International Year of Sound

The International Year of Sound is a worldwide initiative to raise awareness in society of the various facets and importance of sound, tones and noises. Get an overview of our research topics, activities and events in the International Year of Sound 2020 and 2021! Get to know our experts in interviews and articles and read about what sound means in the lives of our employees.

Unfortunately, the corona crisis does not stop even before our sonorous research. Many (specialist) events and conferences were cancelled in the first half of the year. Nevertheless, we would like to present the planned topics - because sound is our passion.

Official International Year of Sound website

Our research portfolio includes

• the automatic recognition and description of music
• the detection of manipulation in audio signals
• the development of systems for spatial sound reproduction
• the powerful control of tiny chip loudspeakers
• the auralization of virtual products
• a possibility to change room acoustics at the push of a button
• research on aspects of human hearing
• the automated acoustic quality assurance
• the investigation of undesired sound.