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06 Sep 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 28 – Audio For Augmented Reality

By 1618digital

Summary

In this episode of Immersive Audio Podcast, Felix Thompson, with the help of insightful guest speakers, will look at Audio for Augmented Reality, and how it’s changing peoples’ lives today.

Augmented reality, or AR for short, is an industry that’s been silently booming over the last couple of years. Unlike virtual reality which totally immerses the user, AR offers a blend of the physical and the virtual worlds.

With the huge success of Pokemon Go, which allows people all across the world to see Pokemon floating around in real life via their mobile devices, augmented reality developers want to take the next step in revolutionising how we hear the world too, making augmented reality experiences for tourism, education, music – and even reinventing hearing aids.

 

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Guest Speakers

Elliot Graves, Atlantic Productions

Elliot leads Atlantic Productions’ Immersive and Digital content. As an immersive experience Director, he works across all XR technologies including augmented reality, virtual reality and AI empowered experiences. Prior to Atlantic, he worked in the agency space, creating immersive projects across the world for Nike, Google, Ford, Unicef and UEFA. Elliot started his career in factual production, working with The Royal Geographical Society, the United Nations and the BBC across a range of different initiatives.

 

Jean-Marc Jot, Magic Leap

Dr. Jean-Marc Jot joined Magic Leap to start up its audio algorithms team. Prior to this, Jot led DTS audio processing R&D and innovation. He had also led the development of SoundBlaster audio processing algorithms and architectures, including EAX and OpenAL technologies for game 3D audio authoring and rendering. Before relocating to California in the late 90s, he conducted research at IRCAM in Paris, where he designed the Spat software suite for spatial audio creation, performance and virtual reality.

Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 22 Audio Design For Mixed Reality Panel at GDC feat. Jean-Marc Jot

 

Sofia Brazzola, Sennheiser

Sofia Brazzola is the User Experience Manager with the AMBEO team based at Sennheiser, where she leads user-centric research to validate and develop new solutions for a range of 3D audio applications. As part of the R&D team who developed the “AMBEO VR Mic”, she launched Sennheiser’s first early-adopters program by engaging with a community of beta-testers and content creators. She is currently leading Sennheiser’s Augmented Audio Developers Program, where early-adopters engagement, user-centric innovation and strategic marketing play another important role in AMBEO’s thought-leadership in AR audio.

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 23 Sofia Brazzola

 

Kedar Shashidhar, Magic Leap

Kedar Shashidhar is an audio generalist focused on new realities. With a focus in creative research and development, he has worked to help develop new tools, create content ,and explore the boundaries of audio in new realities. Most notably he has contributed to the development of various audio toolsets including Magic Leap, Steam Audio, and Ossic. He also formed an indie game studio, Blackout VR, focused on developing audio only games. Kedar is also an active voice for audio in new realities having previously spoken at AES, Game Sound Con, Indiecade, and more. Currently at Magic Leap, Kedar works on bringing the newest innovations in mixed reality audio to content creators in order to continue pushing the boundaries of what is possible for audio in new realities. You can find his latest work in Magic Leaps Soundfield Audio toolset and a number of experiences on the Magic Leap platform.

Luis Marcelino, Evollu

Luis Marcelino is CTO at Evollu and an adjunct professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. Evollu aims to help companies in the field of hearing rehabilitation increase their sales and expand their business. They use hearing tests and adaptive listening to support people in the process of improving their hearing. They have developed an augmented audio app that gives people “enhanced hearing.” This “enhanced hearing “ will allow users to selectively improve the quality of sound from different sources. This app was made for people with mild and moderate hearing loss, or for environments where it’s difficult to hear.

 

Per Beck Hansen, AWE

Per Beck Hansen is co-founder and CEO of AWE, a Danish startup working with audio development and design for interactive VR/AR. They have created projects from international VR installations to music driven health care solutions to augmented audio games for tourism. As part of the Ambeo development programme, AWE created the app 1807 for tourists in Copenhagen. Spatialized audio for visitors to Copenhagen – alternative to a tour guide. Users get to experience Copenhagen as it was 200 years ago, while under siege from the British. Expect guns and grenades.

