Events
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“