“Improved Localization for Binaural Recordings and Stereo Program Material Using Blumlein Shuffling” by Jonathan Digby, Adam Hill and Bruce Wiggins examines how a somewhat forgotten stereo processing technique can significantly enhance spatial localisation when binaural and near-coincident recordings are played back over earphones or loudspeakers. The paper offers practical insight into correcting image narrowing, with […]
A group of Derby Entertainment Engineering students recently had the chance to get a behind the scenes tour of The Prodigy‘s latest touring production when they were at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham last Saturday. The group consisted of students from all years on the BSc (Hons) Sound, Light and Live Event Technology, BSc (Hons) […]
The Institute of Acoustics conference on Reproduced Sound will be visiting the Entertainment Engineering subject group here at Derby this Tuesday evening to get a taste of the various research projects our staff and students have on the go. Projects being demonstrated span topic areas including: live sound reinforcement, ambisonics, speech intelligibility, and wave field […]
If you’re familiar with what we do here in the Entertainment Engineering group at the University of Derby, you’ll know that we like to create useful bits of software and make them free for anyone to try out. Just this week saw the release of the Low-Frequency Acoustics Toolbox (LowFAT), which is an updated and […]