 

Marc Green, University of York Audio Lab

Marc Green is a third-year PhD student at the University of York AudioLab. His research is focused on environmental soundscapes, with a view to utilising techniques from machine listening and spatial audio in their analysis. Using Sennheiser AMBEO technology, he has developed an AR app that could assist urban planners, researchers and architects in creating more positive acoustic environments for people to live and work in.

 

Damian Murphy, University of York

Damian Murphy is a Professor of Sound and Music Computing in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York, where he has been a member of the academic staff since 2000. On top of that, he is the University Research Champion for Creativity. Damian was key in making links between the Sennheiser AMBEO programme and researchers at the University AudioLab to explore the potential for the creative use of augmented audio as part of our wider immersive audio research. One particular area of application is in the use of machine learning to understand and discern more information about our sound environment, and how augmenting this soundscape with additional audio content might change our perception of this soundscape. Damian’s PhD student Marc Green is currently leading on research in the area of spatial audio, machine learning and environmental soundscape and decided to look to how AMBEO technology might feature in his work.

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 8 Damian Murphy

 

Eric Tarr, Belmont University

Dr. Eric Tarr is an associate professor of Audio Engineering Technology at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He teaches classes on digital audio, computer programming, signal processing, and analysis. He received a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University. He received a B.A in Mathematics and a minor in Music from Capital University in Columbus, OH. He released an iOS app as a development partner with Sennheiser Electronic using the Smart AMBEO headset for VR/AR audio. The app simulates multiple types of hearing loss for use in hearing science research. It is called the Impaired Hearing Simulator (IHSIM) and is available for free from the iOS app store. He has developed software with several other audio companies including Apogee Electronics, Skywalker Sound, L.R. Baggs, and Harrison Consoles. His research has spanned across the topics of speech signal processing, musical robotics, sound spatialization, acoustic and electronic system modeling, hearing loss, perception and cognition.

Show Notes

Website for awe: https://theawe.dk/

Info on Microsoft Hololens: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens

More information about Pokemon Go: https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-go/

Article about an augmented reality try on app: https://www.realitytechnologies.com/try-on-shoes-using-this-augmented-reality-app-for-ios/

More information about Sennheiser Augmented Audio Lab and  AMBEO AR One: http://sennheiser-ambeo.com/arone/

More information about St Mary’s Abbey: Reconstructed: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2015/activities/yorkshire-museum/hearing-the-past-st-marys-abbey/

More information about Magic Leap’s Wearable 3D Audio: https://www.magicleap.com/news/news/wearable-3d-audio

Information about Eric Tarr’s work with Sennheiser AMBEO: http://sennheiser-ambeo.com/community/eric-tarr/

Information about the textbook written by Eric Tarr: https://www.mathworks.com/academia/books/hack-audio-tarr.html

Article about Evollu’s work: https://www.jornaldeleiria.pt/detalhe-noticia-print/8844

More information about Luis Marcelino’s work with Sennheiser AMBEO: http://sennheiser-ambeo.com/community/luis-marcelino/

Information of Sigur Ros and Magic Leap collaboration: https://pitchfork.com/news/sigur-ros-and-magic-leap-release-new-vr-experience-tonandi/

How to Balance VR and Realism: https://uploadvr.com/balance-gameplay-realism-creating-vr-sim-experience/

Creadits

This episode was produced by Felix Thompson and Oliver Kadel with the help of Abbigayle Bircham and Share O’Hare and included music by Knobs Bergamo, Isaac Joel and Yung Koolade.

09 Aug 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 27 – Helena McGill and Anna Wozniewicz (Noctvrnal)

By 1618digital

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by Helena McGill and Anna Wozniewicz of Noctvrnal via Skype from their office in LA.

