Immersive Audio Podcast

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory at the University of Huddersfield – Hyunkook Lee.

Dr Hyunkook Lee is a Reader (i.e., Associate Professor) in Music Technology and the Director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory, University of Huddersfield, U.K. His research over the last 10 years contributed to advancing the understanding of three-dimensional (3D) audio perception and developing new 3D capture and reproduction techniques. He has invented various psychoacoustics-based 3D microphone arrays including PCMA-3D and ESMA-3D, whose principle for height microphone configuration has been adopted for Schoep’s award-winning ORTF-3D array. Recently, he has been focusing on researching and developing perceptually optimised techniques of 6DoF audio rendering for extended reality applications. He is also currently leading a multidisciplinary project that connects immersive arts and technologies. From 2006 to 2010, he was a Senior Research Engineer in audio R&D with LG Electronics, South Korea, where he participated in the standardisations of MPEG audio codecs and developed spatial audio algorithms for mobile devices. He is an Associate Technical Editor of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). He co-edited a recently published book “3D Audio” (Routledge). Hyunkook is a Fellow of the AES, Vice-Chair of the AES High-Resolution Audio Technical Committee, and has recently been elected as a Governor of the AES for 2022-2023. Dr Lee received a B. Mus (Hons) degree in music and sound recording (Tonmeister) from the University of Surrey, U.K., in 2002 and a PhD in spatial audio psychoacoustics from the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR), the University of Surrey in 2006.

In this episode, we discuss Hyunkook’s recent research on “A Conceptual Model of Immersive Experience in Extended Reality” and its influence on spatial audio.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-59-hyunkook-lee-a-conceptual-model-of-immersive-experience-in-extended-reality/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Bjørn Jacobsen are joined by the co-founder and a managing director at the Encircled Max Röhrbein from Berlin, Germany.

Max is a co-founder and a managing director at Encircled audio.solutions GmbH where Encircled is the official and only licensee of the IOSONO software.

In this episode, Max discusses the technical capabilities of the entire IOSONO software and hardware ecosystem and we dive deep into this episode's hot topic - Wave Field Synthesis.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-58-max-rohrbein-encircled-iosono-wave-field-synthesis/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the ambassador and key collaborator of the FLUX:: Immersive – SPAT Revolution audio engine project Hugo Larin from Montreal, Canada.

Hugo Larin has deep roots in audio mixing, design, and operation as well as in networked control and data distribution. He launched his career in production equipment rentals and in-studio recording. His passion for technology and for the entertainment production environment quickly drove him toward the live production sphere. His activities in this realm include a number of mixing, operation, and technical director roles on a variety of high-profile productions and events.

In this episode, Hugo discusses the technical capabilities of the SPAT Revolution engine along with the entire fleet of FLUX:: Immersive tools and we talk about the newly launched ADM OSC initiative.

For our podcast listeners, Flux:: Immersive are giving special access to extended licenses for Spat Revolution, for more information fllow the -> https://bit.ly/3EN9VAG

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-57-hugo-larin-flux-immersive-spat-revolution/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the founder and CEO of Sound Particles Nuno Fonseca from Leiria, Portugal. 

Nuno Fonseca (PhD), is the founder and CEO of Sound Particles company, and was the creator of Sound Particles software, a 3D CGI-like audio software used in all major Hollywood studios in productions such as “Star Wars 9”, “Frozen II”, “Aquaman” or “Game of Thrones”. Former university professor (computer science and music technology areas),  Nuno is the author of the Portuguese book “Introdução à Engenharia de Som” (Introduction to Sound Engineering), co-author of the Portuguese book “Desenvolvimento em iOS” (iOS Development), author of "All You Need to Know About 3D Audio" ebook, and author of more than 20 papers regarding audio research. He is a member of AES, SMPTE, CAS, MPSE, AMPS, and a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Technical Committee on “Audio for Cinema”. 

In this episode, Nuno shares the story of the creation of Sound Particles and he explains the core operational principles of Physics-based Audio and its unique sonic properties.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-56-nuno-fonseca-sound-particles-physics-based-audio/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by Varun Nair from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Varun has spent the past 15 years building technologies, products, teams, and companies in Silicon Valley, UK, and India. Most recently he was head of AR/VR audio software at Facebook. Prior to that, he co-founded Two Big Ears, an immersive audio technology company, which was acquired by Facebook in 2016.

In this episode, Varun shares the story of the creation of the Two Big Ears start-up and the subsequent journey. We dive into spatial audio tech and the future opportunities it presents.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-55-varun-nair-two-big-ears-facebook-360-spatial-workstation/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by Tom Slater from London, UK.

