To push the boundaries of what's possible in this field, an international group of people meet at Notam's spatial audio meetups once a month to explore techniques, workflows, aesthetics, ideas and sounds.
Notam's Spatial Audio meetup is a meeting place for working with surround sound for artistic purposes. Here, some of the world's leading experts and technologists meet curious artists and beginners. Together, they explore new ways of expressing themselves in broadcast formats.
Meeting ID: 926 0674 7841
Link: https://zoom.us/j/92606747841
Leonard Moskowitz - Core Sound's Microphone Technologies For Traditional and Truly Realistic Immersive Recording
Leonard will talk about the evolution of Core Sound, from its beginnings in 1990 building binaural microphones for concert tapers to the introduction of the first commercial first-order ambisonic microphone (TetraMic) in 2006 and the second-order OctoMic in 2018.
He will discuss the limitations of traditional binaural recording and how ambisonic microphones offer greater flexibility for both headphone listening and speaker arrays, and will present Core Sound's latest work in 360-degree head-tracked binaural recording using ortho bilateral microphone arrays, personal HRTFs, and calibrated headphones
About:
Len Moskowitz is owner and Chief Engineer at Core Sound LLC. In 1989, Len developed the first version of a miniature binaural microphone set, and in response to the demand for them, founded Core Sound. The availability of the miniature Core Sound Binaural microphones spurred a resurgence in binaural recording, now among the most popular recording techniques among concert go-ers, musicians, audio researchers and audio professionals. Core Sound now manufactures and retails binaural microphones at three price points, from entry level to professional.
In 2006, Core Sound introduced TetraMic, the first A-format first-order ambisonic microphone, soon copied by its competitors Sennheiser and Rode. A unique feature of each TetraMic is that it's individually calibrated, offering unmatched spatial precision and accuracy, and allowing for re-calibration as the TetraMic ages, preserving its performance.
In 2018, Core Sound introduced OctoMic, the first A-format second-order ambisonic microphone. OctoMic matches the spatial precision and accuracy of the human auditory system. Again, each OctoMic has the unique feature of being individually calibrated, allowing for unmatched spatial precision and accuracy, and for re-calibration as the OctoMic ages, preserving its performance.
Since 1990, Core Sound has been the leading manufacturer of binaural microphones in the world. Since 2006 it has been a leading manufacturer of ambisonic microphones.
Previous to founding Core Sound, Len worked in the US Defence Aerospace sector for 22 years. He led an Artificial Intelligence R&D group for 14 years at what is now Honeywell, developing and applying AI techniques to avionics test and measurement. Before that, he designed radar jammer systems at ITT for the US military.
Len holds a BS degree from the City University of New York, an MSEE degree from NYU, and has done post-MS study at Rutgers.
These meetups are led by American artist Monica Bolles and composer Mariam Gviniashvili.
Mariam Gviniashvili is a sound artist and composer who combines electronics, electroacoustics and 3D sound with visual material, dance and performance to penetrate the physical and emotional essence of sound and space.
Monica Bolles is an artist, audio engineer and composer who utilises emerging technologies, science and design to create spaces for the exploration of human experience in an ever-evolving and transforming world. Through the juxtaposition of the organic and the digital, art and science, technology and humanity, hub continually investigates what it means to be human in today's society.
