Remote sound tuning combines computer modeling, measurement and tuning parameters to compute a simulation of impulse responses, frequency responses and acoustic combinations, with possible virtualization. Tools exist for remotely measuring a car audio system, visualizing the data, auralizing it and tuning it with very close accuracy to the in-vehicle experience. Firmware can be updated remotely, and the tuning process continues as it would normally, except that it is virtual.
During a time when travel was restricted and access to vehicles was limited, remote tuning became a valuable, if not essential tool. Subjective evaluations have been performed remotely, using remote tunings of physical cars and virtual models.
Is there a collective will to continue to explore its use as part of the automotive audio design process? Or is the psychological break between tuning live and tuning through headphones too great? Addressing these questions, in this session, Roger Shively will welcome presentations and a panel discussion with four automotive industry experts, discussing their experiences with demonstrations of the methods used.
Roger Shively and Shelley Uprichard, Tonmeister, independent audio engineer, frequently consulting in perceptual audio and tuning, will co-host the session and present on the subjective evaluation work. Marc Levasseur, independent audio engineer and consultant, with extensive experience in automotive audio sound tuning, will describe his use of Illusonic's solutions, together with Christof Faller (Illusonic founder), who will demonstrate auralization with head-tracking and headphone compensation equalization. Finally, Michael Fabry, General Manager at DSP Concepts Germany, founder of S1nn, and former manager of audio systems for companies such as Harman/Becker and Bose, will demonstrate capturing the acoustics footprint and offline tuning. The two hour session will conclude with an opportunity for questions from attendees.
The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) was launched in January 2020, as an initiative of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), to focus on promoting methodologies, practices and technologies involved in developing and bringing audio products to market. www.AES.org.
APEI Automotive Audio Webinar
Remote Sound Tuning in Automobiles
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:00 AM Pacific (12:00 PM Eastern)
More information and registration available online:
www.audioproducteducationinstitute.org/remote-sound-tuning-in-automobiles
