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Previous Talks/Lectures/Presentations

• “Intuition, Rebellion, Courage, and Chance – Historic Moments of Creative Signal Processing That Resonate to This Day”
• “Timbre FX for the Sound Designer”
• “Total Distortion”
• “Distortion FX – Recording and Mix Strategies with Alex Case”
• “Listening to Vocal Microphone History -Technological Advances and Artistic Evolution”
• “EQ FX, without EQ”
• “Architectural Acoustics – Hear Here”
• “Timbre Through Reverb”
• “Electric Guitar—From Measurement Arrays to Recording Studio Microphones”
• “Righting a Wrong – Distortion, From Recording Accident to Rock and Roll Requirement”
• “Counter Clockwise – The Aesthetic Wonder and Technical Merit of Sounds Played Backwards”
• “80s Redux– The Science Behind the Sound of Gated Drums, Yesterday and Today”
• “Vox Pop — Transducer Technologies and Their Connection to Vocal Performance Techniques”
• “Recording Studios — Optimized, Contrived, and Augmented Spaces”
• “Time Reversal in Sound Recordings”
• “Equalization and Compression – Friends or Foes?”
• “Removing the Mask in Multitrack Music Mixing”
• “Iconic Microphonic Moments in Historic Vocal Recordings”
• “All About:  Timbre”
• “All About:  Phase vs. Polarity”
• “All About:  The Decibel”
• “Listen Up, and Learn!”
• “Compression for Timbre”
• “Distortion as Expression”
• “Perceived Space, an Essential Soundscape Variable”
• “The Drum Kit:  What a Recordist Ought to Know”
• “Electric Guitar – Where the Amp Meets the Microphone”
• “Jaffe’s signature: Science, with art”
• “EQ Strategies for Mixing Smart”
• “Distortion for Fun and Profit”
• “The Science and the Art of Reverberation”
• “What Is a Plate Reverb and Why Does It Still Matter in Today’s Digital World?”
• “Setting Up Your Own Chamber Reverb at Home”
• “How Did They Get that Sound?”
• “Combining elements of the soundscape — Lessons from the recording studio”
• “Percussion, Via Transducers”
• “FXpertise: Compression”
• “FXpertise: Equalization”
• “FXpertise: Distortion”
• “FXpertise: Reverb”
• “Gated Reverb – The Science Behind the Sound”
• “Recording and Mixing Electric Guitar – Informed Strategies for the Mother Instrument of Rock”
• “Compression FX Strategies”
• “Distortion FX Strategies”
• “Reverb FX Strategies”
• “Electric Guitar – A Blank Canvas for Timbre and Tone”
• “Enriching the Aural Experience in Audio Education”
• “Electric Guitar—What a Recordist Ought to Know”
• “Creative Distortion—You Are in the Over-Driver’s Seat”
• “Mix Smart – Compression Strategies, Live and in the Studio”
• “Spatial Variability Of Timbre For An Electric Guitar Amplifier”
• “Compression FX – Dynamics Processing Demystified”
• “Distortion Strategies – Pushing The Limits Without Breaking The Rules”
• “Reverb Without A Concert Hall”
• “A Measurement Technique Achieving High Spatial Resolution For Sound Sources Within A Performance Venue”
• “Architectural Acoustics – Space For Sound And You”
• “Measurement And Analysis Of The Spectral Directivity Of An Electric Guitar Amplifier:  Vertical Plane”
• “I Hear What You Mean – Source Intensity Versus Receiver Level”
• “Spatial Timbre for an Electric Guitar Amplifier”
• “Decorrelation in the Recording Studio”
• “Electric Guitar Amp Measurements”
• “Reverb: Space, and Timbre, and More”
• “Spatial Variability Of Timbre For An Electric Guitar Amplifier”
• “The Desire For Decorrelation – Applications From The Recording Studio”
• “Measuring Spectral Directivity Of An Electric Guitar Amplifier”
• “Reverb:  Space, Timbre, and More”
• “The Complete Comb Filter”
• “EQ FX”
• “David Bowie’s Fame – A Case Study In Creative Focus”
• “Electric Guitar – Analysis Of The Standard SM57 Approach”
• “Perceptual Masking and Multitrack Mixing”
• “Equalization and Critical Listening”
• “Snare Drum Essentials”
• “Compression FX – Creative Applications”
• “Highly Dynamic Reverb – The Recording Studio Always Has What The Performance Hall Sometimes Wants”
• “Untangling The Comb Filter”
• “Delay FX – Wait For It…”
• “Busking the System – Panel Discussion With Director Jason Morales”
• “Reverse Engineering Classic Audio Effects”
• “Soundscape – Recording the Infinite”
• “What’s Your EQ IQ?”
