Ross Bencina is a composer, performer, software developer and digital instrument maker, with a strong interest in improvised electroacoustic music. He has performed solo and with collaborators around Australia and internationally. Performances of note include the Off-ICMC festival at the 2005 International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona and the Liquid Architecture 7 festival (2006) in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
Ross is a graduate of the La Trobe University Music Department. He has held residencies at STEIM foundation in Amsterdam where he developed techniques for translating physical gesture into computer-generated sound, and Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, where he developed computer vision algorithms for the reacTable tangible music table.
Ross is the creator of AudioMulch - software for electronic music performance, composition and sound design. He is the founding developer of PortAudio, foundation software for real-time audio applications. Ross is the sole proprietor of Sonic Fritter Pty Ltd which sells AudioMulch and offers consulting and software development services for desktop and embedded audio applications.
Ross lives in Melbourne, Australia where he spends his time making music and developing AudioMulch.