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The York student section of the Audio Engineering Society
The Audio Engineering Society draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, manufacturers and other organisations and individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. The AES is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists and other authorities has increased dramatically throughout the world, greatly boosting the society's stature and that of its members.
The AES at the University of York was the UK's first AES student section.
NEWS
YORK AES SOCIAL
Thursday January 26th 2012
18:30 - 20:00
The Audiolab, Genesis 6, York Science Park (see map)
What with it being a new(ish) year, and as we have recently adopted a new chair, the York AES Student Section is hosting a social in the University of York Audiolab (tbc in a pub!), to which all members and prospective members of the section are warmly invited!
The purpose of the meeting is to try to inject new blood into the section, generate fresh ideas and directions, etc. There are already one or two exciting things in the pipeline which will be announced, but we would also like to hear from YOU!
Hope to see you there for tea, cake and audio-related conversation!
FREE LECTURE BY CHRISTIAN HERBST
Wednesday February 1st 2012
13:15 - 14:15
The Audiolab, Genesis 6, York Science Park (see map)
Lecture title:
Electroglottographic Wavegrams – a new tool to assess sound source properties in speech and singing
Lecture synopsis
The source of the human voice originates in the larynx. It is in most cases generated by the vibrating vocal folds. In this presentation, a new method for visualization and analysis of the electroglottographic (EGG) signal (i.e. a physiological correlate of vocal fold vibration) is presented. This method, termed `EGG wavegram', allows to display EGG signals (and their first derivative, DEGG) across various phonations in one graph, whilst retaining the original appearance of the unaltered waveform. The EGG signal is decomposed into consecutive individual cycles, each of which is normalized in both duration and amplitude, and is displayed on the y-axis, going from bottom to top. Overall time is shown on the x-axis. In a DEGG wavegram, the first derivative of the EGG signal is used as the input signal. In such a display, the contacting and de-contacting phases for each glottal cycle are approximated by (a) one or more dark horizontal line(s) at the lower end of the graph (contacting phase), and (b) one or more light horizontal line(s) in the upper section of the graph (de-contacting phase). Much like in a sound spectrogram, information on vibratory behavior developing in time is compacted into one single graph, thus providing insight into changes of vocal fold dynamics. As such, the wavegram allows intuitive assessment of the time-varying contact phase of phonation over a longer period of time, indicating physiological changes of laryngeal configuration, such as vocal register. EGG wavegrams promise to be useful in research, clinical diagnostics, voice therapy and voice pedagogy.
The speaker:
Christian T. Herbst, born 1970, is an Austrian biophysicist and voice pedagogue. He graduated from the University Mozarteum Salzburg. He worked as a voice teacher for the Salzburg Cathedral Boys Choir, the federal music school of Salzburg, and the Tölzer Knabenchor, Munich. Since 2009, Christian Herbst is a member of the Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna. The scientific work of Christian Herbst is concerned with sound production in mammals, with a special focus on the physiology of the singing voice. He published several papers on laryngeal configurations and electroglottography. He is currently defending his doctoral dissertation “Investigation of glottal configurations in singing” at the Department of Biophysics, University of Olomouc. Weblink: http://www.christian-herbst.org
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JOIN THE COMMITTEE!
Following the recent committee elections held in November, the York AES Student Section is pleased to announce the appointment of its new chair, Adam Springer.
Don't worry if you missed the elections though, as there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved. In fact we are still looking to fill the following positions:
- Vice chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Website administrator
This is a great opportunity for students at all stages in their studies to get involved in the AES, and will of course add value and intrigue to the CV!
Some benefits to members include the possibility of subsidised transport to the annual AES Convention, competitions, seminars and vital networking opportunities.
If you would like to put yourself forward for any of the positions above, please contact the chair directly. And don't forget - the section relies on its student volunteers to function, so the more *you* are prepared put in, the more benefits you can expect in return!
RECENT EVENTS
INTERACTIVE SOUND DESIGN WORKSHOP WITH PETER COWGILL
Paul Cowgill
Paul Cowgill has over 24 years experience as a Dubbing Editor and over 300 broadcast credits. After graduating from Newport Film School, he spent several years as an Assistant Film Editor and Dubbing Editor, which led to a staff position at the BBC in Bristol. He left the BBC in 1997 to form Blow Out Sound.
Credits include: Black Pond, Madagascar, Polar Bears-Spy on the Ice, Inside the Perfect Predator, Casualty, Nature's Great Events, Swarm, Life in the Undergrowth, Soul Deep, Pride, Despatches, Animal Games, Bear-Spy in the Wood, Natural World, Lost Highway, The Future is Wild, The Blue Planet, Walk On By – The Story of Popular Song, Andes to Amazon, Wildlife On One, Lions – A Spy in the Den, Supernatural, Weird Nature.
Paul has taught film/sound at levels from GCSE to Masters. He is the film reviewer for BBC Radio Bristol and regularly hosts Q and A's/appears on panels with filmmakers and actors.
Selected Awards:
2010 BAFTA Nomination, Best Factual Sound-Nature's Great Events
2007 BAFTA Nomination, Best Factual Sound-Seven Ages of Rock
2006 BAFTA Nomination, Best Factual Sound-Life in the Undergrowth
2003 International Wildlife Film Festival, Merit Award for Sound Design – Weird Nature
2003 BAFTA Nomination, Best Factual Sound – Elephants – Spy in the Herd
2001 EMMY Nomination, Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Sound - Wildlife on One - Operation Dung Beetle
2001 BAFTA Nomination, Best Factual Sound – Walk On By - The Story of Popular Song
2001 BAFTA Nomination, Best Factual Sound – The Blue Planet
2000 International Wildlife Film Festival, Merit Award for Audio – Andes to Amazon