2021
van Tonder, Cobi and López, M. ‘Acoustic Atlas: auralisation in the browser’, International Conference on Immersive and 3D Audio, September 2021. Peer-reviewed contribution.
Álvarez Morales, L., Álvarez Corbacho, A., López, M. and Bustamante, P. ‘The Acoustics of Ely Cathedral’s Lady Chapel: a study of its changes throughout history’ International Conference on Immersive and 3D Audio, September 2021. Peer-reviewed contribution.
Roundtable, The Middle Ages in Modern Games: Climate, Leeds International Medieval Congress, July 2021. Invited contribution.
Keynote Roundtable: Recreating Soundscapes, Early Modern Soundscapes Conference, July 2021. Invited contribution.
‘Hearing the Middle Ages: Playing with and contextualising acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes research’ in Twitter Conference, The Middle Ages in Modern Games, May 2021. Keynote presentation.
2020
López, M. ‘Accessibility through sound design and spatialisation: towards more creative and inclusive practices in film and television. DMRN+15: Digital Music Research Network, 15th December 2020. Online. Keynote presentation.
López, M. Presentation on Enhancing Audio Description. Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit, session on Next-Generation Audio and Accessibility, 7th October 2020. Online. Invited presentation.
López, M. ‘Playing with Medieval Drama Soundscapes: evocation, recreation and artistic practice,’ The Middle Ages in Modern Games, Twitter Conference, 30 June – 3 July 2020.
López, M., ‘Heritage Soundscapes: Sound Design, Research and Evocation in Heritage Experiences,’ Sound Affects, Online Virtual Workshop, 23-24 April 2020, invited speaker.
2019
López, M. Panellist for ‘Audio Description and Video on Demand,’ TechShare Pro, London, 21 November 2019, invited speaker.
Álvarez-Morales, L., López, M., Álvarez-Corbacho, A. and Bustamante, P. ‘Mapping the acoustics of Ripon cathedral’ Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, ICA 2019, pp. 2335-2342. Peer-reviewed contribution.
López, M. ‘Gamifying Aural History: The York Mystery Plays’ in the International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, UK, 1-4 July 2019.
Álvarez-Morales, L., López, M. and Álvarez-Corbacho, A. ‘Cathedral Acoustics: Bristol Cathedral as a Case Study’ Conference Proceedings of Internoise 2019. Peer-reviewed contribution.
López, M. ‘Gender Equality in the AES and the Audio Community, Opening Ceremony Address’ in 146th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Dublin, Ireland, 21-23 March 2019.
López, M., Bargroff, H., Bertmark, A., Butt, E., Cruickshank, F. ‘The Present and Future of Audio for Film and Television’ in 146th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Dublin, Ireland, 21-23 March 2019.
López, M., Giles, E., McDonagh, S. and Shirley, B. ‘Audio, Accessibility, and the Creative Industries’ in 146th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Dublin, Ireland, 21-23 March 2019.
López, M., Gaston-Bird, L., Lamschein, C., Roginska, A., Wallaszkovits, N., and Wyner, J. ‘AES Diversity and Inclusivity Committee Town Hall: Focus on Gender Equality’ in 146th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Dublin, Ireland, 21-23 March 2019.
López, M., Burgess, S., Drews, M., and Herman, G. ‘Integrating History into the Modern Audio Curriculum’ in 146th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Dublin, Ireland, 21-23 March 2019, (Invited participation). Session organised by Scott Burgess.
2018
López, M., Isakoff, K. and Dobson, L. ‘Academic and Practitioner Led Initiatives: Inspiring, Enabling, Supporting and Promoting Women and Girls Making Music’ A Women Produce Music Panel in Crosstown Traffic Conference, Huddersfield, UK, 3-5 September 2018, (Invited Presentation). Session organised by Katia Isakoff.
López, M. and Kearney, G. ‘Shelf Life: Incorporating accessibility to sound design workflows’ in klingt gut, Symposium on Sound, Hamburg, Germany, 7-9 June 2018.
