The Acousmonium is the sound diffusion system designed in 1974 by Francois Bayle and used originally by the

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at the Maison de Radio France. It consists of 80 loudspeakers of differing size and shape, and was designed for tape playback. As Bayle wrote in a CD sleeve note in 1993, it was The process of distributing compositions of

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across an acousmonium is called ''diffusion''. This is done by the composer or a performer by controlling and adjusting the spatial distribution and volume of the music during playback. The Acousmonium has been in use more recently. It was, for example, used for a series of concerts held at the

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, London in May, 2006.

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