Noctvrnal is an audio post-production studio based in Los Angeles. Co-founders Helena McGill and Anna Wozniewicz are visual storytellers with a background in sound design for narrative film. After noticing a lack of female entrepreneurs in audio and music production, the duo decided to launch Noctvrnal in January 2017 and have since expanded into the XR and immersive tech space. Noctvrnal is bringing an immersive sound design to the forefront of virtual and augmented reality by pushing the boundaries of current techniques to create a more visceral experience. The team is passionate about creating new worlds through sound, and their work has been featured at MIT, USC, and VRLA.

In this episode, they chat about the beginning of Noctvrnal, the advancement of the immersive technology, and talk about the importance of diversity in the creative industries.

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Show Notes

Chapman University Film School: https://www.chapman.edu/dodge/index.aspx

Avid Protools: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools

Youtube VR Creator Lab LA: https://www.youtube.com/space/losangeles/vr-creator-lab/

Facebook Spatial Workstation: https://facebook360.fb.com/spatial-workstation/

DearVR: https://www.dearvr.com/

CalArts: https://calarts.edu/

Noctvrnal Official Site: https://www.noctvrnal.com/

Creadits

This episode was produced by Abbigayle Bircham and Oliver Kadel with the help of Share O’Hare and included music by Knobs Bergamo.

26 Jul 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 26 – Tom Szirtes (Mbryonic)

By 1618digital

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel sits down with Tom Szirtes, the founder of Mbryonic.

Mbryonic is a London-based digital studio that create cutting edge virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and other digital content. They work with a wide variety of companies from Amazon to Essex Council to Gazelli Art House. Tom founded Mbryonic with a simple mission, to apply his creative and technical skillset to innovate business and artistic applications of technology.

Before Mbryonic, Tom has had years of experience as a lead developer and manager in the AAA gaming and telecommunications industry working for companies like Sega Europe, Square Enix and Orange.

Alongside this career, Szirtes is an established music producer, DJ and label owner. His music output spans over a decade, some fifty records and numerous international performances. This creativity is at the heart of Mbryonic as well. For Szirtes, the technology always serves creativity not the other way around.

On this episode, Oliver and Tom discuss the ways that virtual reality technology could enhance the experience of listening to music.

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Show Notes

Mbryonic Home page: https://mbryonic.com/

Shur-I-Kan Information on Free Range Records website: http://www.freerangerecords.co.uk/artists/view/Shur-I-Kan/

Shur-I-Kan on Bandcamp: https://shur-i-kan.bandcamp.com/

Tom Szirtes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomszirtes?originalSubdomain=uk

More Information About The Process of Creating Play Sage Gateshead: https://mbryonic.com/portfolio/play-sage-gateshead/

Play Sage Gateshead, The Finished Product: http://playsagegateshead.com/

Mbryonic’s work with Essex Council: https://mbryonic.com/portfolio/delivr-it-logistics/

Information about Amplify VR: https://mbryonic.com/portfolio/amplify-vr/

Video of Shur-I-Kan’s Minecraft set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx5F3tDxPyM

Information About a Similar Minecraft Live Music Event: https://cuppawow.com/coalchella-minecraft-music-festival/

More Information about Innovate UK’s “IC Tomorrow” Competition: https://www.roadtovr.com/innovate-uk-awards-210k-to-vr-and-ar-pioneers/

More Information about Mbryonic’s Virtual Reality Music Experiences in Issue 12 of Techmutiny (interview located on page 22 of the document): http://techmutiny.co.uk/attachments/article/49/TECHMUTINY_Issue%2012_FINAL020316.pdf

Creadits

This episode was produced by Abbigayle Bircham and Oliver Kadel with the help of Share O’Hare and included music by Knobs Bergamo.

05 Jul 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 25 – Sinan Bokesoy (sonicLAB)

By 1618digital

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by Sinan Bökesoy via Skype from Istanbul.

Sinan is a composer, developer and sound installation artist. He has an engineering degree from the Technical University of Istanbul and a PhD in computer music from the University of Paris. His Cosmosƒ stochastic synthesiser is one of the products of his research done during the PhD studies and is one of the rare examples that such research becomes available as an industry tool in the professional music scene.

Today, Sinan talks about composing with digital synthesisers, his work at SonicLab and the creation of Cosmosƒ.

