Episode 115 Andrew Knight-Hill & Emma Margetson (University of Greenwich)

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28 Mar 2025

Episode 115 Andrew Knight-Hill & Emma Margetson (University of Greenwich)

By Immersive Audio Podcast

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.

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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.

Andrew Knight-Hill Website 

Andrew Knight-Hill LinkedIn 

Emma Margetson LinkedIn

SHIFT: Shared Hub for Immersive Future Technologies 

University of Greenwich 

Loudspeaker Orchestra Project 

Art of Sound: Creativity in Film Sound and Electroacoustic Music

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Show Notes

 

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

07 Mar 2025

Episode 114 Nomono (Part 2)

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Summary

In this two-part series of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel travels to Oslo and Trondheim to meet the Nonomo team behind the Norwegian start-up whose innovation in hardware and cloud-processing aimed to enhance spatial sound recording and post production workflow. In this second episode, we are going to discuss the importance of machine learning for audio, behind the cloud-processing and speech enhancement, talk about the unique Nomono spatial sound recorder design and sustainability policies for hardware manufacturing, and we’ll look into the company’s future roadmap and vision aimed at simplifying spatial audio production.

Kristine Snyder (CEO)

Kristine Snyder is the CEO of Nomono, a company dedicated to simplifying podcast and broadcast journalism production through intuitive hardware and software solutions. With a passion for immersive audio and the power of sound to connect people, Kristine leads Nomono in its mission to make storytelling as effortless and impactful as having a conversation. Kristine is deeply passionate about people and believes in the transformative power of great teamwork. She fosters a collaborative, trust-based and innovative culture at Nomono, enabling the team to push boundaries and bring groundbreaking audio solutions to storytellers worldwide. Before joining Nomono, Kristine worked as a commercial lawyer specialising in intellectual property, bringing a unique perspective to her role by combining strategic leadership with a deep appreciation for Nomono’s vision and technology.

Audun Solvang (Senior Audio Researcher)

Audun Solvang is an entrepreneur, innovator, and researcher with a deep passion for sound. With expertise in audio signal processing, microphone and speaker arrays, psychoacoustics, 3D audio, and room acoustics. His career spans roles in both academia and industry, having co-founded Nomono, where he currently conducts research. Audun’s work has focused on innovative approaches in microphone arrays, beamforming, and sound localization, contributing to a number of patents in the field. With a PhD in audio signal processing from NTNU, he is committed to pushing the boundaries of audio technology while actively shaping the future of sound in communication and entertainment.

Sigurd Saue (Head of Audio Signal Processing) Sigurd has more than 25 years of experience in audio signal processing, music technology and software development. His career includes pioneer work on sonification of seismic data for Statoil, the position as lead software engineer at Voxelvision and as team leader for seismic signal processing in Petrel/Schlumberger. In parallel he has implemented electronic art installations with internationally acclaimed composers and artists. He has served 8 years as associate professor in Music Technology at NTNU.

Ruben Åeng (Lead Audio Engineer)

Ruben Åeng is the lead audio engineer at Nomono, where he was hired in August of 2021. With 12 years of experience from Film and TV production audio, and postproduction, he is involved in many aspects of different teams at Nomono. Including QA, Growth, Content and R&D. For the last two years, he has investigated Ambisonics in particular, but also other immersive audio formats, and immersive media in general.

Iver Jordal (Senior Machine Learning Engineer)

Iver Jordal is a senior machine learning engineer at Nomono, where he ensures their speech enhancement technology delivers great audio quality. With over 20 years of programming experience, his background spans full-stack development, music technology, and a specialization in artificial intelligence. At Nomono, he blends traditional DSP techniques with cutting-edge AI while optimizing processing speed, so users receive their enhanced recordings faster. Outside of work, he’s a dad, vocalist, mountain biker, and demoscener.

