The AES Group North of England, based at The University of Leeds, School of Music meets on the third Tuesday of the months of October and November and February through to May each year.
Based in Leeds, one of the most vibrant cities for Academics, Audio professionals and students alike, its geographic location in representing the North is well situated.
AES North does take to the road to bring events to members and attendees, so some events do take place in other locations and alongside Cambridge, Oxford and Scotland, they are leading the way for the expansion of the AES Audio Community outside of London in the UK.
Its 2013-2014 season starts this month and its forthcoming events are as follows: -
Stonehenge Sunrise. Credit: Simon WyattTuesday 15th October, 18:30 - Leeds
The Sound of Stonehenge
Dr Bruno Fazenda, Acoustics Research Centre, University of Salford
Location: 12 Cavendish Road, School of Music, University of Leeds, Lecture theatre 1, LS2 9JT. Doors open at 18:00 for an 18:30 start.
Stonehenge is the largest and most complex ancient stone circle known to mankind. In its original form, the concentric shape of stone rings would have surrounded an individual both visually and aurally. It is an outdoor space and most archaeological evidence suggests it did not have a roof. However, its large, semi-enclosed structure, with many reflecting surfaces, would have reflected and diffracted sound within the space creating an unusual acoustic field for the Neolithic Man.
This presentation describes acoustic measurement studies taken at the Stonehenge site in the United Kingdom and at a full size and fully reconstructed replica site in Washington State, USA. The aim of the research is to understand the acoustics of this famous stone circle and discuss whether it would have had striking effects.
Features of the acoustic response and state of the art modelling will be presented and used to discuss the existence or otherwise of audible effects such as flutter echoes, low frequency resonances and whispering gallery effects. A description of an auralisation system based on ambisonic and wave field synthesis technology will be given. A stereo rendition of the sound of Stonehenge will then be presented to the audience.
Bruno Fazenda researches and teaches in the areas of audio production and acoustics at the Acoustics Research Centre at the University of Salford. He is interested in room acoustics and psychoacoustics, in particularly in the assessment of how an acoustic environment or technology impacts on perception of sound quality. He is also involved in archaeoacoustics, where studies of acoustics of spaces linked to human activity in pre-history complement fields such as archaeology, ethno-musicology and acoustics of musical instruments.
Audio engineering veteran Phill BrownTuesday 19th November, 18:30 - Castleford
An Evening with Phill Brown
Location: The Chairworks - Perseverance Works, Morrison Street, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4BE. Doors open at 18.00 for a 18.30 start.
In a two part interview, we will be discussing the adventures and listening to a life in music of a recording engineer and record producer, whose career starting from the mid-1960’s is still going strong today.
From tape op at Olympic Studios working on sessions for Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and more he went on to work at Island Record’s London Studios engineering sessions including David Bowie, Sly Stone, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Robert Palmer, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Steve Winwood and live recordings for Joni Mitchell and Pink Floyd.
Going Freelance in 1976, Phill worked with artists such as Roxy Music, Go West, Talk Talk, Dido, Beth Gibbons, David Gilmour, Robert Plant, The Bombay Bicycle Club and Zero 7, where from the Stones ‘Beggars Banquet’ to Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’, Phill has been at the heart of iconic music of the past 40 years.
The agenda for the evening is as follows: -
- Part 1 - Interview with Phill Brown
- Refreshments break
- Part 2 - Listening session and open discussion of Phill's Recordings, as selected by himself
On-site car parking is available.
Please note, tickets are required for entry to this event. These are free and are available now from EventBrite at - http://aesnorth.eventbrite.co.uk
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