• In The Mix-Top Down Mixing-Isolate/Create

    It has been a long while since I updated this page, but I thought I would add something I have been working on and share some things I have learnt. Feast or a famine, this is 3 blog posts in one! Despite me gaining a Masters in Audio Production I am still new/inexperienced to a…

  • My First Instrument Podcast

    My First Instrument Podcast

    “My First Instrument” is the name for an idea I have for a podcast series focusing on music, instruments and gear. Anyone who plays an instrument I am sure has an interesting story to tell about how they first got into playing; from how they got into music and the transition to playing an instrument.…

  • Soft Piano

    Decided to upload this as I have been sitting on it for a while. Like the instrumentation of this one, but feel like I lost a bit of direction with it, something to come back to in the future though I think. Used the following plug-ins for this track: Valhalla Super Massive– a great selection…

  • Sam Morris-Oasis Live Lounge Cover

    As some of you may know I teach in a local college on the Creative Media Production course. The start of an academic year is always a busy time. Of course this academic year had the added extra of a global pandemic to think of. With this being the case, there was a need to…

  • Delay

    Seems that everybody is getting their creative caps on during lockdown, I have seen and follow some great communities which share and post things and it is great to see so many people doing things to keep themselves occupied even if it is just for a little while. During the last major lockdown the UK…

  • Binaural Reproduction Test

    I am finally able to distribute the test I have been working on for my masters dissertation. The test is trying to get opinions on people’s perception of typical speaker arrays (5.1 and stereo) binaurally reproduced for headphone listening. The test should take no longer than 10 minutes and instructions are given at the start…

  • Dissertation-Stereo and 5.1 Reproduction through Headphones.

    Dissertation-Stereo and 5.1 Reproduction through Headphones.

    It has certainly been a while since I last posted on here. For the past few months I have been working on my dissertation for the masters degree I have I have been on for the past two years (who’s bright idea was it to do it part time…?). I have chosen to work on an…

  • Altering audiences perceived emotions of a moving image through manipulation of the soundtrack.

    The role of music and soundtracks in film has been a heavily investigated topic; researchers have conducted a number of studies both of a qualitative and quantitative nature to determine the impact music and soundtracks have on the audiences perception and emotive response. The present paper aims to outline a proposed experiment into this field…

  • AI in Audio

      Artifical intelligence has been a fascination for some time. Movies have covered the presumed outcome of robots as servants, masters and aides. We are now starting to see a rise in AI based platforms in audio production, from streaming to production. AI in audio is being marketed as a tool for production, an extension…

  • Album(s) of the Year…

    IDLES-Joy As An Act of Resistance I used to love doing posts like this back in my undergrad days and in between my career change from wannabe music journalist to teacher. Now though, I tend to gravitate to what I like; I can’t remember what I needed to do for work let alone whether an…