Cárthach Nuanáin
Lecturer at Munster Technological University
Cork, Munster, Ireland
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Top SchoolCárthach Nuanáin is a lecturer and interdisciplinary researcher specializing in the sounding world, with 12 years’ experience spanning academic research, audio engineering and music technology. He holds a PhD in Computer Music from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and coordinates the MA/MSc in Music & Technology at MTU Cork School of Music, blending teaching with active research in computational musicology, MIR and new interfaces. His background includes leading audio analysis at industry startups, developing the Melodrive algorithmic composition engine and shipping a signature plugin for a Grammy producer, alongside studio and game-audio credits from his time at Microsoft. An active contributor to the Essentia audio analysis library, he’s implemented FFT improvements and cross-platform optimizations for Apple and Android environments. Equally at home composing electroacoustic work and facilitating community music and youth theatre, he combines rigorous technical development with performance and public-facing creative practice.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M. Phil., Music and Media Technologies, M. Phil., Music and Media Technologies at Trinity College DublinBSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at University College CorkPh.D., Computer Music, Ph.D., Computer Music at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
English, Irish, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
fftw10
fft10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
dspic10
audio-analysis10
dspace10
audio9
python4
android4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MTG/essentia
Jan 2015 - Jul 2017
C++ library for audio and music analysis, description and synthesis, including Python bindings
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 10 PRs, 45 comments in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Cárthach primarily focused on adding support for the Accelerate framework on Apple devices. This involved modifying the FFT implementation within the Essentia library and adding tests. Furthermore, they added the KISS FFT algorithm and implemented inverse FFT functionality. The changes include updates to algorithm descriptions and documentation, and some updates to the build process for the Android environment.
pythoncppc-librarymidipython-bindings
carthach/GenDrum
Oct 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:27 commits, 15 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year
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