The theme so far this month in the world of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ technology has been Sound, with a showcase event last week at the New Broadcasting House Radio Theatre. Sounds Amazing was a joint production by and bringing together lots of ideas and demonstrations from the world of audio. Much of it has been written up elsewhere, so here's a brief round-up of some of those highlights and other news.
- We learnt more about how spatial audio works and . And as the summer approaches, soon it will be
- There was a demonstration from the Blue Planet 2 sound production team about the scale of sound editing. Each episode has around 170 sound tracks and takes roughly 15 days to edit and mix. There's
- We heard about Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio's ambitions around podcasting, following . It's now estimated that 10% of the population are listening to podcasts
- , spoke about some of their recent commissions including the 360 video documentary More on how it was made.
- For VR fans, there's also a new immersive tour of the old Alexandra Palace studios, which takes you back to the early days of television
- And finally, a sound treat. My colleagues in Archive Development have just released While still Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ copyright, they've available for personal, education or research purposes.