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Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of stonehenge (2020)
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Cox, T., Fazenda, B., & Greaney, S. (2020). Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of stonehenge. Journal of Archaeological Science, 122, 105218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105218

With social rituals usually involving sound, an archaeological understanding of a site requires the acoustics to be assessed. This paper demonstrates how this can be done with acoustic scale models. Scale modelling is an established method in archite... Read More about Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of stonehenge.

On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music (2020)
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Williams, D., Fazenda, B., Williamson, V., & Fazekas, G. (2020). On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music. Sensors, 20(16), e4528. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164528

Music has been shown to be capable of improving runners’ performance in treadmill and laboratory-based experiments. This paper evaluates a generative music system, namely HEARTBEATS, designed to create biosignal synchronous music in real-time accordi... Read More about On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music.

Misleading description of first and second order ambisonic systems (2020)
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Fazenda, B. (2020). Misleading description of first and second order ambisonic systems. Building and Environment, 179, 106981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106981

With regards to the paper Llopis, H. S., Pind, F., & Jeong, C. H. (2020). Development of an auditory virtual reality system based on pre-computed B-format impulse responses for building design evaluation. Building and Environment, 169, 106553. (https... Read More about Misleading description of first and second order ambisonic systems.

User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm (2019)
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Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2019). User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 67(7/8), 522-530. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2019.0035

Object-based audio allows for personalisation of content, perhaps to improve accessibility or to increase quality of experience more generally. This paper describes the design and evaluation of an interactive audio renderer, which is used to optimi... Read More about User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm.

Automatic speech-to-background ratio selection to maintain speech intelligibility in broadcasts using an objective intelligibility metric (2018)
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Tang, Y., Fazenda, B., & Cox, T. (2018). Automatic speech-to-background ratio selection to maintain speech intelligibility in broadcasts using an objective intelligibility metric. Applied Sciences, 8(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8010059

While mixing, sound producers and audio professionals empirically set the speech-to-background ratio (SBR) based on rules of thumb and their own perception of sounds. There is no guarantee that the speech content will be intelligible for the general... Read More about Automatic speech-to-background ratio selection to maintain speech intelligibility in broadcasts using an objective intelligibility metric.

Populating the mix space : parametric methods for generating multitrack audio mixtures (2017)
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generating multitrack audio mixtures. Applied Sciences, 7(12), 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7121329

The creation of multitrack mixes by audio engineers is a time-consuming activity and creating high-quality mixes requires a great deal of knowledge and experience. Previous studies on the perception of music mixes have been limited by the relatively... Read More about Populating the mix space : parametric methods for generating multitrack audio mixtures.

Cave acoustics in prehistory : exploring the association of Palaeolithic visual motifs and acoustic response (2017)
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Fazenda, B., Scarre, C., Till, R., Pasalodos, R., Guerra, M., Tejedor, C., …Foulds, F. (2017). Cave acoustics in prehistory : exploring the association of Palaeolithic visual motifs and acoustic response. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 142(3), 1332-1349. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4998721

During the 1980s, acoustic studies of Upper Palaeolithic imagery in French caves—using the technology then available—suggested a relationship between acoustic response and the location of visual motifs. This paper presents an investigation, using mod... Read More about Cave acoustics in prehistory : exploring the association of Palaeolithic visual motifs and acoustic response.

Influence of source location and temporal structure on spatial auditory saliency (2017)
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Podwinska, Z., Fazenda, B., & Davies, W. (2017). Influence of source location and temporal structure on spatial auditory saliency. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 141(5), 3639-3639. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4987852

Hitherto, not many studies have dealt with spatial auditory saliency. Auditory attention studies concerned with spatial aspects generally concentrate on top-down selective or divided attention, e.g., where subjects are asked to attend to one source a... Read More about Influence of source location and temporal structure on spatial auditory saliency.

A metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in stationary noise and competing speech maskers (2016)
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Tang, Y., Cooke, M., Fazenda, B., & Cox, T. (2016). A metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in stationary noise and competing speech maskers. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 140(3), 1858-1870. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4962484

One criterion in the design of binaural sound scenes in audio production is the extent to which the intended speech message is correctly understood. Object-based audio broadcasting systems have permitted sound editors to gain more access to the metad... Read More about A metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in stationary noise and competing speech maskers.

Variation in multitrack mixes : analysis of low-level audio signal features (2016)
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Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2016). Variation in multitrack mixes : analysis of low-level audio signal features. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 64(7/8), 466-473. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0029

To further the development of intelligent music production tools, towards generating mixes that would realistically be created by a human mix-engineer, it is important to understand what kind of mixes can be created, and are typically created, by h... Read More about Variation in multitrack mixes : analysis of low-level audio signal features.

