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Tag: saxophone

Acoustic analysis of playing the World's 'longest echo'

Taking apart the sound of the saxophone in the Inchindown Oil Tanks

Published August 1, 2014
Categorized as music Tagged architecture, debussy, harmonics, inchindown, reverberation, sax, saxophone, syrinx, world record

Playing the World's 'longest echo'

My experience of playing the saxophone in the world record oil tank

Published July 8, 2014
Categorized as music Tagged guinness, inchindown, Inchindown Oil Tanks, longest echo, oil tanks, reverberation, reverberation time, sax, saxophone, world record

Underneath the arches

A soundwalk in castlefield, showing how unusual acoustic effects can be found in unlikely places like under railway bridges.

Published February 9, 2014
Categorized as soundwalk Tagged arch, balloon burst, bridge, castlefield, davide tidoni, echo, ku ku, Manchester, Manchester Science Festival, reverb, reverberation, saxophone, science festival, slapback echo

Underneath the arches

How the arches of the industrial revolution hide some great sound effects

Published September 22, 2013
Categorized as sound effects Tagged acoustics, arches, balloon, davide tidoni, impulse response, industrial revolution, sax, saxophone, science festival, soundwalk

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20 May

Interested in studying for a research degree with me @SalfordAcoustic ? We're running a webinar next wed lunchtime https://hub.salford.ac.uk/sirc-acoustics/2022/05/15/postgraduate-opportunities-acoustics-research-centre-the-university-of-salford/ looking at topics, funding, how to apply etc.

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18 May

The registration for the 1st Clarity Prediction Challenge (CPC1) workshop is open. Improving models of speech intelligibility for hearing loss and aids. Virtual via Zoom https://claritychallenge.github.io/clarity2022-workshop/

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13 May

I'll be joined by author @taniahershman for the session as well. Tania did a fab story for the @PodInventive Episode 1 @ShroukELA https://hub.salford.ac.uk/inventivepodcast/2021/06/14/inventive-podcast-episode-one/ or your usual podcast app

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