Centre for Audio and Psychoacoustic Engineering

Research output

Research output per year 2010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 87 Conference contribution
• 38 Article
• 14 Chapter
• 4 Book
• 15 More
  • 4 Software
  • 4 Patent
  • 2 Review article
  • 2 Exhibition
  • 2 Preprint
  • 1 Artefact

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A Content Analysis Study of Distortion's Influence on Drum and Bass Music Production

  Shields, L., Moore, A. & Dewey, C., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: IASPM Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• An Industry Focused Investigation into Immersive Commercial Melodic Rap Production

  Jerez, C., Moore, A., Dewey, C., Lee, H. & Scheps, A., 6 Jun 2024, Proceedings of Audio Engineering Society Europe 2024: Echoes of the Past Inspire the Sound of the Future. Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 156th. 9 p. 227

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• An Industry Focused Investigation into Immersive Commercial Melodic Rap Production -Part Two

  Jerez, C., Moore, A., Dewey, C., Lee, H. & Scheps, A., 9 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of 157th AES convention 2024. Audio Engineering Society

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• A Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Transformer Colouration

  Fenton, S. & Woods, L., 6 Jun 2024, Proceedings of AES Europe 2024: Echoes of the Past Inspire the Sound of the Future. Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 156th. 7 p. 225

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• A user centred investigation into the potential of alternative input devices for mixing immersive audio

  Kent, A., Dewey, C., Moore, A. & Fenton, S., 6 Jun 2024, Proceedings of AES Europe 2024: Echoes of the Past Inspire the Sound of the Future. Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 156. 9 p. 231

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Exploring Dolby Atmos: Past, Present, and Future

  Visser, A., Pratt, D. & Bourbon, A., 27 Mar 2024, Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts. Gullo, J-O., Hepworth-Sawyer, R., Paterson, J., Toulson, R. & Marrington, M. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 19-34 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Exploring the history of distortion in drum and bass

  Moore, A., Shields, L. & Dewey, C., 27 Mar 2024, Innovation in Music : Cultures and Contexts. Gullö, J-O., Hepworth-Sawyer, R., Paterson, J., Toulson, R. & Marrington, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 75-89 15 p. (Perspectives on Music Production).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Production Methods 100%
  • Cement 94%

• Influence of Multichannel versus Stereo Formats on Narrative Engagement: A Comparative Study Using Physiological and Self-Report Measures

  Sochaczewska, K., Lee, H. & Dewey, C., 9 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of 157th AES convention 2024. Audio Engineering Society

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Masters of the Art of Mixing: 8 Producers. One Song. Infinite Insights

  Mynett, M. & Herbst, J., 1 Aug 2024, Sound on Sound, 8/2024, p. 52-61 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Practitioners' Perspectives on Spatial Audio: Insights into Dolby Atmos and Binaural Mixes in Popular Music

  Dewey, C., Moore, A. & Lee, H., 9 Jul 2024, In: AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 72, 7/8, p. 504-516 13 p., 22647.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

• Spatial Analysis and Synthesis Methods: Subjective and Objective Evaluations Using Various Microphone Arrays in the Auralization of a Critical Listening Room

  Pawlak, A., Lee, H., Makivirta, A. & Lund, T., 12 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing. 16 p., 10645201.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  An Investigation Into Immersive Contemporary Popular Music Mixing Practice Through Analysis of Released music

  Bourbon, A., Watson, M., Stelmach, D., Champion, M., Chomal, A., Fenton, S. & Lee, H., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES 2023 International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, 58

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• An Ultra-Low Energy Solution for Large-Scale Distributed Audio Monitoring

  Fenton, S., 9 Jan 2023, In: IEEE Access. 11, p. 2156-2163 8 p., 10005289.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Acoustic Impedance 100%
  • Monitoring 44%
  • Energy 37%
  • Time 28%
  • Application 24%

• Audibility of Binaural Beats Depending on Frequency and Modulation Rate

  Nipkow, L. & Lee, H., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 415-418 4 p. 48

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Contemporary Approaches to Metal Music Mixing and Production: Heavy Metal, Death Metal, and Metalcore

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 25 Sep 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Companion to Metal Music Composition. Burns, L. & Scotto, C. (eds.). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Heavy Metals 100%
  • Music 65%
  • Metals 52%
  • Music Production 41%
  • Listeners 40%

• Directional Analysis of Early Reflections in Small Shoebox-Shaped Listening Rooms

  Pawlak, A., Lee, H., Mäkivirta, A. & Lund, T., 13 May 2023, AES Europe 2023: 154th Audio Engineering Society Convention. Peters, N. & Schlecht, S. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, 83

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Distortion in Music Production: The Soul of Sonics

  Bromham, G. (ed.) & Moore, A. (ed.), 12 Jun 2023, 1st ed. Routledge. 306 p. (Perspectives on Music Production)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • music 100%
  • producer 40%
  • engineer 18%
  • coverage 17%
  • innovation 15%

