Presentation Slides for the etudo Workshop at EAS conference 2018 in Jelgava, by Fritz Höfer and Helmut Herglotz

1. Interactive music education with the
platforms “etudo”
and “sofasession”
H-Prof. Dr. Fritz Höfer
(University of education Salzburg)
Helmut Herglotz
(sofasession Vienna)
26th EAS Conference | Jelgava/Riga - Latvia, 14-17 March, 2018 | F. Höfer & H. Herglotz

2. structure
1. The company „sofasession“
2. Platform „etudo“
3. Video
4. Practical example: Bodypercussion
5. Platform „sofasession“
6. Video
7. Practical example: Jamsession pentatonic (several devices,
keyboard/voice)
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3. 1. The company „sofasession“
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Team
The current headcount is 10 people in the
headquarter in Vienna.
4 people in sales and marketing.
3 people in software development,
including application development,
production design and machine learning.
1 person in content production.
1 person in business development.
1 person in finance.

4. sofasession‘s proprietary audio streaming and
recording technology features
• High quality and fast audio transmission (2-3x faster than Skype)
• High Fidelity audio compression
• Powerful and fast buffering for musical performances
• 48kHz sampling
• Recording and live transmission
• Backend infrastructure that holds all musical works in multitrack
format for immediate rendering and playback
26th EAS Conference | Jelgava/Riga - Latvia, 14-17 March, 2018 | F. Höfer & H. Herglotz

5. 2. Platform „etudo“
• digital learning platform for music schools
• teacher- (Overview students repertoire) student accounts
• administration teaching materials, digital scores
• collection teaching materials (scores, dynamic playalongs with
tempovariation, metronom)
• recording function
• ensemble music (choir), promote musical interaction
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6. • stay in contact with the theacher/ensemble
outside the lesson
• languages English, German, Japanese
• etudo as a distribution platform for third party content
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https://etudo.co

8. 3. Video
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9. 4. Practical example
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10. 5. Platform „sofasession“
• jam and make music over the internet
• requirements: Computer, internet, headphones, built in microphone
or audio interface, studio mic/instrument cable
• communication and networking with other musicians
• collaboratively composing
• ensemble rehearsals independend from place and time
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11. 6. Video „sofasession“
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http://www.sofasession.com/

13. 7. Practical example: Jamsession pentatonic
26th EAS Conference | Jelgava/Riga - Latvia, 14-17 March, 2018 | F. Höfer & H. Herglotz

14. Thank you for your attention!
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