Karoline Müller (Industrial Design Lead)

Karoline Müller is the Industrial Design Lead at Nomono, where she has been shaping the company’s products since joining in 2020. Starting as an industrial designer, she has contributed across various design disciplines, bringing creativity and versatility to the team. Over the years, she has played a key role in refining Nomono’s product experiences and design expressions. Passionate about lasting products, she led Nomono’s sustainability committee to drive conscious business practices.

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Show Notes

Nomono Website – https://nomono.co/

Nomono Sound Capsule – https://nomono.co/sound-capsule

Nomono Cloud – https://nomono.co/nomono-cloud

Nomono Spatial Audio – https://nomono.co/spatial-audio-with-nomono

Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/c/nomonosound

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/nomonosound/posts/?feedView=all

Immersive Audio Podcast Masterclass

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

 

08 Mar 2024

Episode 98 Treble Technologies – Next Generation Acoustic Simulation (Part 1)

By Immersive Audio Podcast

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel travels to Reykjavik, Iceland, to meet Treble Technologies whose mission is to enable a better-sounding world. Treble is a start-up that built the world’s leading acoustic simulation platform that can generate interactive, real-time, immersive audio-visual auralizations. In this two-part series, we will explore the complex world of acoustic simulation.

In this first part, we meet Treble’s core founding team members, where the CEO Finnur Pind tells a full story of what motivated them to start the company. You will learn what acoustic simulation is, how the Treble platform works across different use cases and you will hear a real-time binaural audio demo of Treble auralization. 

Dr Finnur Pind, CEO & Founder

Finnur has 15+ years’ of experience in sound simulation technology, spatial audio, computational mathematics, and software engineering, as well as considerable experience in management and public speaking. Finnur is a globally recognized thought leader within the acoustics and audio industries and a recurring keynote speaker at various audio and startup events. His PhD research at DTU was done in collaboration with Henning Larsen Architects, a global leader in sustainable and tech-driven architecture. Prior to his PhD research work, he was an acoustic consultant at EFLA Consulting Engineers for 3 years and a software engineer at Síminn for 2 years. Finnur’s responsibilities within Treble are mainly focused on driving the longer-term and big-picture strategy of the company as well as supporting the company’s various teams and managers in obtaining the company’s goals. Since the founding of Treble, Finnur has participated in and won numerous competitions & awards.

Jesper Pedersen CPO & Founder

10 years of experience in acoustic simulations, virtual prototyping, and product development. Jesper spent 6 years at Oticon (a producer of hearing aids) as a lead simulation specialist. After that, he ran his acoustic consultancy before joining forces with Finnur to start Treble Technologies. Jesper’s responsibilities within Treble are primarily to lead the product development at Treble and to work on the company’s overall strategy.

Gunnar P. Hauksson CCO & Co-Founder

Over a decade of experience in sales- and marketing management, entrepreneurship and business development. Extensive experience in sales- and marketing management (8 years in Key account management, and as a sales and marketing manager at Iceland’s largest IT company) as well as project management. Gunnar founded and managed other software start-ups in the past. Gunnar is responsible for business development, business strategy, sales channel development and customer success at Treble.

Aslaug Gisladottir UX Front-end Developer

With 8 years of front-end development expertise, Aslaug has cultivated her skills in diverse environments. Her journey began at iQmetrix where she developed contactless Restaurant & Hospitality solutions as well as Virtual Queuing for physical retail locations. Later, she contributed her talents to Shopify’s Brand and Audience Expansion Marketing UX team, leading development efforts for various marketing initiatives. Now in her role as a UX Front-end Developer at Treble, she specialises in tackling challenges with a user-first mindset. Her guiding question at Treble is simple yet powerful: How can we, at Treble, create the best user experience for our users.

