Rob Oldfield Email & Phone Number

Manchester, Uk

Borne out of 6 years of research at the University of Salford, we launched a spin-out company (www.salsasound.com) with the express purpose of improving the sound of sports broadcast on the TV. Salsa has developed a hardware and software solution representing the future of live sports audio, making the sound of televised sports clearer, more immersive and more entertaining. Working in real-time using any standard microphone arrangement, SALSA automatically tracks and identifies on-pitch sounds… Show more Borne out of 6 years of research at the University of Salford, we launched a spin-out company (www.salsasound.com) with the express purpose of improving the sound of sports broadcast on the TV. Salsa has developed a hardware and software solution representing the future of live sports audio, making the sound of televised sports clearer, more immersive and more entertaining. Working in real-time using any standard microphone arrangement, SALSA automatically tracks and identifies on-pitch sounds events in time and space, controls mixing console fader movements and createsan augmented, high-quality immersive mix that puts the viewer in the game as never before. Show less

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Salford, Uk

I work in both a research and consultancy capacity at the university in all things relating to audio. Projects I have worked on range from traditional room acoustic consultancy to signal processing and audio forensics. Much of my work takes place using the extensive world-class acoustic test facilities at the University of Salford enabling e.g. the testing and optimisation of loudspeakers and microphones in our anechoic chamber, subjective/perceptual assessments of audio systems in our ITU BS… Show more I work in both a research and consultancy capacity at the university in all things relating to audio. Projects I have worked on range from traditional room acoustic consultancy to signal processing and audio forensics. Much of my work takes place using the extensive world-class acoustic test facilities at the University of Salford enabling e.g. the testing and optimisation of loudspeakers and microphones in our anechoic chamber, subjective/perceptual assessments of audio systems in our ITU BS 1116 spec listening or testing acoustic room treatments such as absorbers and diffusers in our reverberation chamber. I also spend a large amount of time doing signal processing and running computational simulations. Show less

Salford, Uk

I worked on a European FP7 funded project, FascinatE (www.fascinate-project.eu). The project was looking at the future of interactive broadcasting and developed a complete end-to-end system for scene capture, delivery, rendering and interaction. As part of the audio team I was particularly involved in the audio capture and rendering which involved the development of new capture techniques to facilitate a format-agnostic audio object approach to audio for live events. The final rendering could… Show more I worked on a European FP7 funded project, FascinatE (www.fascinate-project.eu). The project was looking at the future of interactive broadcasting and developed a complete end-to-end system for scene capture, delivery, rendering and interaction. As part of the audio team I was particularly involved in the audio capture and rendering which involved the development of new capture techniques to facilitate a format-agnostic audio object approach to audio for live events. The final rendering could take place on any audio reproduction system from simple stereo, to binaural audio, 3rd order ambisonics and wave field synthesis. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Thesis Title: The Analysis And Improvement Of Focused Source Reproduction With Wave Field Synthesis

This thesis is a treatise on the reproduction of focused sources (sources rendered in front of the loudspeaker array) in wave field.

Msc (By Research), Thesis Title: Improved Membrane Absorbers

My thesis looked at the use of passive loudspeakers with a passive electronic load connected to the terminals in order to tune.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Acoustics, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: President of the Christian Union 2002-2004