Only last month we introduced Eclipsa Audio for creators at FMF Krakow, sparking great interest and inspiring some long discussions. You can now explore the plugins here!
I'm proud to be contributing a small brick to the bigger vision of Eclipsa 🎧 Photos: Kasia Kukiełka
A Collaborative Research Project on 3D Microphone Array Techniques for Orchestral Recording
WE AIM TO:
Advance immersive sound recording techniques for orchestral music.
Bridge the gap between academia and the audio industry.
Share expert knowledge and high-quality immersive recording resources to support education and research.
Study perceptual differences across various recording techniques.
Inspire current and future sound engineers, composers and researchers to explore immersive audio.
WE PLAN TO:
Form a focus group of leading engineers and researchers specialising in immersive orchestral recording.
Compose an orchestral piece that incorporates a variety of musical styles, instrumentations, dynamics, and textures.
Record the piece simultaneously with different immersive arrays designed by the expert engineers at Lyndhurst Hall, AIR Studios in London.
Hold a listening and discussion session at the Dolby Soho screening room, involving both the focus group and additional participants.
Create an open-access database of the recordings to share with the public.
Publish the project outcomes in the AES Journal.
Present the outcomes with demonstrations at future events.
Follow the project on Instagram / Facebook / BlueSky to keep up to date, get access to the recording database and read about the results of the research.
Immersion is a multidimensional concept; when considering the interplay between technological advancements, cognitive processes, and individual subjective preferences - it becomes even more challenging to measure the level of immersive experience.Â
In immersive audio and spatial audio technology, we most often focus on lower-level attributes, such as envelopment, externalisation, and spatialisation. There is a noticeable lack of investigation into higher-level concepts, particularly those that impact user experience more holistically. In this preliminary study we try to addresses this gap by exploring narrative engagement — a specific aspect of immersion that deals with the user's emotional and cognitive involvement in a story. We are looking at both self-report and physiological measures to see whether the format of presented audio sample affects one, or the other, or both.
Read about my work:
Work presented at AES New York Convention by prof. Hyunkook Lee
Open to extending the study to a larger scale to publish in journal.