Endangered Sounds
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I., Baker, N., Fanshawe, S., Jarvis, R., Sweet, R., White, P., …Maunder, M. (2007)
Endangered Sounds. [Radio Programme]
The melodramatic clang of the old style police car bell, the tranquil tick of a grandfather clock; the warm purr of the old dialling tone - all formerly familiar, all under th...
Everyday listening to auditory displays: lessons from acoustic ecology.
Conference Proceeding
Droumeva, M., & McGregor, I. (2012)
Everyday listening to auditory displays: lessons from acoustic ecology. In Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2012)
In order to design auditory displays that function well within the cultural, informational and acoustic ecology of everyday situations designers as well as researchers in psyc...
Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006)
Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments. In World Forum on Acoustic Ecology Conference (334-344
This paper reports an empirical study to investigate how individuals perceive and classify elements of their workplace auditory environments. The participants were 18 universi...
Sound and the Internet of Things
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I. (2017)
Sound and the Internet of Things. [Blog]
Sound has enormous potential to enhance how we experience and interact with the connected everyday devices and appliances that make up the Internet of Things.
Dr Iain McGrego...
The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis
Conference Proceeding
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024)
The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis. In Proceedings of the 2024 AES 6th International Conference on Audio for Games
Foley is a sound production technique where organicity and authenticity in sound creation are key to fostering creativity. Audio synthesis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and In...