Applied and Innovative Research for Immersive Sound (AIRIS) laboratory at the Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST, cordially invites audio researchers and engineers to an international workshop on Immersive Recording Techniques. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the forefront of 3D audio technology, featuring a keynote and master class led by the acclaimed Grammy-award-winning recording engineer, Professor Richard King. The workshop is a collaborative effort with 대전예술의전당, 사운드코리아이엔지, 오디오가이, and 사운드360. We warmly welcome your participation in this exceptional gathering to advance your expertise in audio engineering.

Events

Keynote Session

May 7th Tue

SOUND 360 studio, Seoul

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

May 9th Thu

Daejeon Arts Center - Art Hall, Daejeon

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Microphone techniques for orchestra recording

Prof. Sunyoung Kim

Fundamentals and applications of immersive sound

Prof. Richard King

• The material presented in both keynote sessions is the same.
  
• All the sessions will be conducted in English.
• The maximum capacity is 30 people on May 7th and 100 people on May 9th.
• Registration for a particular keynote will close when the number of participants exceeds the capacity.
  

Master Class

Speakers

Richard King

Associate Professor

Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada

Richard King is an Educator, Researcher, and a Grammy Award winning recording engineer. Richard has garnered Grammy Awards in many fields, including Best Engineered Album in both the Classical and Non-Classical categories. Richard is an Associate Professor at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. A long-standing member and Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, as well as ASA/ICA, Richard is a regular convention presenter and workshop panelist. His research interests include small environment acoustics, the process of music mixing, and immersive audio recording and reproduction. His book Recording Orchestra is part of the “AES presents” series, and the Second Edition will be released in August of this year.

Sungyoung Kim

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST

Sungyoung Kim received a B.S. degree from Sogang University, Korea, and Master of Music and Ph.D. from McGill University, Canada. Currently he works for Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as an ​associate professor. His research interests include enjoyable auditory environment based on a multichannel audio system, virtual ​reality audio, rehabilitation of listening experience, auditory training, cross-cultural comparison of listening experience and virtual ​acoustics. He wrote book chapters for two books on immersive sound production and reproduction: the Immersive Audio (Focal ​Press) and 3D Audio (Contextual). Prior to joining academia, Dr. Kim worked for Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) as a recording ​engineer where he produced CDs and for Yamaha Corporation as a research associate where he researched human-factors for music ​and listening experiences. He was a visiting research professor at Kyoto University (Japan) through the JSPS Invitational Fellowship ​for Research in Japan (2019). His current research interests are rendering and perceptual evaluation of spatial audio, digital ​preservation of aural heritage, AI for audio, and auditory training for hearing rehabilitation.