{"id":406,"date":"2023-03-22T16:50:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/?p=406"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:10:26","slug":"immersive-hyperreal-soundscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/2023\/03\/22\/immersive-hyperreal-soundscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersive Hyperreal Soundscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Investigating the potential and affordances of new multichannel audio technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration with Paula Fairfield, Brona Martin and L Acoustics<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Supported by the Higher Education Investment Fund, this collaborative project connected researchers from the University of Greenwich, with loudspeaker manufacturer L Acoustics world leading Sound Designer Paula Fairfield, and sound artist Brona Martin, to investigate the potential and affordances of new multichannel audio technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Knight-Hill assembled a team of world leading sound creatives to interrogate the possibilities available in these novel technologies through artistic research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEngineers built them, but do they really understand how these tools can be used?\u201d said Dr Knight-Hill, \u201coften we think of knowledge in-terms of abstract facts, but there are many different ways of understanding the world. By applying creative methodologies to experiment, test possibilities and push their limits, we are able to access deeper understandings of these tools and reveal new possibilities for how they can be used.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The applied practice methodology, engaged world leading artists in the development of immersive sound works which were performed, alongside compositions by undergraduates students on the BA Sound Design programme of the University, to audiences in Highgate at the L Acoustics L-ISA lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potential beneficiaries for this research project include: engineers and developers of multichannel audio systems, post-production sound professionals, student composers engaged in the project and composers and sound artists engaging in multichannel composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A documentary crew was able to capture the unique events and interview the project participants. These films are now available online and provide an insight into the exciting new world of immersive hyperreal sound. Another proud moment for the University of Greenwich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the project overview video here:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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