Announcement
We’re excited to announce the third instalment of the Immersive Audio Podcast Masterclass series.
As always, the sessions are designed to enhance your practical learning experience and are delivered by world-class experts. We’ll be providing video demonstrations, spatial audio playback and an exclusive opportunity to interact with our expert guests.
We proudly present our guests from Amadeus, the Co-Founder and CEO – Fabio Kaiser, and the Co-Founder and CTO – Volker Werner. Amadeus developed solutions for acoustic enhancement for live music and speech in multi-purpose venues, concert halls or theatres. Amadeus Immersive Audio provides 3D sound source spatialisation and rendering with accurate localisation and envelopment for indoor and outdoor venues. https://amadeus-acoustics.com/
In this session, we’ll do a deep dive into the science of active acoustics and cover tools and workflows featuring the newly released ART platform.
How to access the content from our Immersive Audio Podcast Masterclass series? Head out to our page on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/immersiveaudiopodcast. The sessions are designed to enhance your practical learning experience and are delivered by world-class experts. The livestream contains video demonstrations and spatial audio playback with live Q&A.
Summary
In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the University of Greenwich Professor of Music and Sound Arts – Andrew Knight-Hill and the Acousmatic Composer and Sound Artist – Dr Emma Margetson from London, UK.
Professor Andrew Knight-Hill is a composer and researcher creating works that explore the interface between music and sound practice. His works have been heard internationally in film festivals and contemporary music concerts. He recently composed music and sound design for the immersive theatrical event “Over Lunan”, which was nominated for Outstanding Cultural Event as part of the 2022 Thistle Awards for Scottish Tourism. He is a Professor of Music and Sound Arts at the University of Greenwich; leader of the SOUND/IMAGE Research Centre; co-director of the Loudspeaker Orchestra Concert Series; convenor of the annual SOUND/IMAGE festival, and director of the Shared Hub for Immersive Future Technologies (SHIFT).
Dr. Emma Margetson is an acousmatic composer and sound artist. Her research interests include sound diffusion and spatialisation practices; site-specific works, sound walks and installations; audience development and engagement; and community music practice. She has received a variety of awards and special mentions for her work, including first prize in the prestigious L’Espace du Son International Spatialisation Competition by INFLUX (Musiques & Recherches), klingt gut! Young Artist Award in 2018 and Ars Electronica Forum Wallis 2019. She is a Senior Lecturer in Music and Sound at the University of Greenwich, a Research Fellow for the AHRC project “Audiovisual Space: Recontextualising Sound-Image Media”, and co-director of the Loudspeaker Orchestra Concert Series.
We dive into the meaning and functions of creativity in spatial audio across genres and disciplines, and you’ll hear a virtual tour of the University of Greenwich sound and music department facilities.
SHIFT: Shared Hub for Immersive Future Technologies
Art of Sound: Creativity in Film Sound and Electroacoustic Music
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Credits
This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.