 

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Show Notes

sonicLAB: https://www.sonic-lab.com/

Cosmosƒ Stochastic Synthesiser: http://www.sonic-lab.com/cosmosfsaturn7/

VOLBot stochastic audio processor: http://www.sonic-lab.com/volbot/

Csound: https://csound.com

JUCE audio development framework: https://juce.com

Openframeworks: https://openframeworks.cc

 

Creadits

This episode was produced by Abbigayle Bircham and Oliver Kadel with the help of Share O’Hare and included music by Knobs Bergamo.

21 Jun 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 24 – Darren Emerson (East City Films)

By 1618digital

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In this episode of The Immersive Audio Podcast, host Oliver is joined by Darren Emerson who is producer, director and co-founder of VR City and East City Films.

Recorded in Christmas 2018, during the production of interactive documentary ‘Common Ground’, which recently had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 2019, Darren discusses the challenges of devising engaging and innovated work and what it takes to push the medium forward in a highly competitive industry.  He talks to us about his journey into VR, his earlier VR documentaries “Indefinite” and “Witness 360:7/7”, and the challenges of running a business.

We also learn about how funding has developed for creatives and how the availability of financial support is helping to expand and grow the industry, enabling people to use new technology to be able to break rules and to push the boundaries, creating new and exciting ways of storytelling.

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Show Notes

East City films: http://eastcityfilms.com/

Common Ground: https://eastcityfilms.com/commonground

Tribeca Film Festival: https://www.tribecafilm.com/immersive

Witness 360:7/7: http://eastcityfilms.com/witness-360/

Indefinite: http://eastcityfilms.com/indefinite/

idfa DOCLAB: https://www.doclab.org/

Detention Action: http://detentionaction.org.uk/

Sheffield Doc/fest: https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6849

MTV: http://www.mtv.co.uk/

CD:UK: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267157/

Comic Relief: https://www.comicrelief.com/

The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/

Creative XR Competition: http://creativexr.co.uk/

The Secret History of Our Streets: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jt9zh

Leap Motion: https://www.leapmotion.com

All seeing Eye: http://allseeingeye.co/

Audience of the future:https://www.ukri.org/innovation/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/audience-of-the-future/

Immerse uk: https://www.immerseuk.org/

NFTS: https://nfts.co.uk/

Royal Holloway: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/

National Theatre: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

Arts council: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

Innovate UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk

Credits

This episode was produced by Abbigayle Bircham, Oliver Kadel, and Lisa Daniels, and included music by Knobs Bergamo.

08 Mar 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 21 Dave Malham (FuMa)

By 1618digital

Summary

For this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined via Skype by Dave Malham, ambisonics researcher, retired Experimental Officer at the University of York and half of the team behind the FuMa format.

Dave Malham’s professional interests are in digital audio and related computing systems, post-stereo multidimensional sound projection systems such as ambisonics, electroacoustic music and recording engineering. He worked in the Department of Music from 1973 to 2012 and was Experimental Officer in the Music Research Centre with special responsibility for the Music Technology Group, which he helped found in 1986.

During the 1980s he was responsible for the hardware and low level software that enabled the Composers Desktop Project computer music system to be realised on Atari ST computers. He developed this into the Audio Design SoundMaestro digital audio editing system.

Since then he has been responsible for the design of the Focusrite Blue245 20 bit, the Audio design PB4 18 bit and PB4+ 24bit stereo audio ADCs, as well as the microcontrollers, sensors and RF link technologies for the RIMM project and the hardware for Craig Vear’s “Singing, Ringing Buoy” project. He has written a number of VST plugins for ambisonic processing, the “MRC Stereometer” which implements Bob Katz’s K-system metering system as a VST plugin and, with Matt Paradis, the “ambilib” ambisonic processing library for PD as well as Max/MSP.

His research relates to digital audio, signal preservation, sound spatialisation and recording techniques. He has engineered 18 LPs and CDs and has edited several others. His research topics include advanced sound spatialisation technologies, the applications of spatialisation systems in musical composition and the development of sensing devices for musical performance applications. He has been an Audio Engineering Society member since 1975 and he has a patent, WO02085068, for the Ambisonic Sound Object Format.

