I am Director of the Sound and Audio Engineering Research Group (SAERG) at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. You can download a 2 page summary detailing the SAERG mission, objectives and achievements here

* Research Activity *

My personal research focusses on a few related areas in audio engineering, these being: acoustic percussion analysis, techniques of record production and digital signal processing for audio.

I have recently developed a prototype system for analysing the acoustics of percussion instruments with the aim of assisting percussion and drum tuning. This research has lead to a British patent application (application number GB0713649.2) and has also resulted in a successful East of England Development Agency Proof of Concept award worth a total of £35,000. The Proof of Concept project has recently concluded and strategies for future research, development and comercialisation are being considered. Please download my Innovation Summary Document here

I am also a member of The Board of Directors of The Pleasurize Music Foundation (www.pleasurizemusic.com) and my particular role is to engange in research with respect to loudness, over compression and the loss of dynamic range in commercial music. In progress is an EPSRC grant application, also in collaboration with Justin Paterson at Thames Valley University, to investigate the psychoacoustic, technical and cultural issues relating to loudness.

Methods of music production is also an area of active research, particularly with respect to my association with Half-Ton Studios and recent articles published by The Art of Record Production and The Audio Engineering Society.

* Research Supervision *

Acoustic Percussion Analysis - Research student Phill Richardson's study involves analysis of acoustic percussion instruments with the aim of developing closed-loop analysis and control systems to aid and improve drum tuning methods.

Loudness and Dynamic Range in Commercial Music - Bill Campbell's research is in association with The Pleasurize Music Foundation to scientifically investigate the loudness war and define 'listener fatigue' with respect to commercial music.

* Scolarly Activity *

External Examiner/Course Validator - For Audio Technology and Record Production courses at The London College of Music, Thames Valley University.
Conferece Paper Referee - For The Art of Record Production and The International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)
PhD Examiner - For 1 thesis (2006). Appointed examiner for 1 PhD thesis to be examined in 2008.
PhD Supervisor - For 3 full-time students (all in progress).