• “Delay FX – Let’s Not Waste Any More Time”
• “Pitch Shifting – Hooked Since 1975”
• “Equalization in Multitrack Recording”
• “4 Master Classes: Equalization FX, Compression FX, Delay FX, Reverb FX”
• “Reverse Engineering”
• “Equalization – Are You Getting The Most Out Of This Humble Effect?”
• “Compression FX – Use Your Power For Good, Not Evil”
• “Edison Phonograph Recording and Reproduction in a Concert Hall”
• “Multichannel Soundscape Recording Techniques”
• “Electric Guitar – Recording an Icon”
• “Reverb Revisited”
• “It Might Get Loud”
• “Reverberant Sound in Sound Recordings”
• “Snare Drum Strategies”
• “Yesterday’s FX Today”
• “Soundscape Realization Through Standard Surround Sound”
• “Small Room Production Before Large Room Performance”
• “Soundscape Techniques and Applications”
• “Continuing Education Options in Audio”
• “Total Delay”
• “Wax Cylinders and Hard Disks”
• “Reverse Engineering the Classics”
• “The Music Within Us – A Conversation With Jeanne Bamberger”
• “Reverse Engineering the Recording Engineer”
• “Edison Historic Wax Cylinder Phonograph”
• “Compression Techniques in Pop/Rock Production”
• “Soundscaping the Aesthetic – Beyond Measurement and Assessment”
• “Dynamics Signal Processing Demystified”
• “Untangling the Comb Filter”
• “Compression from All Sides”
• “Equalization – Strategies for Better Sound, Faster”
• “Convolution for the Recording Engineer”
• “Compression – For Good or For Evil”
• “Studio Timbre – Sound FX and Close Microphones”
• “Total Equalization”
• “Compression FX – The Unabridged Version”
• “Studio Reverb – Beyond the Sound of a Symphony Hall”
• “Reverb Effects – From Simulated Spaces to Synthesized Sonic Fiction”
• “Compression – Master the Most Misunderstood Effect”
• “Equalization Strategies for Pop and Rock Instruments”
• “Real World Compression”
• “Master Classes – Compression and Reverb”
• “Electric Guitar – The Science Behind the Ritual”
• “Yesterday’s FX Today”
• “Electric Guitar – Tracking and Mixing Chutzpah”
• “Delay FX”
• “Total Reverb – More Than Simply Simulated Space”
• “Fictional Timbre – Close Microphones and Warped Perspectives”
• “Reverse Engineering – Learning from Some Vintage Effects”
• “Snare Strategies for Stage and Studio“
• “Compress for Success – Master the Most Misunderstood FX Device“
• “The Job in Your Future – What Does It Take to Be Employable?”
• “The Snare Drum – We Shall Overcome”
• “Compression FX”
• “Master Class: Reverberation in Recorded Music“
• “Compression – A Real World User’s Guide”
• “Delay – Any Time Is The Right Time”
• “The Snare Drum – Breaking Down the Back Beat”
• “Master Class: Compression in Multitrack Production“
• “Reverb Redux – Repeated”
• “Reverb Redux – From Yesterday’s Chambers to Today’s Convolvers: What a Recordist Ought to Know”
• “Designing an Audio Curriculum for the 21st Century”
• “I Want My MP3: Downloading’s Nothin’ and the Music’s Free“
• “Reverb Revealed – Production Strategies for Studio Reverberation“
• “Convolution – Reverb Is Reinvented“
• “A Wrinkle in the Space / Time Continuum“
• “Creative reflections – the strategic use of reflections in multitrack music production“
• “Chamber Reverb – D.I.Y.“
• “Dynamic Range Compression – A Real World User’s Guide“
• “Rock and Roll Reverb – A Technical Tribute to Avatar Recording Studio’s Famous Chamber One“
• “Conquering Space and Time — for Art’s Sake“
• “UMass Lowell’s Critical Listening Classroom and Recording Studio“
• “Career & Professional Development in the Audio Industry“
• “Manic Compression“
• “Alternative Acoustic Environments for the Generation of Reverberation“
• “Urban Spaces Adopted by the Performing Arts“
• “The Use of Delay in Multitrack Production“
• “Design of a Critical Listening Classroom and Studio“
• “Reverberation in Popular Recorded Music – Motivations and Metrics“
• “Control Room Acoustics – Reconsidering Early Reflections“
• “The Manipulation of Audio Dynamics Toward Both Technical and Artistic Goals in Recorded Music“
• “An Investigation of the Spectral Effect of Multiple Early Reflections“
• “Bass Hall – A Multi-Use Hall“
• “Interactions Among Acoustics, Digital Signal Processing, and Movement“
• “Synthesized Space in Pop Music Production“
• “Synthesizing the Pop Music Reality“
• “Small Studios: Understanding Your Place in the Food Chain“