Previous AES Events

In this talk Simon will drill open the ‘black box’ of game audio runtime systems, identifying the ‘objects’ in Object Audio and how they’re built and managed from psychoacoustic and signal-processing principles, grounding his explanations with practical advice and anecdotes.Read more

Audio Engineering Society – South of England Group
Palmerston Lecture Theatre
Spark Building
Solent University, …Read more

Student Technical Visit: 
Weds 9th Oct 2019. Technical Visit to Naim Audio, Salisbury. 
Visit starts …Read more

The acoustic revival of heritage sites, studied in Archaeoacoustics, offers an additional element on understanding and accessing our cultural heritage. We can experience the acoustic properties of these spaces and reveal the sound of the past for future generations through Auralization, the audio equivalent to visualization. Focusing on the measurement process, several techniques have been documented on impulse response measurements, including the one stated on the ISO3382 standards, while measurement uncertainties require our attention for the accuracy and reliability of the obtained results.
In this talk, the process used to gather the acoustic data of heritage sites and how they are analysed will be discussed. Examples of recent measurements in heritage sites in West Midlands will be presented and their results will be discussed in terms of acoustical and musicological analysis.Read more

The Audio Definition Model is a specification of metadata that can be used to describe object-based audio, scene-based audio and channel-based audio. It can be included in BWF WAVE files or used as a streaming format in production environments.   This talk will discuss the development and application of the Audio Definition Model, including the BBC Audio Toolkit.Read more

In auditorium acoustics objective science and engineering are employed to elicit subjective perceptions and emotions.  This lecture discusses the auditorium acoustic design of concert halls, opera houses and theatres, by one of the leading concert hall designers in the UK.   It starts with describing some fundamental requirements for audiences, performers and other stakeholders. Both scientific and other factors are considered. The lecture will then look at how the art and science have developed over the last 35 years.  This will include the use of scale and computer modelling, the paradigm shift of auralisation and the integration of architecture and creative digital audio.  The scientific and engineering responses to changing artistic and audience needs will be examined.Read more

The market of car sound systems is possibly the single largest buyer of transducers in the world, and surely it represents a substantial part of the market of audio amplifiers as well.   Designs already offer customers multi-dimensional experiences, with ceiling or headrest channels and speakers, but what is the event-horizon beyond which manufacturers are trying to look?   What will be the possible scenario once the debate about self-driven cars will safely land into a set of regulations freeing drivers from their (previously) necessary duties?Read more

AES South and IoA Southern Branch Christmas Event & Social
Film Screening: “Sonic Sea”
6.00pm …Read more

A Feral World” is a post-apocalyptic tale of survival featuring a young, orphaned boy and his friendship with a woman who’s desperate to find her missing daughter. Filmed over four years, we watch the boy mature into a teenager.  Sound supervisor Leslie Gaston-Bird (AMPS, MPSE) gives an overview of creating and managing audio assets for the 5.1 mix for this feature, which is scheduled to debut next year.Read more