Today, Oliver and Dave discuss the impact that Malham has had on the Immersive Audio industry we know today, audio production in the 70s and 80s, and the advancements of ambisonics into the digital era.

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Show Notes

University College Cardiff/South Wales University: https://www.southwales.ac.uk/about/location/cardiff-campus/

Michael Gurson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gerzon

Soundfield Official Website: https://www.soundfield.com/#/home

Lake Processing: https://www.lakeprocessing.com/brand/lake/technologies

Music Tech Masters Course at University of York: https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/msc-audio-music-technology/

FuMa Format Ambisonic Data Exchange Formats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonic_data_exchange_formats#Furse-Malham

Peter Fellgatt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fellgett

Studio Sound Magazine September ‘84 Issue PDF: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Studio-Sound/80s/Studio-Sound-1984-09.pdf

Blue Ripple: http://www.blueripplesound.com/

Dalek voice example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxD-5z_xHBU

Codemasters: http://www.codemasters.com/

Yorkshire Dales: http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/

Humber Bridge: https://www.humberbridge.co.uk/

York Minster: https://yorkminster.org/

The Morning Line Sculpture (ZKM, Karlsberg Germany): https://zkm.de/en/artwork/the-morning-line

The Singing Ringing Buoy by Craig Vear: https://prsfoundation.com/2005-finalists/singing-ringing-buoy/

A Collection of Small Choices at Hoxton Music Hall: https://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/event/collection-small-choices/
Audio Engineering Society: http://www.aes.org/

This episode was produced by Abbigayle Bircham, Gillian Duffy, Oliver Kadel, Felix Thompson and included music by Knobs Bergamo.

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01 Mar 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 20 Immerse(d) London 2019

By 1618digital

Summary

For this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, our team Oliver Kadel and Felix Thompson bring you the highlights from Immerse(d) event in London, bringing you interviews with some of the main speakers and other guests from the day.

Having already held events in Los Angeles and Montreal, Subpac’s event series headed to Ravensbourne University in South East London last weekend.

These meetings have brought together artists, scientists, practitioners and technologists, to explore how deep immersive sound and music are changing society.

There were several panels throughout the day, which looked at the deep cultural roots of bass in British Afro-Caribbean culture, and concepts such as how sound can be used to improve health and mindfulness.

There were several installations too. Guests were able to try out immersive experiences such as “Internal Garden”. By putting on a SUBPAC and headphones, users were able to hear and feel signals from plants.

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Shownotes

James Edward Marks

James E. Marks is an experimental new media provocateur. He is a creator of award-winning social video edutainment, and maker of immersive mixed and virtual reality experiences. With over 20 years of hands-on collaborations with alternative, pop culture branded and unbranded entertainment, James is Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer for DoubleMe, a Silicon Valley transformative tech start-up that’s pushing the boundaries of holographic mixed reality. He is also the founder of PsychFi Lab & Hackstock Festival. At PsychFi, he collaborates with the biggest social video & moving image artists, exploring immersive tech, psychology, psychedelia, sci-fi and pop culture.

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/james-edward-marks

https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-9-james-edward-marks/

http://www.doubleme.me/

Gary Pritchard

Gary Pritchard is the Dean of the School of Media at Ravensbourne University. Ravensbourne is an innovative, industry-focused college based in Greenwich, that prepares students for careers in digital media and design.

Prior to his role at Ravensbourne University, he has significant experience at executive level in the both state and private education sectors and in commercial environments.

As Director of Talent at Forward 3D – a global digital marketing agency – Gary helped develop their leadership and development programme.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-pritchard-phd-84695b23/?originalSubdomain=uk

https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/school-of-media/

Steve Snooks

Steve Snooks is a sound designer and artist. Snooks runs an indie record label and dj sound system music and works at SubPac where he is involved with Partnership Development and Sales in Europe.

https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-12-steve-snooks-subpac/

Magic Beans: Gareth Llewellyn & Jon Olive

Magic beans is an immersive-audio startup that was founded by 3D audio pioneers Gareth Llewellyn and Jon Oliver. It maps high-definition spatial audio into the world around you – creating new kinds of mixed reality audio experience for brands, artists and visitor attractions.

