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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“

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