• Frequency Dependency of Loudness Perception for Immersive Audio Formats

  Dickinson, S. & Lee, H., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 373-380 8 p. 43

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Investigating the Impact of Room Divergence Effect on the Film Watching Experience in Multi-Channel Binauralized Content

  Petrea, T. & Lee, H., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 500-507 8 p. 59

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Lorna Shore’s ‘To the Hellfire’: A study in heaviness

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 9 Jun 2023, In: Metal Music Studies. 9, 2, p. 189-213 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Metals 100%
  • Song 90%
  • Heavy Metal music 60%
  • Facebook 49%
  • Unpredictability 49%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Low Order Distortion in Creative Recording and Mixing

  Bourbon, A., 12 Jun 2023, Distortion in Music Production: The Soul of Sonics. Bromham, G. & Moore, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 65-90 26 p. (Perspectives on Music Production).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Microphones 100%
  • Harmonic distortion 74%
  • Acoustic waves 37%
  • Engineers 33%

• Mapping the origins of heaviness between 1970-1995: A historical overview of metal music production

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 14 Sep 2023, The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music. Herbst, J-P. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 29-42 14 p. (Cambridge Companions to Music).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Music Production 100%
  • Historical Overview 84%
  • Metals 63%
  • Aesthetics 31%
  • Music 31%

• Non-linearity and Dynamic Range Compressors

  Moore, A., 12 Jun 2023, Distortion in Music Production : The Soul of Sonics. Bromham, G. & Moore, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 47-64 18 p. (Perspectives on Music Production ).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Compressors 100%
  • Optical design 40%
  • Field effect transistors 30%

• Perceptual dimensions of listener envelopment (LEV) in a positional and directional-varying context

  Bacila, B. & Lee, H., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 484-491 8 p. 57

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• SoniCross: Evaluating Annoyance in Sonifications for Electric Vehicles using Audio-Visual simulation

  Svoronos-Kanavas, I. & Lee, H., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 475-483 9 p. 56

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Toward a Systematic Understanding of “Heaviness” in Metal Music Production

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 20 Feb 2023, In: Rock Music Studies. 10, 1, p. 16-37 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Music Production 100%
  • Metals 63%
  • Heavy Metal music 38%
  • Music 26%
  • Musicians 21%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards a Lexicon for Distortion Pedals

  Rice, T. & Moore, A., 12 Jun 2023, Distortion in Music Production : The Soul of Sonics. Bromham, G. & Moore, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 128-144 17 p. (Perspectives on Music Production ).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • grounded theory 100%
  • technical language 99%
  • semantics 87%
  • experiment 64%

• Towards the neurophysiological characterization of immersive attributes in auditory events

  Naal-Ruiz, N. E., Lee, H., Gonzalez, A., Gonzalez, R., Duville, M. M., Alonso-Valerdi, L. M. & Ibarra-Zarate, D. I., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 435-443 9 p. 51

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Use of Immersive Audio as an Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: A Systematic Review

  Jones, C. & Fenton, S., 23 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 2023 AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio. Fenton, S. & Kearney, G. (eds.). Audio Engineering Society, p. 4520460 9 p. 53

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• “I just go with what feels right”: Variance and commonality in metal music mixing practice

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 1 Mar 2023, In: Oido Pensante. 11, 1, p. 4-31 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Music 100%
  • Metals 80%
  • Subgenre 24%
  • Transgression 21%
  • Originales 17%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2022

  (No?) Adventures in Recording Land: Engineering Conventions in Metal Music

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 1 Sep 2022, In: Rock Music Studies. 9, 2, p. 137-156 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Music 100%
  • Metals 80%
  • Music Production 63%
  • Electroacoustics 32%
  • Curiosity 30%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Automatic discrimination between front and back ensemble locations in HRTF-convolved binaural recordings of music

  Zieliński, S., Antoniuk, P., Lee, H. & Johnson, D., 15 Jan 2022, In: Eurasip Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing. 2022, 1, 29 p., 3.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • music 100%
  • transfer functions 79%
  • discrimination 76%
  • Convolutional neural networks 72%
  • Transfer functions 71%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Hyperreal Huddersfield Installation

  Clear, N., Park, H. J. & Lee, H., 24 Jun 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact

  File

  • Scanning 100%
  • Mixed reality 56%
  • Surveying 51%
  • Acoustic waves 34%
  • Lasers 32%

• Online acoustic recording education using MARRS

  Lee, H. & Goddard, N., 24 Oct 2022, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics: ICA 2022 Proceedings. ICA International Commission for Acoustics, Vol. 2022. 2 p. (Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics; vol. 2022).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

• Playback level calibration by hand rubbing for remote listening test

  Lee, H. & Johnson, D., 24 Oct 2022, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics: ICA 2022 Proceedings. ICA International Commission for Acoustics, Vol. 2022. 4 p. (Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics; vol. 2022).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