Magic Beans work includes helping to create DotDotDot’s groundbreaking immersive theatre experience SOMNAI, while Gareth and Jon were the sound team behind The Philharmonia Orchestra’s acclaimed VR Sound Stage. Premiering  in April at SXSW 2018 it went onto receive Royal approval from Prince William.

Earlier in their careers, Gareth and Jon were pioneers in 3D audio for cinema, mixing the world’s first immersive feature ‘Red Tails’ –  in partnership with Skywalker Sound and LucasFilm.

https://www.projectimmersed.org/magicbeans?fbclid=IwAR1Zoo-xe0vfQyhNHXKEWL5Fijlm7D9FBlVV9IEOt1Pnq4rYYs8xZkERTbQ

Justin Wiggan

Justin Wiggan is an artist who has worked in a variety of mediums, including sound, phonics, film and performance. His exhibitions have been displayed around the world, and at the Immerse(d) event was demonstrating his latest project – “Internal Garden: Life of Plants”. By using SUBPAC technology and headphones, Justin offers users an immersive experience that lets them feel and hear plant signals.

http://www.justinwiggan.co.uk

Lena Batra

Lena has 17 years of hearing therapy experience. Drawing on her own background of hearing difficulties, she aims to help other adults with hearing loss to better understand and manage their conditions. She completed her training at Bristol University and the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital in 2004 and is a member of the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists. Over the years Lena has held several clinical posts. These have included setting up the first Hearing Therapy service in Hertfordshire and working as an Advanced Hearing Therapist for 6 years at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital.

https://www.fullcircletherapy.co.uk/

Tom Middleton

From his work as an International DJ to his current role as a sound architect, Tom Middleton has spent decades working in audio. Tom started his professional career as an Electronic Neo-Classical Composer and international touring DJ and Artist – sharing stages with the likes of Lady Gaga and Kanye West. Today, he designs psychoacoustic soundtracks and soundscapes for major brands and organisations. His audio sensory company SONUX aim to help global firms reduce stress, improve sleep, boost productivity, increase resilience and enhance performance.

http://www.tommiddleton.com/

Ari Peralta

Ari Peralta is the CEO and Founder of Arigami, a company that uses cutting edge neuroscience research into multi-sensory perception to help brands leave a lasting impression on consumers. Ari began his career at Nielsen Media Research, and has since become a Forbes recognized innovator and serial entrepreneur. Through his company Arigami, Ari now focuses on building the connection between multisensory cues, emotions and memory.

https://www.arigami.co.uk/

15 Feb 2019

Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 19 Adam Levenson (Gaudio Lab)

By 1618digital

Summary

For this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined via Skype by Adam Levenson, the Vice President of Business Development at Gaudio Lab.

Based in Seoul, Gaudio Lab develops audio technology solutions for VR and streaming media including the Sol VR360 SDK and the Sol Loudness SDK available for licensing now. Working with the likes of Honda Innovation and Naver Corporation, Gaudio Lab received the “Innovative VR Company of the Year” award from the AMD Studios VR Awards in 2017.

Adam Levenson has 25 years of experience in audio production and technology. During his tenure as Senior Director at Activision, Adam established the Central Audio team supporting work on major franchises such as Call of Duty, Skylanders, James Bond, Spider-Man, and Transformers. He’s since worked in high-level positions at companies like Somatone Interactive, CRI Middleware, and Krotos.

On this episode, Oliver and Adam discuss the topics of loudness, audio quality in streaming and standards for creators.