Evaluating a distortion-weighted glimpsing metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in rooms (2016)
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Tang, Y., Hughes, R., Fazenda, B., & Cox, T. (2016). Evaluating a distortion-weighted glimpsing metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in rooms. Speech Communication, 82, 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2016.04.003

A distortion-weighted glimpse proportion metric (BiDWGP) for predicting binaural speech intelligibility were evaluated in simulated anechoic and reverberant conditions, with and without a noise masker. The predictive performance of BiDWGP was compare... Read More about Evaluating a distortion-weighted glimpsing metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in rooms.

Perception of audio quality in productions of popular music (2016)
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Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2016). Perception of audio quality in productions of popular music. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 64(1/2), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2015.0090

The quality of recorded music is often highly disputed. To gain insight into the dimensions of quality perception, subjective and objective evaluation of musical programme material, extracted from commercial CDs, was undertaken. It was observed tha... Read More about Perception of audio quality in productions of popular music.

Microphone handling noise : measurements of perceptual threshold and effects on audio quality (2015)
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Kendrick, P., Jackson, I., Fazenda, B., Cox, T., & Li, F. (2015). Microphone handling noise : measurements of perceptual threshold and effects on audio quality. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0140256. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140256

A psychoacoustic experiment was carried out to test the effects of microphone handling noise on perceived audio quality. Handling noise is a problem affecting both amateurs using their smartphones and cameras, as well as professionals using separate... Read More about Microphone handling noise : measurements of perceptual threshold and effects on audio quality.

Perceived audio quality of sounds degraded by non-linear distortions and single-ended assessment using HASQI (2015)
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assessment using HASQI. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63(9), 698-712. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2015.0068

For field recordings and user generated content recorded on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices nonlinear distortions caused by clipping and limiting at pre-amplification stages, and dynamic range control (DRC) are common causes of poor audio... Read More about Perceived audio quality of sounds degraded by non-linear distortions and single-ended assessment using HASQI.

Perceptual thresholds for the effects of room modes as a function of modal decay (2015)
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of modal decay. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(3), 1088-1098. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4908217

Room modes cause audible artifacts in listening environments. Modal control approaches have emerged in scientific literature over the years and, often, their performance is measured by criteria that may be perceptually unfounded. Previous research... Read More about Perceptual thresholds for the effects of room modes as a function of modal decay.

Perception and automatic detection of wind-induced microphone noise (2014)
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Jackson, I., Kendrick, P., Cox, T., Fazenda, B., & Li, F. (2014). Perception and automatic detection of wind-induced microphone noise. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 136(3), 1176-1186. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4892772

Wind can induce noise on microphones, causing problems for users of hearing aids and for those making recordings outdoors. Perceptual tests in the laboratory and via the Internet were carried out to understand what features of wind noise are importan... Read More about Perception and automatic detection of wind-induced microphone noise.

Physical and numerical constraints in source modeling for finite difference simulation of room acoustics (2014)
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Sheaffer, J., van Walstijn, M., & Fazenda, B. (2014). Physical and numerical constraints in source modeling for finite difference simulation of room acoustics. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 251-261. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836355

In finite difference time domain simulation of room acoustics, source functions are subject to various constraints. These depend on the way sources are injected into the grid and on the chosen parameters of the numerical scheme being used. This paper... Read More about Physical and numerical constraints in source modeling for finite difference simulation of room acoustics.

Awareness system for headphone users (2013)
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Kay, J., & Fazenda, B. (2013). Awareness system for headphone users. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 35(2),

Hearing is arguably one of the most important senses in providing situational awareness and maintaining personal safety. There has been recently a marked increase of headphone use in public environments where, arguably, one’s safety might be jeopardi... Read More about Awareness system for headphone users.

On the subjective nature of binaural externalisation (2013)
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Alastair, P., & Fazenda, B. (2013). On the subjective nature of binaural externalisation. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 35(2),

Externalisation (the sensation of hearing a sound object outside the head) on headphone reproduction is a recurrent topic in modern research for binaural sound reproduction. One of the inherent issues with testing for externalisation is its quantific... Read More about On the subjective nature of binaural externalisation.

The acoustics of Stonehenge (2013)
Journal Article
Fazenda, B. (2013). The acoustics of Stonehenge. Acoustics bulletin / Institute of Acoustics, 38(1), 32-37

This is an excerpt from a book chapter with the same title in the book Acoustics and Music of British Pre History. The article discusses the measurement and analysis of the acoustics of the pre-historic site Stonehenge based on models and measurement... Read More about The acoustics of Stonehenge.