Join Us For ADC24 - Bristol - 11-13 November 2024
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Bringing Plugins to Live: Fourier Audio Introduces transform.engine - Henry Harrod - ADC 2023
The Fourier Audio team introduce their new live plugin platform and share details of how third-party plugin manufacturers can take full advantage of the expanding live audio market.
Having recently joined the DiGiCo family and shared the first details of their live plugin platform at AES NYC, join the Fourier Audio team as they share the opportunity for any third-party plugin manufacturer to tap into the exciting live audio market.
Having already been tested on multiple arena/stadium tours around the world, ahead of shipping in Q1 2024, the team wants to give you the inside scoop of how it works, and what the future looks like.
The talk will walk you through the key features of the platform, the baseline requirements of plugin compatibility, how to fine-tune your software to take full advantage of all features, and their vision for the future of plugins (and licensing) in the live environment.
Link to Slides: https://data.audio.dev/talks/2023/fourier-audio-transform-engine/slides.pdf
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Henry Harrod
Henry is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fourier Audio - a London-based audio start-up, developing a hardware-enabled software platform unlocking the power of reliable plugins and software DSP for live productions. Since graduating from Imperial College London as a Mechanical Engineer, Henry has worked as a sound engineer on some of the largest musical theatre shows in the UK, is a an Enterprise Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the ERA Foundation and an Acoustical Engineering alumnus of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton.
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
RafterMarsh: Ask A Lawyer About Audio Legal Problems - Heather Rafter, Philipp Lengeling, Francine Godrich - ADC 2023
Your intellectual property is the lifeblood of your business; do you have a legal question relating to your audio products? Want to discuss different ways to approach licensing and strategic partnerships? The new privacy regulations? Points to consider if you’re a UK or EU company doing business in the U.S. or vice versa? Or perhaps you have questions about protecting your intellectual property? A team of expert lawyers including Heather Rafter (RafterMarsh), Philipp Lengeling (RafterMarsh) and Francine Godrich (Focusrite) will be available to answer your questions. Bring us your most challenging legal questions!
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Heather Rafter
Heather Dembert Rafter has been providing legal and business development services to the audio, music technology, and digital media industries for over twenty-five years. As principal counsel at RafterMarsh US, she leads the RM team in providing sophisticated corporate and IP advice (US practice) and entertainment law services (UK) to content creators, hardware and software developers, and event producers, among others.Heather served as Director of Legal Affairs and later General Counsel for Digidesign, the audio division of Avid Technology and the creator of the award-winning Pro Tools software. Heather was instrumental in the company’s acquisition of M-Audio and Sibelius Software and represented audio console leader Euphonix in its acquisition by Avid, as well as counsel for Imagine Research in its acquisition by iZotope, another audio industry flagship company.She began her legal career as a litigation attorney at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, focusing on intellectual property and commercial matters. Heather served as Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law and is a member of the ABA’s Fund for Justice and Education.Heather currently serves as an Advisor to Ardian, a French-based private equity firm, on the Board of Advisors of the Bob Moog Foundation and as a Senior Advisor for MediaBridge Capital, a leading investment banking and strategic advisory firm serving the media technology industry. Heather, an advocate for gender parity in the legal and music industry, also serves on the Boards of SoundGirls.org: http://soundgirls.org/, and WiMN, the Women’s International Music Network. A proud alumna, Heather serves on the advisory council for the Department of Music at Princeton University. Heather is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B., Woodrow School of Public & International Affairs, magna cum laude) and Columbia University School of Law (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar). Heather’s sons both work in high tech, and her daughter is finishing her senior year at Princeton University. Heather is an avid yogi and fan of live music.
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Philipp Lengeling
Philipp G. Lengeling, Mag. iur., LL.M. (New York), Esq. is an attorney based in New York (U.S.A.) and Hamburg (Germany), who is heading the New York and Hamburg based offices for RafterMarsh, a transatlantic boutique law firm (California, New York, U.K., Germany).
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Francine Godrich
Francine is General Counsel (i.e. does lots of legal stuff) and Company Secretary (i.e. deals with corporate governance administration) to one of the world’s most passionate and prestigious Music Tech plcs. Francine spends a lot of her time looking at how Focusrite plc can grow its business whether this be through entering into agreements with suppliers and manufacturers to give the business the tools it needs to operate every day, investments into and acquisitions of businesses that will compliment and augment Focusrite or doing all the other legal things that no one really knows goes on e.g. confidentiality agreements, advising on how competition law can affect every day business, protecting our intellectual property portfolio, handling employment matters, reviewing software licences and creating the contracts the commercial teams come up with – fun times.