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Show Notes

Treble Technologies Website – https://www.treble.tech/

Treble Technologies Validation Cases – https://docs.treble.tech/validation

Start your Full 30-day Free Treble Trial – https://www.treble.tech/free-trial

Finnur Pind Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnurpind/

Jesper Pedersen Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedersenjesper85/

Gunnar P. Hauksson Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnarpetur/

Aslaug Gisladottir Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/aslaugsollilja/

Our Sponsors

HHB Communications is the UK’s leader in Pro Audio Technology. For years HHB has been delivering the latest and most innovative pro audio solutions to the world’s top recording studios, post facilities, and broadcasters. The team at HHB provide best-in-class consultation, installation, training, and technical support to customers who want to build or upgrade their studio environment for immersive audio workflow. To find out more or book a demo at their HQ facility visit www.hhb.co.uk

Innovate Audio offers a range of software-based spatial audio processing tools. Their latest product, panLab Console, is a macOS application that adds 3D spatial audio rendering capabilities to live audio mixing consoles, including popular models from Yamaha, Midas and Behringer. This means you can achieve an object-based audio workflow, utilising the hardware you already own. Immersive Audio Podcast listeners can get an exclusive 20% discount on all panLab licences, use code Immersive20 at checkout. Find out more at innovateaudio.co.uk *Offer available until June 2024.*

HOLOPLOT is a Berlin-based pro-audio company, which features the multi-award-winning X1 Matrix Array. X1 is software-driven, combining 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis to achieve authentic sound localisation and complete control over sound in both the vertical and horizontal axes. HOLOPLOT is pivoting the revolution in sound control, enabling the positioning of virtual loudspeakers within a space, allowing for a completely new way of designing and experiencing immersive audio on a large scale. To find more, visit holoplot.com.

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

09 Feb 2024

Episode 97 Patrick Cairns (AudioLab, Immersive Network Music Performance)

By Immersive Audio Podcast

This episode is sponsored by HHB Communications, the UK’s leader in Pro Audio Technology. For years HHB has been delivering the latest and most innovative pro audio solutions to the world’s top recording studios, post facilities, and broadcasters. The team at HHB provide best-in-class consultation, installation, training, and technical support to customers who want to build or upgrade their studio environment for immersive audio workflow. To find out more or book a demo at their HQ facility visit www.hhb.co.uk

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by the remote audio network engineer and PhD candidate at AudioLab, the University of York – Patrick Cairns from Glasgow, Scotland.

Patrick graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University (2019) with a BSc in Audio Systems Engineering. Patrick has since achieved an MSc by research in Audio Technology at the Audiolab, University of York (2021), where they currently continue their research as a PhD student. Patrick’s research explores the development, application and evaluation of bleeding-edge network music performance systems, with a focus on immersive audio. This work investigates how spatial audio and virtual acoustics can be applied to make network music experiences more like live performance, and examines the effect this can have on the way we interact with one another musically in shared virtual spaces. Patrick’s research also includes high-impact industry collaboration within the MINERVA project. Beyond academia, Patrick is an avid enthusiast of all things audio and has experience in various roles across the industry, including broadcast, live sound, sound for film, and music recording and production.

Patrick discusses in depth the current advancements in remote spatial audio networking for a range of industry use cases covering the core technology, signal flow and production workflows.

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Show Notes

Patrick Cairns Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-cairns-178387248/  

Patrick Cairns AudioLab – https://audiolab.york.ac.uk

University of York – https://www.york.ac.uk/

Musical Interactions in Networked Experiences using Real-time Virtual Audio (MINERVA) – https://audiolab.york.ac.uk/minerva/

Scalable Audio Frameworks For Immersive Realtime Experiences (SAFFIRE) – https://audiolab.york.ac.uk/saffire/

AudioLab’s Spatial Audio Library, York – Huddersfield Networked Performance – https://audiolab.york.ac.uk/library/york-huddersfield-performance/

Evaluation of Metaverse Music Performance With BBC Maida Vale Recording Studios – https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=22139

Recording Music in the Metaverse: A case study of XR BBC Maida Vale Recording Studios – https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=21842

Immersive Network Music Performance: Design and Practical Deployment of a system for Immersive Vocal Performance – https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=20918

Parametric Evaluation of Ensemble Vocal Performance Using an Immersive Network Music Performance Audio System – https://secure.aes.org/forum/pubs/journal/?elib=21541