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Shownotes

Gaudio Lab Homepage: https://www.gaudiolab.com/

MPEG Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Picture_Experts_Group

SBS Korean Broadcasting Company: https://www.sbs.co.kr/

Honda Innovations: https://www.hondainnovations.com/

13th Floor Productions: https://www.13thfloorentertainment.com/

5G Case Study: https://www.gaudiolab.com/thirteenth-floor-and-g-audio-form-alliance-to-provide-a-cinematic-vr-platform-for-5g-mobile-networks/

Activision: https://www.activision.com/

Antoni Gaudí: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD

SDK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_kit

Sol VR360 SDK: https://www.gaudiolab.com/sol-vr360-sdk/

Pro Tools: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools

Sol Loudness SDK: https://www.gaudiolab.com/sol-loudness-sdk/

Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/

Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prime-Video/b?ie=UTF8&node=3280626031

FCC Calm Act: https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/loud-commercials

Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/

Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/uk/

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/

09 Nov 2018

Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 18 Alex Southern (AECOM)

By 1618digital

Summary

This week on the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver is joined by Dr Alex Southern, a Principal Consultant and the Auralisation Lead for the engineering and construction consultancy company AECOM.

Alex is also a former Royal Society Industry Fellow and the most recent winner of the Institute of Acoustics Young Person Innovation Award in Acoustical Engineering for his work in Auralisation as well as recently winning an award for his work on the A303 Stonehenge project.

Today, Oliver and Alex cover the topics of the role of audio in architecture and engineering, auralisation for civil-engineering projects, and how academia and research drive the future of audio in engineering, and the challenges within the Acoustics Industry.

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Shownotes

Information on the Acoustics Department on the AECOM Official Website – https://www.aecom.com/acoustics/

Music Technology BEng (Hons) Degree information on the University of Derby official website – https://www.derby.ac.uk/undergraduate/music-music-production-courses/music-technology-production-bsc-hons/

Information on Room Acoustics Modelling Research conducted at University of York – https://www.york.ac.uk/electronic-engineering/research/communication-technologies/projects/room-acoustics-modelling/

Aalto University Official Website – https://www.aalto.fi/

Professor Damien Murphy biography and information on the University of York official website – https://www.york.ac.uk/electronic-engineering/staff/damian_murphy/

Unity Engine Official Website – https://unity3d.com/

Unreal Engine Official Website – https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/what-is-unreal-engine-4

Dr Alex Southern’s twitter account – https://www.twitter.com/APSouthern1

AECOM Official twitter account – https://www.twitter.com/AECOM

Credits

This episode was produced by Abbigayle Bircham, Gillian Duffy, Oliver Kadel and Giacomo Corpino, and included music by Knobs Bergamo.

12 Oct 2018

Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 16 Will Buchanan (RPPTV)

By 1618digital

Summary

For this episode, Oliver is joined via Skype by Will Buchanan, Director of RPPTV. Starting out recording his own music for his band, Will picked up a part-time job in a recording studio whilst studying Astrophysics at the Queen Mary University of London, juggling both personal and client work. He soon moved into becoming a Music Producer for a short time before moving into producing music videos and films as well, eventually landing him the role as Director at RPPTV.

RPPTV develops simple to use media production tools, recently focusing on audio production to support creators. Working closely with experts and academics, they aim to create groundbreaking technology to take the next steps into the future of audio production. They’ve worked with the likes of Innovate UK, Salsa Sound and Mixed Immersion, as well as a variety of educational institutions such as the University of York, the University of Surrey and the University of Salford in Manchester.

Today, Oliver and Will discuss Immersive Audio in the music and film industries, the ASSIGN project and procedural audio, as well as engaging academic research in the creative processes to make more innovative products.

Listen to Podcast

Shownotes

Sennheiser AMBEO Binaural headphones, Sennheiser official website – https://en-uk.sennheiser.com/finalstop

Queen Mary University of London website – https://www.qmul.ac.uk/

University of Salford website – https://www.salford.ac.uk/

Innovate UK Government website – https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk

International Business Festival in Liverpool – https://www.internationalbusinessfestival.com/

International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam – https://show.ibc.org/

Association of Motion Picture Sound – http://www.amps.net/

Collaboration with Queen Mary University – http://fxive.com

RPPTV Website – http://rpptv.com

FXive and Ambisynth Newsletter Sign-Up – www.echomaze.com

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