Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Student Bio: Ryan Cole

Ryan Cole is a graduate student in the Master's program in Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt.  In 2003 he graduated from CU Boulder with a B.A. in Music (Vocal Performance) and a certificate in Music Technology.  While at NYU he has studied and researched a variety of subjects, including immersive audio and sound design.  He also did some work with underwater recording in which he built a hydrophone and was able to record the sounds of whales and dolphins in the Monterey Bay, California.
 
For his final master's project he is building a new prototype for the NIME (New Interface for Musical Expression) he created in the fall of 2006, called the Voccordion.  The Voccordion uses the Arduino interface with a variety of sensors to control a vocal harmonizing Max/MSP patch.  www.voccordion.com
 
In the fall of 2006 he had an internship at a post-production facility and is currently interning at Harvestworks as well as another post-house.  After completing his degree, he hopes to obtain a job doing sound design for film and television.

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