Editing IRCAM (section)

==Research and development teams==
* Instrumental acoustics
* [[Room acoustics]]
* [[Music therapy]]
* Musical perception and [[Music cognition|cognition]]
* [[Sound analysis|Analysis]]/[[Sound synthesis|synthesis]]
* Music representations
* [[Free software]] and software engineering
* [[Sound design]]
* [[Online services]]

===Software developed at IRCAM===
Some software is being developed at IRCAM, such as [[OpenMusic]], AudioSculpt, OMax, Spat, Modalys, [[Antescofo]] and [[Orchidée]].

Orchidée is developed as a tool to aid in orchestral composition in which musical scores using traditional instruments are generated by imitating a target input sound. It is used in [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]]'s 2008 piece, "Speakings", a composition based on emulating speech patterns and inflections. Orchidée is capable of computing the complex combinatorial possibilities of an orchestra based on ''musical attributes'' such as dynamics and instruments, ''perceptual attributes'' such as brightness, and ''timbre models''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futureradio.co.uk/podcast/2010/september/chance-music-jonathan-harvey|title=Chance Music with Jonathan Harvey (interview)|author=Bob Shingleton|publisher=[[Future Radio]]|date=5 September 2010|access-date=27 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724060020/http://futureradio.co.uk/podcast/2010/september/chance-music-jonathan-harvey|archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>

IRCAM software is distributed via a subscription-based Forum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Accueil &#124; Ircam Forum|url=https://forum.ircam.fr/?L=1|access-date=1 March 2023|website=forum.ircam.fr}}</ref> As of 2011, IRCAM Forum has 534 members including individual artists and art institutions around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ircam.fr/uploads/media/RA2011.pdf |title=Ircam Activity Report 2011 |access-date=16 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521025140/http://www.ircam.fr/uploads/media/RA2011.pdf |archive-date=21 May 2013 }}</ref> IRCAM Forum members gather yearly at IRCAM for workshops regarding new technologies developed at IRCAM and elsewhere. IRCAM has also created a music file format, <code>.sf</code>.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kabal |first1=Peter |title=Audio File Format Specifications |url=https://www.mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/Documents/AudioFormats/IRCAM/IRCAM.html |website=Audio File Format Specifications |publisher=Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |access-date=9 September 2023}}</ref>

In the domain of music and generative artificial intelligence IRCAM has developed a learning framework for generating a neural network model from audio data named RAVE (Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder) and that allows both fast and high-quality audio waveform synthesis (20x real-time at 48 kHz sampling rate on standard CPU). Models can be used in real time for various applications, audio generativity/timbre transformation/transfer either as a [[Vst_plugin|VST plugin]] or using [[Max/MSP]].

There are also partnerships with companies such as Cycling 74 ([[Max/MSP]]) and Flux:: (IRCAM Tools) for the development of proprietary software.