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Native Instruments NKS2: Building a Physical Experience for Virtual Instruments - Moritz Heppner & Tim Adnitt - ADC 2023
This talk will give an overview of the NKS2 SDK features and demonstrate how to bring instruments and effects to life for all users (including the visually impaired) on the new generation of Native Instruments hardware. We will show examples of NKS2 implementations in both plug-ins and Kontakt instruments.
Link to Slides: https://data.audio.dev/talks/2023/building-a-physical-experience-for-virtual-instruments/slides.pdf
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Moritz Heppner
C++ application engineer coding at Native Instruments since 2012. Enthusiastic about API design, data structures and generally everything in software development that is about music and audio.
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Tim Adnitt
Tim is VP of Products at Native Instruments. Based in London and Berlin, he has more than twenty years experience in the Music Technology industry having held positions at Sibelius Software and Avid before joining Native Instruments in 2013. Tim is a long-standing advocate for accessibility in Music Technology and a regular speaker and panellist on the topic at global industry events including NAMM, the Audio Developer Conference and Moogfest. He is is a member of the Board of Directors for IMSTA and a member of the Board of Trustees for creative arts company and charity Heart n Soul.
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Join Us For ADC24 - Bristol - 11-13 November 2024
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Digital Modelling of the Roland RE-201 - Jordan Evans - ADC 2023
This talk will discuss digital modelling of the RE-201, breaking down the subsystems present within the device and challenges that arise in acquiring total perceptual accuracy in software simulations. Comparisons of various methods that can be used to model the RE-201 will be featured in the talk.
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Jordan Evans
Open Source Audio Developer, JEPlugins
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Join Us For ADC24 - Bristol - 11-13 November 2024
More Info: https://audio.dev/
@audiodevcon
Building an accessible JUCE app - Harry Morley - ADC 2023
During this talk we will investigate what goes into making a JUCE app accessible. We'll go over component grouping and hierarchies, keyboard focus, tips for testing accessibility and more, using real-world case studies and concrete examples.
The session will primarily be about screen reader accessibility, since you may be new to using the parts of JUCE that deal with accessibility.
The talk is designed for people who may not know where to begin when building an accessible app with JUCE, or simply for those who would like to hear some perspectives regarding creating accessible audio apps.
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Harry Morley
Harry has been a software developer at Focusrite for 4 years. He mainly works on C++ software that interacts with audio hardware, such as the Vocaster and Scarlett interfaces. Harry loves talking all things music, creativity and accessibility. Before Focusrite, Harry studied MA Computational Arts at Goldsmiths, and BMus Creative Music Technology at Surrey. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays in a variety of genres and bands.
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Inference Engines and Audio - Harriet Drury - ADC 2023
Machine learning has become a buzzword in recent years, but how does it actually work? This talk aims to introduce and explain inference pipelines. We’ll look at commonly used inference engines, how they work, their suitability for use in audio applications, and how to go about creating your own.
Also introduced will be an approach to writing a custom inference engine for the Cmajor platform.
Link to Slides: https://data.audio.dev/talks/2023/inference-engines-and-audio/slides.pdf
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Harriet Drury
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Why you shouldn’t write a DAW - David Rowland - ADC 2023
There are surprisingly few DAWs in the music making world, especially when compared to the number of audio plugins on the market. Why is this? Could it be that all the DAWs in existence are perfect and there’s no need for another one? Perhaps there’s another reason…
In this talk we dive behind the UI/UX to take a deeper look at the technology that underpins DAWs. We’ll take a tour of some of the problems they solve, often transparently to the user, and some of the technical concepts they have to navigate in order to keep music makers in the groove.
Finally, we look at what alternatives there might be if you want to build a product that looks a bit like a DAW and why not building from scratch might save you a lot of time and money.
