugraz.at<\/a>[\/ref] and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz[ref name=&#8221;kug&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kug.ac.at\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kug.ac.at<\/a>[\/ref], Austria, mainly working with staff from the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics[ref name=&#8221;iem&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/iem.kug.ac.at\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/iem.kug.ac.at<\/a>[\/ref].<\/p>\n<p>I play electric bass and (bass-)clarinet since childhood but more often I&#8217;m using the computer as an instrument with various control devices and self written software. I&#8217;m interested in contemporary (electronic) music, jazz, classical, electro, minimal, ambient, rock, pop,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When I record music or do live sound engineering I like to produce the most natural sound possible. The sound of the room and reverberation is one of the most important things to achieve that.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m familiar with different standard and non standard surround technologies. My main interest lies in Ambisonics[ref name=&#8221;ambisonics&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambisonics\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambisonics<\/a>[\/ref] which is the most versatile and easy to use in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>When playing with the computer or doing &#8220;Klangregie&#8221; it&#8217;s very important to not just sit in front of the computer.<br \/>\nThe gesture of the performance and the connection between the sound is one of the most important things for me.<\/p>\n<p>My main graphical programming tool is Pure Data[ref name=&#8221;puredata&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/puredata.info\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/puredata.info<\/a>[\/ref], but I&#8217;m used to extend it with my own externals coded in C or C++. I like to work platform independent but mainly dealing with Linux and MacOS.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite audio software depends on the needs of the project but include Reaper, Audition, Samplitude, Pro Tools and Ableton Live.<br \/>\nI also like versatile Open-Source Software like Ardour, Audacity and of course various\u00a0command line tools.<\/p>\n<p>If I can not find a free audio plug-in for a certain application i&#8217;m coding it by myself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>references<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-&gt; see my <a title=\"projects\" href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?cat=6\">projects<\/a> for descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; audio and lightening rentals<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; holding workshops about playing ebass, recording music, programming pure data, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; misc. recordings from small ensembles to big orchestras with choir.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; laboratories at AKG Acoustics[ref name=&#8221;akg&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.akg.com<\/a>[\/ref], Vienna<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; MED-EL medical electronics [ref name=&#8221;medel&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.medel.com<\/a>[\/ref] &#8211; focus on cochlea implants, Innsbruck<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; bands: 3mal3, ICE (IEM computermusic ensemble), spielmaschine, pi, td and the jammers, misc. small jazz ensembles<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; musical producions: Elisabeth, Queen, The Lion King, Junglebook (live sound and recording)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; webmaster and recording of Stadtkapelle Schwanenstadt[ref name=&#8221;stadtkapelle&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.q-s.at\/stadtkapelle\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.q-s.at\/stadtkapelle<\/a>[\/ref] and Kirchenchor Schwanenstadt[ref name=&#8221;kirchenchor&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/kirchenchor<\/a>[\/ref]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; concert tournee through China (as musician and audio engineer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in V\u00f6cklabruck (Austria), grew up in a musical family in Schwanenstadt (Upper Austria), lived some time in Graz, in the lovely Vilnius, Lithuania and now residing in Regensburg, Germany. 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