• Spatial Audio Scene Characterization (SASC): Automatic Localization of Front-, Back-, Up-, and Down- Positioned Music Ensembles in Binaural Recordings

  Zielinski, S. K., Antoniuk, P. & Lee, H., 1 Feb 2022, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 12, 3, 23 p., 1569.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • music 100%
  • Statistical Ensemble 78%
  • Transfer functions 71%
  • transfer functions 63%
  • recording 62%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Spatial audio signal processing for binaural reproduction of recorded acoustic scenes - review and challenges

  Rafaely, B., Tourbabin, V., Habets, E., Ben-Hur, Z., Lee, H., Gamper, H., Arbel, L., Birnie, L., Abhayapala, T. & Samarasinghe, P., 1 Dec 2022, In: Acta Acustica united with Acustica. 6, 19 p., 47.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • audio signals 100%
  • Audio signal processing 98%
  • Acoustics 65%
  • Reproduction 62%
  • signal processing 60%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Subjective Evaluations of Three-Dimensional, Surround and Stereo Loudspeaker Reproductions using Classical Music Recordings

  Eaton, C. & Lee, H., 1 Mar 2022, In: Acoustical Science and Technology. 43, 2, p. 149-161 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • music 100%
  • loudspeakers 93%
  • recording 62%
  • evaluation 50%
  • playbacks 28%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Synthetic Spaces 2: Hyperreal Huddersfield

  Clear, N., Park, H. J. & Lee, H., 24 Jun 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

  • Huddersfield 100%
  • Video Projection 17%
  • Mixed Reality 16%
  • Modes of Engagement 15%
  • Narrative Mode 14%

• Three-Dimensional Doom: My Dying Bride's “Your Broken Shore” (2020)

  Mynett, M., 29 Dec 2022, Analyzing Recorded Music: Collected Perspectives on Popular Music Tracks. Moylan, W., Burns, L. & Alleyne, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 294-304 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Bride 100%
  • Three-dimensional 85%
  • Dying 79%
  • Onset 79%
  • ambience 60%

• What exactly is the 'heaviness' in heavy metal music?

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 21 Sep 2022, Futurum, 297 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • music 100%

• What Is “Heavy” in Metal? A Netnographic Analysis of Online Forums for Metal Musicians and Producers

  Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 21 Nov 2022, In: Popular Music and Society. 45, 5, p. 633-653 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • musician 100%
  • Music 91%
  • Musicians 74%
  • Metals 73%
  • producer 73%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  3D Audio

  Patterson, J. (ed.) & Lee, H. (ed.), 26 Jul 2021, 1st ed. New York: Routledge. 320 p. (Perspective on Music Production)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • readers 100%
  • Acoustic waves 69%
  • primers 62%
  • psychoacoustics 61%
  • Audio recordings 60%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• 3D Microphone Array Comparison: Objective Measurements

  Lee, H. & Johnson, D., 8 Nov 2021, In: AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 69, 11, p. 871-887 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Microphones 100%
  • Correlation Coefficient 67%
  • Energy 49%
  • Spacing 39%
  • Crosstalk 36%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• A Conceptual Model of Immersive Experience in Extended Reality

  Lee, H., 8 Jan 2021, PsyArXiv, p. 1-23, 23 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  Open Access

  • Mixed reality 100%
  • Virtual reality 67%

• Binaural Mixing of Popular Music

  Morell, P. A. & Lee, H., 13 Oct 2021, 151st Audio Engineering Society Convention 2021. Audio Engineering Society, p. 414-418 5 p. 665

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • music 100%
  • drums 97%
  • rocks 57%
  • electronics 30%
  • engineering 14%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Listener-Position and Orientation Dependency of Auditory Perception in an Enclosed Space: Elicitation of Salient Attributes

  Bacila, B. & Lee, H., 9 Feb 2021, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 11, 4, 24 p., 1570.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • auditory perception 100%
  • Luminance 42%
  • Experiments 23%
  • brightness 16%
  • clarity 12%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Modelling of the Fender Bassman 5F6-A Tone Stack

  Fenton, S., 5 Oct 2021, Cornell University, 5 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  • stack 100%
  • filter 73%
  • inspection 50%
  • modeling 45%
  • analysis 14%

• Multichannel 3D Microphone Arrays: A Review

  Lee, H., 19 Feb 2021, In: AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 69, 1/2, p. 5-26 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Microphones 100%
  • Sound Recording 82%
  • Sound recording 75%
  • Design philosophy 46%
  • Hearing 26%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Musical Mix Clarity Prediction Using Decomposition and Perceptual Masking Thresholds

  Parker, A. & Fenton, S., 14 Oct 2021, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 11, 20, 19 p., 9578.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • clarity 100%
  • masking 85%
  • decomposition 58%
  • Decomposition 55%
  • thresholds 47%