Chapitre 8-23: Depuis un jeune âge, Philippe Racz fut en cheval entre la science et l'art:  l'un au support de l'autre et l'autre à la quête de l'un.



Chapter 8-23: From a young age, Philippe Racz was on a journey bridging art and science: one pursuing the other, and the other supporting the latter.

Artistic Abilities  

Sound design, Musical composition, Audio Spatialization, Emotional comprehension of stimuli .

Technical Abilities 

Cubase, Reaper, Max/MSP, Wwise, computer optimization/components, Matlab, JUCE, C++, networking knowledge (IT)

Education


[2022]  - [2023]
[Université De Montréal - Musiques Numériques]
Elective courses in video games [2019]  - [2021]
[McGill - Music Technology]
Elective courses in digital signal processing (DSP), Max/MSP, C++, Arduino-based audio systems, and Matlab [2017]  - [2021]
[Concordia - Électroacoustic Studies]Sound design, modern composition, psychoacoustics, Max/MSP, multi-channel spatialization [2015]  - [2017]
[Polytechnique - Génie Électrique]
Mathematics, C++, analog circuit design 

Experience


[2023][Ars Electronica Festival - Showcasing of a VR project]
https://hexagram.ca/en/hexagram-x-ars-electronica-2023-empreintes-imprints/Showcasing a VR project made with Mathieu Deblois (https://linktr.ee/mathieu__deblois__) 
[2023][14 Lieux - Internship]
https://martinmessier.art/PCB design, C++ and Max/MSP code optimization
[2022]
[Materia/Elektra Festival - Texturologies]
https://www.elektramontreal.ca/labo-public-module-texturologiesPopup Exposition. Sound Design, Interactive skateboard design, OSC technician [2022]
[Hexagram - Chaufferie]
Exposition. Sound Design, multichannel spatialization in 6.2 [2022]
[Residency at Society of Arts and Technology (SAT), Satosphere - NUAGES]
https://rencontres.hexagram.ca/en-ca/allcategories-en-ca/22-emergence-y/emergence-y-content/135-experimentations-et-table-ronde-nuagesSound Design, multi-channel spatialization in 32.2 for full-dome project
[2019] - [2023]
[Organic Farmworker]
Administration, heavy machinery, manual labor

 [2018]  - [Present]
[Freelance audio work]
Musical composition, Sound design, Foley, mixing for short films [2014] - [2017]
[Of Taste and Sound (Band)]
Music for private events