AudioLab

Another exciting job opportunity at the AudioLab York! This is another position to work on the Enhancing Audio Description project This is a part time position (18.5 hours a week) for 12 months - applications close 23rd October 2024. Apply here: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

More recruitment at the AudioLab York! 💻 Technical Specialist in Creative Technologies £36,024 - £44,263 | Closing date: 28th October 2024 ➡ lnkd.in/eWGUSNz9 ⬅ #CoSTARNetwork #Jobs

You can hear the concert on BBC Sounds (from 1:16:50) - bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Thank you to all of those who have made this possible, including our fantastic team at the University of York, BBC R&D, the BBC Singers and the CoSTAR Network. This project has been a great example of collaboration and the impact of the research that we are doing in the AudioLab!

It was great to hear the contributions from the AudioLab York being recognised at the BBC Singers' Centenary concert last night at The Barbican in London. Professor @helena_daffern had the pleasure of attending the concert and representing the @UniOfYork.

Thanks to everyone who came along to listen to and get involved in the discussion. Thanks also to Annika Neidhardt, Katharina Pollack and Felicia Lim for bringing their expertise and insight to the panel!

Last week, @GPKSound, Tomasz Rudzki and Jacob Cooper from the AudioLab were part of a panel at hashtag#AVAR2024 discussing Binaural Rendering for Streamed Immersive and Interactive Audio Experiences!

Great blog post from BBC R&D discussing the recent success of the SAFFIRE project, a collaboration between the AudioLab York, BBC R&D and the BBC Singers! To read the full post, head to: bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-0…

Calling All Game Audio Sound Designers! Are you interested in creating dynamic, immersive audio landscapes that transport players into your game worlds? Find out more at york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6x… or scan the QR code in the image for a chance to win a £50 gift card.

We are delighted that one of our students, Sandeep Bokhoree, has been nominated for the Engineering Talent Awards' Engineering Student of the Year 2024 sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)! Congratulations San!

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in the SAFFIRE Project for their hard work in putting on last week's virtual choir event. The event was a great success and allowed members of the public to sing live with the BBC Singers via an app developed by our very own team!

We are excited to announce a free event on 21st May - you can sing live with the BBC Singers from your own home! Sign up, choose your part, listen to the score to become familiar with the music, and join the event starting at 7:30pm. Please sign up via: saffire.york.ac.uk

Some great work from our very own Joe Rees-Jones in collaboration with the Yorkshire Museum! Joe has used our Vicon motion-tracking system as part of the 'Star Carr: After the Ice' interactive mural! This work is being showcased at the Yorkshire Museum for the next two years!

We are hiring! Join the team at the AudioLab as an Audio Systems Engineer & Programmer as part of our Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Bonza Music Ltd! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/audio-…

We are looking for a highly experienced, personable and pro-active Programme Manager for CoSTAR LiveLAB, an R&D collaboration for the UK live performance and screen industries, led by the University of York! For more details, please follow this link: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/progra…

It was great to visit the BBC's Maida Vale Studios last week as part of our SAFFIRE project! We'll have some exciting announcements about this in the coming weeks.. Thanks to Jack Reynolds and Alan Archer-Boyd for welcoming us back to Maida Vale and making this possible!

Listen with headphones for the full binaural experience, mixed using an Ambisonic workflow on our 50-channel loudspeaker rig. For more information about this demo, and to watch the full thing in 4K, please head to our website: audiolab.york.ac.uk/library/speech/

More virtual production work from the lab! This spatial audio demo was created using voice recordings and face-tracking data recorded in our Anechoic chamber.

Listen with headphones for the full binaural experience, mixed using an Ambisonic workflow on our 50-channel loudspeaker rig. To explore more about the workflows behind this demo, please head to our website: audiolab.york.ac.uk/library/macbeth

Some more great work going on at the AudioLab in the world of virtual production! This time a performance from a short extract of Macbeth using a combination of @Vicon and XSens (@MovellaEnt) motion tracking systems to place the performers in a virtual environment.