Audio Innovation Hack

Join us for a day of design sprints, rapid ideation and problem solving on some of the most interesting and pressing challenges facing the audio sector!

We’re bringing together some of the greatest minds across Salford and Greater Manchester to build new ideas to innovate in the audio sector and we want you to join us.Join us for an opportunity to take a project or an idea forward to get more support!

Greater Manchester is historically home to some of the greatest audio innovation the world has seen - from its venues and record labels growing some of the best international music talent to the BBC Audio Research Partnership working on ground breaking projects with University of Salford and other institutions.

But groundbreaking innovation hasn’t stayed in the past, the audio sector is thriving across Greater Manchester and this is your chance to play a part in it.

Come along if:

● You’re a techie and want to help design and build something new

● In the audio sector and have some ideas you want to explore

● A researcher or academic wanting to learn more and get involved

● In the arts and culture space and have insights to share for commercial use cases

● Interested in building cool stuff and in how sound is used to immerse an audience

We’ll be focussing our innovation on the day looking at the following challenges:

1. How can existing music and other buildings/venues across Greater Manchester benefit from audio innovative, in, for example, Games Engines?

Think: Salford Lads Club, Niamos, Mirage Bar, and how we can keep venues going?

2.How do we create a digital fingerprint of lost venues or soundscapes and recreate new music experiences in their liking?

Think: Hacienda and how we might relive the experience for new generations in the region, or use the space again.

3.How might we enhance the audio experience of audiences using new or emergent tools such as spatial audio, ambisonics, and hyper directional speakers across, for example, marketing spaces, outdoor events, wayfinding, and TV?

Think: improving audio quality outside in built up areas, or improving experiences such as wayfinding for the hearing impaired.

Follow-on project opportunities will be identified and shaped both on the day and in subsequent sessions.

Plus, you’ll leave with knowledge of tools and techniques to take back with you to your organisation.

Spaces are not guaranteed. We will email you to confirm your attendance.

Please bring your own laptop or equipment.

Host or Publisher MediaCity Immersive Technologies Innovation Hub