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** The Music and Science list is managed by the Institute of Musical Research (www.music.sas.ac.uk) as a bulletin board and discussion forum for researchers working at the shared boundaries of science and music. ** MESSAGE FOLLOWS: Dear all, On Monday, July 21st at 2:00pm, Rob Toulson of Anglia Ruskin University will speak on "Digital Music Innovation and Culture". This C4DM Seminar will take place in ENG 209 (the Engineering building) at Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS. Information on how to access the school can be found at http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/about/campus-map.php. If you are coming from outside Queen Mary, please let me know, so that I can provide detailed directions and make sure you are not stuck outside. If you wish to be added to / removed from our mailing list as an individual recipient, please send me an email and I'll be happy to do so. Speaker: Rob Toulson Title: Digital Music Innovation and Culture Abstract: TBA Bio: Dr Rob Toulson is Director of the Cultures of the Digital Economy Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. He was previously Director of the Sound and Audio Engineering Research Group at Anglia Ruskin University. Rob is also a successful music producer and recording, mixing and mastering engineer. In particular, he has worked as recording and mix engineer on a number of albums for Mediaeval Baebes, who have previously topped the UK classical album chart. Rob has also worked collaboratively across a diverse range of music genres including rock, metal, electronica, folk and pop. Dr Toulson is an active researcher in sound, audio and music production fields, holding a first degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing. He has a number of years' experience working in the audio and electronics industries, as well as teaching audio and music technology in Higher Education. Rob is founder of the Cambridge regional branch of the Audio Engineering Society and he is also a committee member of the AES British Section and a Co-Chair of the Innovation in Music Conference. He is a Director of both Half-ton Studios in Cambridge and High Barn Studios in Essex, as well as Director of his own music production and audio software development company, RT Sixty Ltd. Rob is the author of 'Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design: applying the ARM mbed' published by Newnes in 2012. He is also inventor of the iDrumTune iPhone App, which assists percussionists with drum tuning.