In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel, Monica Bolles and Bjørn Jacobsen are joined by a Principal Dev Leader at the Mixed Reality division at Microsft Noel Cross and Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Nikunj Raghuvanshi from Redmond, US.

Nikunj likes to invent techniques that create immersive sight and sound from computation. He is endlessly fascinated with simulating the laws of physics in real-time and finds it thrilling to search for simple algorithms that unfold into complex physical behaviour. He has over a decade of research and development experience at the intersection of computational audio, graphics, and physics, with over fifty papers and patents. His inventions have been successfully deployed in the industry, particularly Project Acoustics, which is bringing immersive sound propagation to many major AAA game franchises today. Nikunj is currently a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Previously, he initiated interactive sound simulation research at UNC-Chapel Hill during his PhD studies, whose codebase was acquired by Microsoft. 

Noel grew up playing games on my Commodore 64 and Amiga computers. His love for multimedia computing helped him to start working at Microsoft as an intern in 1991 in the multimedia team. This was the age of the SoundBlaster 16 ISA cards and CD-ROMs were just being introduced into PCs.  Out of the multimedia team, the DirectX team was born to accelerate the development of high-quality games for the PC. Noel worked on DirectSound and audio drivers for Windows getting a taste of the game development community attending several GDCs in the 90s. This was the first time he was introduced to 3D audio algorithms and at the time the technology didn’t impress much.  Through the 2000s, he worked on every release of Windows with the focus on improving the audio subsystem. This led to the complete overhaul of the audio infrastructure on the Windows Vista platform which has remained largely intact since introduced in 2006.  The most current stop on his Microsoft journey is working on Mixed Reality devices. He worked on the speech and audio functionality exposed from HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality devices with a concentration on spatial audio. After having lackluster impact in the 90s with spatial audio, he’s been reinvigorated working on this technology with the introduction of high-quality HRTFs and head-tracking services to complete the experience. Spatial audio processing has also led Noel to better understand the impact of acoustics on virtual 3d worlds. His team is currently working on Project Acoustics which allows developers of 3d titles to take advantage of wave-based simulations to handle how audio propagates in the real world. 

In this episode, Nikunj and Noel dive deep into the topic of physics-based virtual acoustics along with Project Triton and Project Acoustics covering fundamental theory, research, technology and case studies.

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-62-nikunj-raghuvanshi-noel-cross-microsoft-physics-based-virtual-acoustics/

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Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 62 Nikunj Raghuvanshi & Noel Cross (Microsoft - Virtual Acoustics)

MASIF PODCAST 22.0
Steve Hill Live @ Ideal Tidy Weekender
Saturday, April 05, 2014. 2300 - 0000.
Pontins, Southport, UK.

01. Tommy Trash vs Swedish House Mafia - Reload The World (Steve Hill Reverse Bass Edit)
02. Rob Tissera & Guyver - Burning
03. Masif DJ’s - Everyday (Steve Hill vs Technikal Mix)
04. Knuckleheadz - Get Out On The Dancefloor (Steve Hill vs Technikal Mix)
05. BK & Steve Hill - Give Me The Music
06. Steve Hill vs Technikal - I Need A Rhythm
07. Steve Hill | Technikal | BK - Bass Power (BK’s Cortina Mix)
08. Masif DJ’s - Passion (MDA & Spherical Mix)
09. Rob Tissera, Vinylgroover & Redhead - Stay (Steve Hill | Rob Tissera & Klubfiller Mix)
10. Steve Hill vs Technikal - Is It True?
11. Steve Blake - Expression (Steve Hill vs Technikal Mix)
12. BK & Steve Hill - Flowtation
13. Route 94 feat Jess Glynn - My Love (Steve Hill vs Technikal DJ Tool)
14. Disco Soldiers - Show Me A Sign (Steve Hill vs Technikal Bootleg Mix)
15. Steve Hill vs Technikal - Save The Day
16. Masif DJ’s - One More (Airwave) (Steve Hill vs Technikal Mix)
17. Example - All The Wrong Places (Steve Hill vs Technikal Mix)


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Steve Hill Masif Podcast 22.0 - Live @ Ideal Tidy Weekender (2014)

This is the recording of my set from the Go Hard or Go Home 4 Raid Train on Twitch, 18 January 2025
2 Hours of classic and fresh hard house and hard trance

Hope you enjoy x

Track list
1.	Volts Wagen - Moo Master
2.	Kid Dynamo - Wanna Get High
3.	Kaki Raphael - Inner-City Sumo
4.	Anthony Atcherley - In My House (Billy "Daniel" Bunter & The A Project Remix)
5.	Kritikal Mass - Iguana (Ben Vennard Remix)
6.	Alf Graham - Bad Habits
7.	Poggy and Digital Mafia - Pin Drop
8.	Pants & Corset - Malice in Wonderland (Ben Skinner & Hoopz remix)
9.	James Lawson & Phil Reynolds – It's A Dream
10.	Divine Inspiration - The Way (Adam Bellew & NuroGL Bootleg Remix)
11.	Danny Clark & Matt Clarkson - Fly With You
12.	Ben Skinner & Hoopz - What Ever
13.	Kym Ayres & K-Series - Martha's Harbour
14.	D-Fi VS Paul C - OH YEA
15.	Anne Savage - Why
16.	Storm - Time 2 Burn (Kid Dynamo Rmx)
17.	Vandalize & Team Sly - I'm Feeling You
18.	Steven Thornton	- Energized
19.	NuroGL vs Adam Bellew - Existence
20.	MADA & POGGY - Kisses Of The Sun 2024
21.	Dean Richardson - Shootout
22.	Ricky John - Funk Jam
23.	Fergie & BK - House Of Pain (Kid Dynamo Rmx)
24.	Committee - Welcome (Paul Kings Callate La Boca Remix)
25.	Dyewitness – Observing The Earth (Fanny Thomas Remix)
26.	Signum - What Ya Got 4 Me (Pat Glenny Remix)

Go Hard or Go Home 4 - Hard House and Hard Trance

Out of all the tracks I have made this is my favourite. When me and Tom made it we never knew it would turn out this good. I have played it in virtually every set since we made it. Its over 2 years old now so i thought it was time to share it to the masses!  
I wanted it to be a complete DJ tool and it turned out perfect. I love mixing with it!

Please leave a comment if you download this bad boy. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

Them Hoovers 'R' Bad Ass! - Wain Johnstone & Tom Berry [FREE TRACK] 320 kps

One of my most requested track this year for free download as a thank you for all the support throughout 2019

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Mike Oldfield - Far Above The Clouds (Paul Denton Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD

Scott Envy - Mix For Anusia

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Track: Dart Rayne & Yura Moonlight and Sarah Lynn - Silhouette (Allen & Envy Remix)

Release Date: July 22, 2013 (Beatport Exclusive)
Label: Amsterdam Trance Records
Produced By Steve Allen

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