AES Paper: Context-Based Evaluation of the Opus Audio Codec for Spatial Audio Content in Virtual Reality – https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=22037

Our Sponsors

Innovate Audio offers a range of software-based spatial audio processing tools. Their latest product, panLab Console, is a macOS application that adds 3D spatial audio rendering capabilities to live audio mixing consoles, including popular models from Yamaha, Midas and Behringer. This means you can achieve an object-based audio workflow, utilising the hardware you already own. Immersive Audio Podcast listeners can get an exclusive 20% discount on all panLab licences, use code Immersive20 at checkout. Find out more at innovateaudio.co.uk *Offer available until June 2024.*

HOLOPLOT is a Berlin-based pro-audio company, which features the multi-award-winning X1 Matrix Array. X1 is software-driven, combining 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis to achieve authentic sound localisation and complete control over sound in both the vertical and horizontal axes. HOLOPLOT is pivoting the revolution in sound control, enabling the positioning of virtual loudspeakers within a space, allowing for a completely new way of designing and experiencing immersive audio on a large scale. To find more, visit holoplot.com.

Survey

We want to hear from you! We really value our community and would appreciate it if you would take our very quick survey and help us make the Immersive Audio Podcast even better: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3Y9B2MJ Thank you!

Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

19 Jan 2024

Episode 94 John Johnson (HHB – Multi Channel Sound Systems)

By Immersive Audio Podcast

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the Chief Technology Officer at HHB Communications – John Johnson from London, UK.

JJ has nearly two decades of experience supplying and supporting audio-visual equipment for post-production facilities, broadcasters, and music studios, worldwide. Managing the Pre-Sales, Training & Technical Support teams at HHB Communications, his focus on technology includes assisting the widespread adoption of Immersive  Audio such as Dolby Atmos and Apple Spatial Audio, and various implementations of Audio Visual over IP solutions – predominantly based on the Audinate Dante platform.

JJ covers in-depth the entire process of what it takes to install a multi-channel sound system, from small boutique production spaces to large-scale broadcasters and post facilities, covering the speaker set-ups, consultations, assisted installation and calibration along with associated challenges and opportunities.

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Show Notes

JJ Linkedin – www.linkedin.com/in/jajola

HHB Website – www.hhb.co.uk

Visit London’s premiere pro audio demonstration facility. Visitors have the opportunity to audition for an array of studio solutions including Dolby Atmos. The HHB team of audio experts will be available to help customers navigate all the options available today. Book an appointment – www.hhb.co.uk/demo-request

The Home Entertainment Dolby Atmos Room Design Tool (DART) – https://professionalsupport.dolby.com/s/article/The-Home-Entertainment-Dolby-Atmos-Room-Design-Tool-v6-0-0-is-Now-Available?language=en_US

Our Sponsors

Innovate Audio offers a range of software-based spatial audio processing tools. Their latest product, panLab Console, is a macOS application that adds 3D spatial audio rendering capabilities to live audio mixing consoles, including popular models from Yamaha, Midas and Behringer. This means you can achieve an object-based audio workflow, utilising the hardware you already own. Immersive Audio Podcast listeners can get an exclusive 20% discount on all panLab licences, use code Immersive20 at checkout. Find out more at innovateaudio.co.uk *Offer available until June 2024.*

HOLOPLOT is a Berlin-based pro-audio company, which features the multi-award-winning X1 Matrix Array. X1 is software-driven, combining 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis to achieve authentic sound localisation and complete control over sound in both the vertical and horizontal axes. HOLOPLOT is pivoting the revolution in sound control, enabling the positioning of virtual loudspeakers within a space, allowing for a completely new way of designing and experiencing immersive audio on a large scale. To find more, visit holoplot.com.

Survey

We want to hear from you! We really value our community and would appreciate it if you would take our very quick survey and help us make the Immersive Audio Podcast even better: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3Y9B2MJ Thank you!

Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.