Hey everyone,
I’d like to write my bachelor’s thesis in the Audio and Picture (Ton und Bild, Düsseldorf) program next semester and I’m still looking for a suitable topic. Ideally, I would like to work on something that also has a practical benefit, and since I have spent a lot of time last year working with Gig Performer as a keyboardist, I was wondering if I could combine the two.
In principle, the following types of projects would be possible for a bachelor’s thesis:
analyzing a subject-specific research question (e.g. Voice & Speech Research, Music Analysis & Recommendation Systems, Audio/Signal Processing & Technology, Virtual/Mixed Reality, AI & Music Production)
developing a piece of software
developing hardware
conducting a listening test with up to 100 participants
In relation to Gig Performer, possible directions could be:
development of a more advanced script
comparison of different VSTs (e.g. in terms of latency, timbre, or genre suitability)
programming a custom hardware controller
visualization or control of Rackspaces in VR/MR
AI-assisted generation of presets or effect chains
Since I have not yet found a very concrete research question, I would like to ask whether anyone here might have an idea for a project. Perhaps someone has already come across a problem that is too complex to solve in their spare time, but would be just right for a bachelor’s thesis?
Or perhaps the developers already have a list of open issues where I could contribute through research, analysis, or further development?
My focus during my studies was media composition, but to be honest, I spent most of my time simply making a lot of music. In any case, I would definitely like to write my thesis in the field of audio rather than video. I could very well imagine conducting a scientific listening experiment, as long as it has a practical application.
I don’t know if this is something you are looking for, but maybe it could be a starting point…
It’s something i once made - mainly to get familiar with scripting timers and to use diffrent colored widgets (which were new at that time). It was made just for fun… but maybe it’s something that could be refined regarding the scripting (adding various algoritms to weigh the particular frequencies, maybe experiment with diffrent wavefoms, automatically send the results to another application for visualization…) as well as regarding the hardware to use (calibrated headphones/speakers, additional hardware controllers for user interaction, etc).
…but it also could be the completely wrong approach for what you look for.
Just a thought, when i read “scientific listening experiment”…