This week we look at “Inaudibility criteria and alternative methods for controlling music noise levels from late night entertainment,” by James Gardner, Gareth Hance, and Adam Hill, which looks into the complex issue of managing noise from late-night venues without dampening the spirit of live entertainment. This paper is crucial for policymakers, venue owners, and […]
This week we spotlight “The influence of audience participatory noise on sound levels at live events,” by Marcel Kok, Adam Hill, Jon Burton, and Jos Mulder, which sheds light on the significant impact that audience participatory noise, such as cheering and clapping, has on sound levels at live music events. This research is a must-read […]
We’re fortunate at Derby to have many friends in the industry who regularly give their time to come in and give guest lectures/demos to our students. Early-2019 isn’t looking too bad, with guests including: Jon Burton FOH engineer for The Prodigy Jon will be stopping over to talk to our undergraduate and masters students about […]
Broadcast Engineering Students help to provide over 12 hours of live coverage of the recent University Varsity Tournament.
[guest post by Derby graduate, David Wilson] With Nexo sponsoring the TPI Awards 2018, Sound of Music Ltd. were chosen to provide the audio solution for the entire event, including the 2000 capacity main awards at Battersea Evolution, including the VIP and bar areas, as well as conference space in a nearby hotel. View of […]
As part of an ongoing relationship with the local community, some of our first and second year BSc (Hons) Sound, Light and Live Event Technology students recently provided lighting and assistance with sound for Circus Hub’s Cabaret evening. The Hub runs regular classes across a variety of circus disciplines, many of them aerial based. Their venue, […]
A team composed of some of our second and third year BSc (Hons) Sound, Light and Live Event Technology students recently provided sound and lighting support for the Challange Derbyshire Charity Ball. The Charity Ball was the first ever held by the charity Challenge Derbyshire and took place at the University’s Buxton Campus at the […]
One of our recent graduates, James Coghlan, was involved in the sound team for the latest Enter Shikari tour which featured Live Quadraphonic Surround Sound. As we’re interested in both surround sound and it’s use in the live event (it’s a feature on all courses in our area – see the case study Improved Spatial Audio […]
Our 3rd year BSc (Hons) Sound, Light and Live Event Technology students have had a very busy week supporting six events in and around Derby. The run started on Friday, 1 December, with a trip up to the Devonshire Dome on our Buxton campus. A team of four students, led by Ryan Finlayson, put together […]
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 […]