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David Rowland
Dave Rowland is the CTO at Audio Squadron (owning brands such as Tracktion and Prism Sound), working primarily on the digital audio workstation, Waveform and the engine it runs on. Other projects over the years have included audio plugins and iOS audio applications utilising JUCE. In academia, David has taught on several modules at the University of the West of England on programming for audio. David has a passion for modern C++ standards and their use to improve code safety and brevity, has spoken at the Meeting C++ and Cpp On Sea conferences and is a regular speaker at the Audio Developer Conference and related monthly meetup. Past presentations: https://github.com/drowaudio/presentations/
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Join Us For ADC24 - Bristol - 11-13 November 2024
More Info: https://audio.dev/
@audiodevcon
Odd Challenges of Designing a Feedback Delay Network Reverb With Deep Learning - Wojciech Kacper Werkowicz & Benjamin Whateley - ADC 2023
Past lustrum have seen the rise of interest in optimization of audio effects and synthesizer parameters in use cases including parameter inference from audio input, as well as approaches for Differentiable Digital Signal Processing (such as Magenta's DDSP). However, there are still notable limitations in the area, exemplified well by the problems posed by some fundamental DSP units such as IIR filters - issues of stability, interpretability and differentiability.
In this talk, we will take on all of the above. It will be done so in the context of a research endeavour into modelling room Impulse Responses using Feedback Delay Network (FDNs). Covering a range of approaches, from naive to more advanced, we will take multiple detours to look into machine learning challenges in context of direct applications to DSP, such as approximating common transformations, tackling computational efficiency, taming the explosivity of feedback systems, at last, hopefully, differentiating the undifferentiable.
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Wojciech Kacper Werkowicz
Programmer, computer musician, improviser from Pruszków, Poland. After being introduced to electronic music by "Ishkur's Guide" in early episode of life, his interest persisted over years. Graduated from Music Computing and Technology BSc program at Goldsmiths in 2023, where he studied under Michael Zbyszynski, Seth Horvitz and Lance Putnam. Currently surveying historical and contemporary digital synthesis methods as a part of his Masters research at Institute of Sonology, The Hague, aiming to critically contextualise synthesis technologies through the lens of sound culture and philosophy. Interested in algorithmic music, machine learning, internet culture. Often enjoys mixing lo-fi technologies with the cutting edge.
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Benjamin Whateley
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Join Us For ADC24 - Bristol - 11-13 November 2024
More Info: https://audio.dev/
@audiodevcon
Running High Channel Count Audio Applications on Linux RT - Olivier Petit - ADC 2023
Linux-based computing platforms are extremely popular to implement audio processing in embedded systems, from low power consumer devices running on ARM processors to professional multichannel solutions requiring the power of x86 based chips.
In this talk we will explore the different features that the Linux kernel offers to control real time performance and ensure glitch-free audio processing. We will study examples from a commercially available and actively maintained product, including successes and failures.
Topics that we will look at include:
• Linux kernel Real-Time patch
• Controlling thread real time priority and CPU affinity
• Measuring performance
• Common pitfalls
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Olivier Petit
After an MSc in Integrated Circuit design, I have joined the Creative Technologies department of L-Acoustics in 2018 as a C++ software engineer. I have been taking an active part in developing innovative technologies to bring immersive audio to live performances, striving to better connect the artists with their audiences. I love the challenge of deploying audio solutions at large scales with high sound quality and (of course) reliability. Making sure our products are as intuitive and easy to use is also a priority for me. Unlike most of my peers I don’t play any instrument, I love climbing though!
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
Companies and independent developers don't restart from scratch at each new project. They rely on a reusable technological base and build their final products upon that. For most software development tasks it is absolutely normal to use libraries developed by external suppliers, but for a number of very specific reasons this is less common when it comes to music DSP.
In a way, this is the sequel to my previous ADC talk. I'll show how my company, following my own advice, managed to create a toolkit of actually (re)usable music DSP algorithms while featuring unprecedented levels of ubiquity, composability, and performance.
In this talk I'll describe the cultural, architectural, and technical challenges we faced and the solutions we adopted in detail, especially with respect to:
• choice of DSP algorithms
• inadequacies and limitations of general-purpose programming languages
• minimizing reliance on programming language and target platform features
• designing consistent, performant, and unopinionated APIs
• running identical code on all platforms, from microcontrollers to the web, including desktop and mobile
• integration with external tools
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Stefano D'Angelo
I am a music DSP researcher and engineer, as well as the founder and CEO of Orastron. I help companies around the world, such as Arturia, Neural DSP, Darkglass Electronics, and Elk, in creating technically-demanding digital synthesizers and effects. I also strive to push audio technology forward through scientific research and experimental projects.
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Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd: https://online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC23 Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
Prashant Mishra
