Nick Wollage, Katia Sochaczewska, Hyunkook Lee
Dr Hyunkook Lee is Professor of Audio and Psychoacoustic Engineering and Director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Lab (APL) at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is also a Tonmeister specialising in immersive spatial recording. Hyunkook is an expert in spatial audio psychoacoustics, the recording and reproduction of immersive audio, perceptually motivated virtual acoustic rendering for binaural audio and XR applications. He has developed a number of 3D microphone arrays such as PCMA-3D, ESMA-3D and Lee-Rec 3D. His research provided a theoretical basis for the development of Schoeps’ award-winning ORTF-3D microphone array. He is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), an Associate Technical Editor for AES Journal and Vice President of the AES Technical Committee on High-Resolution Audio.
Katia Sochaczewska, PhD, is an immersive music producer and researcher specialising in spatial audio technologies. She currently leads the perceptual evaluation and optimisation of Eclipsa Audio’s Open Binaural Renderer at University of York. She completed her PhD from AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland, focusing on perception in ambisonics technology. Her immersive compositional and production skills are backed up by deep understanding of auditory perception. Beyond production and research, Katia is dedicated to sharing her knowledge and creating accessible resources to help composers, music producers and engineers explore immersive production techniques, understand challenges and make the most of all: channel-, scene- and object-based formats. Portfolio: www.katia-sochaczewska.com
Nick Wollage began working as a recording and mixing engineer in the early 1990s after graduating from the University of Surrey’s Tonmeister degree course. He joined AIR Studios in 1996 and it was soon after this that he began his long association with film and game music. Since then he has recorded and mixed more than 500 film scores, including Chicken Run, Shrek, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, the How To Train Your Dragon trilogy and Phantom Thread. Recent projects include: Wicked (Parts 1 and 2), Saltburn, The Wild Robot, Paddington 3, Nosferatu and Wuthering Heights. Games titles include the Batman Arkham series, Genshin Impact, Spider-Man 2, God of War: Ragnarok and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.