Tom is an artist and producer who specialises in spatial sound for art and music in physical spaces. Tom co-founded Call & Response Studios in 2011 which is now based at Somerset House and houses a 25.2 surround sound creative production space.

In this episode, we dive into the topic of spatial audio in physical spaces, Tom shares his experience working with large speaker arrays in a variety of set-up for live music and art exhibitions.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-54-tom-slater-call-response-spatial-audio-in-physical-spaces/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by head of the SoundLab group Ulli Scuda and research engineer Philipp Eibl at Fraunhofer IIS, over Zoom from Bavaria, Germany.

Ulli Scuda got a Tonmeister degree at the Film University Potsdam-Babelsberg where he also got his PhD. His experience covers sound recording, sound design and mixing for various film and music formats, ranging from binaural up to 22.2. He was a visiting lecturer at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. Today he heads the SoundLab group in the audio department at Fraunhofer IIS where he researches 3D-Audio production and reproduction technologies, as well as microphone arrays and production workflows. His main expertise is immersive audio production, interactive and object-based audio.

Philipp Eibl is a research engineer for Fraunhofer IIS, specializing in Next Generation Audio and the development of NGA production tools in particular.  Together with his colleagues, he mixes content for interactive and immersive experiences and advises industry partners on how they can integrate object-based audio production into their workflows.    Philipp joined Fraunhofer after studying Multimedia Art as well as Media Technology and Production in Salzburg and Amberg and interning in music and broadcast production.  His years of employment in a radio broadcast at the Bayerischer Rundfunk gave him first-hand experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work in both production and live broadcast environments at one of Germany’s largest radio stations.

In this episode, we discuss and compare new generation spatial audio codec MPEG-H and associated authoring tools for its ecosystem.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-53-ulli-scuda-philipp-eibl-mpeg-h/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Bjørn Jacobsen are joined by sound artist Monica Bolles from Denver, US.

Monica Bolles has been working with spatial audio since 2011 when she first gained access to her local planetarium’s 15.1 channel surround system. Since then she has been continuously building toolsets in Max MSP to create large textured soundscapes that explore space, movement, and interaction. Tapping into her roots in traditional audio engineering she works with composers and live performers to explore methods of translating their work to spatial environments while exploring the role the audio engineer plays as a performer and musician. As an artist, she has been focusing on building custom instruments that explore data sonification and use gestural control to create improvised spatial audio experiences. As a producer, she puts together teams to build large immersive works that bring together live performance, dance, 360-projections, spatial audio, and other new technologies. She is also a presenter and host of workshops in her field and has performed in this capacity at SXSW (2019) Ableton Loop (2018), IMERSA Summit (2013-2019), and NIME (2017-2018), among others. Currently, she owns and operates her own company, Resonant Interactions, specializing in immersive experience design.

In this episode, we dive into the topic of spatial audio for domes and planetariums, and Monica expertly covers multiple aspects of this re-emerging industry.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-52-monica-bolles-spatial-audio-for-domes-planetariums/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by the Director of Engineering at Embody - Kaushik Sunder, from San Francisco, US.

Kaushik Sunder currently heads the overall Engineering efforts and also leads the Audio and Acoustics Research Team at EMBODY.  Kaushik has spent a great deal of his research career in the field of 3D Audio and Psychoacoustics. Over the last few years, his research has focussed on understanding the importance of personalized HRTFs particularly for headphone playback of spatial audio.   Prior to working at Embody, Kaushik served as a role of Research Scientist at Ossic and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sound Recording Department, Schulich School of Music at McGill University. He is also a visiting research scientist at the Human factors department at NASA Ames Research Center. Kaushik received his PhD from the Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, NTU Singapore. He has regularly authored articles appearing in the Journal of Acoustical Society of America, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Journal of Audio Engineering Society, and AES International Conventions.

In this episode, we dive deep into the topic of personalised listening for spatial audio, and Kaushik expertly explains the science behind personalised HRTF and the advantages of its usage in the studio.

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

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-51-kaushik-sunder-embody/

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In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by industry practitioners Henrik Oppermann, Jean-Pascal Beaudoin and Viktor Phoenix.

Based on decades of combined experience of creative practice in the field of spatial audio for immersive media we discuss current affairs and reflect on the progress and prospects for the industry as a whole.

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-50-henrik-oppermann-jean-pascal-beaudoin-and-viktor-phoenix/

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