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Audio Anywhere with Faust (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Gaster, B. R., & Cole, M. (2020). Audio Anywhere with Faust.

This paper introduces \emph{Audio Anywhere} (\emph{AA}), a framework for working with audio plugins that are compiled once and run anywhere. At the heart of Audio Anywhere is an audio engine whose Digital Signal Processing (DSP) components are writte... Read More about Audio Anywhere with Faust.

PlayShell: A low-cost, fun audio experience for heritage centres (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Goddard, P., & Gaster, B. R. (2020). PlayShell: A low-cost, fun audio experience for heritage centres. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Audio Mostly (237-240). https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411132

Various barriers prevent blind and visually impaired people accessing the rich multisensory experiences available at heritage centres. These barriers include large bodies of text and items in glass cases, which are difficult to see. Feedback from the... Read More about PlayShell: A low-cost, fun audio experience for heritage centres.

There and Back Again: The Practicality of GPU Accelerated Digital Audio (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Renney, H., Gaster, B. R., & Mitchell, T. J. (2020, July). There and Back Again: The Practicality of GPU Accelerated Digital Audio. Paper presented at NIME’20: Proceedings of the 20th New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Online

General-Purpose GPU computing is becoming an increas-ingly viable option for acceleration, including in the audiodomain. Although it can improve performance, the intrin-sic nature of a device like the GPU involves data transfersand execution commands... Read More about There and Back Again: The Practicality of GPU Accelerated Digital Audio.

Shouting through letterboxes: A study on attack susceptibility of voice assistants (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Mccarthy, A., Gaster, B., & Legg, P. (2020, June). Shouting through letterboxes: A study on attack susceptibility of voice assistants. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and the Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Science 2020)

Voice assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home have become increasingly popular for many home users, for home automation, entertainment, and convenience. These devices process speech commands from a user to execute some action, such as playing... Read More about Shouting through letterboxes: A study on attack susceptibility of voice assistants.