López, M. ‘Hearing the Past: Using Acoustic Measurement Techniques and Computer Models to Study Heritage Sites’ in 144th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Milan, Italy, 23-26 May 2018.
López, M. and Kearney, G. ‘From Seeing to Hearing: Sound Design and Spatialisation for Visually Impaired Film Audiences’ in 144th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Milan, Italy, 23-26 May 2018.
López, M. ‘Seeing with our ears: designing soundtracks for visually impaired audiences,’ Seeing Sound, Bath, UK, 24-25 March 2018.
2017
López, M. ‘The language of sound: Creating accessible film experiences for visually impaired audiences’ in Sound Talking, London, UK, 3 November 2017, (Invited Presentation).
López, M. and Hardin, M. ‘The Soundscapes of the York Mystery Plays: applying virtual acoustics and sound design to the study of medieval acoustical heritage’ in Interdisciplinary Conference on Digital Cultural Heritage, Berlin, Germany, 30 August-1 September 2017.
López, M. and Hardin, M. ‘The Soundscapes of the York Mystery Plays: sound design techniques applied to medieval drama studies’ in International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, 3-6 July 2017.
López, M. and Kearney, G. ‘Using Binaural Audio to increase accessibility to Film and Television’ in 142nd International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Berlin, Germany, 20-23 May 2017.
2016
López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstadter, K. ‘Enhancing Audio Description: Sound Design, Spatialisation and Accessibility in Film and Television’ in Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, Vol. 38, Reproduced Sound, Southampton, UK, 15-17 November 2016.
López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstadter, K. ‘Towards a framework for Enhancing Audio Description’ in Languages & the Media – 11th International Conference on Language Transfer in Audiovisual Media, Berlin, Germany, 2-4 November 2016.
López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstadter, K. ‘Integrating Sound Design to Audio Description Processes’ in Audio Description: the Art of Access, London, UK, 21 October 2016.
de Groen, P., Patel, S., López, M., Szewczynski, M. and Toulson, R. ‘Combining Science with Art to Educate and Motivate Patients prior to Colorectal Cancer Screening’ in Smart Education and e-Learning 2016, Springer International Publishing, 2016, 315-328.
Sheppard, M., Toulson, R. and López, M., Sonic Quick Response Codes (SQRC) for Embedding Inaudible Metadata in Sound Files in 141th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Los Angeles, US, 29 September- 2 October 2016.
López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstadter, K. ‘Sound Design and Accessibility in Film and Television’ in 140th International Audio Engineering Society Convention, Paris, France, 4-7 June 2016, (Tutorial).
López, M., ‘Sound and Hearing in Medieval Drama’ in CLAMS Colloquium The Senses in the Pre-Modern World, King’s College London, UK, 17 May 2016, (Invited Presentation).
Nykänen, A., Lundkvist, A., Lindberg, S. and López, M. ‘Safe and Sound Drive: Sound based gamification of user interfaces in cars’ in Audio Engineering Society (AES) Audio for Games Conference, London, UK, 10-12 February 2016.
2015
López, M., ‘Acoustics, Performers and Audiences in Medieval English Drama’ in Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, Vol. 37, Auditorium Acoustics, Paris, France, 29-31 October 2015.
López, M., ‘Using Digital Audio Technologies to Study and Disseminate the York Mystery Plays’ in York Mystery Plays 2015 Conference, York, UK, 1 August 2015, (Invited Presentation).
López, M., ‘Auralizing the York Mystery Plays: Methodologies, Results and Public Engagement’ in the International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, UK, 6-9 July 2015.
López, M., ‘Perceptual evaluation of an audio film for visually impaired audiences’ in the Audio Engineering Society (AES) 138th Convention, Warsaw, Poland, 7-10 May 2015.
2014
López, M., ‘The York Mystery Plays: a case study in the exploration of sound and hearing in medieval vernacular drama’ in Sensory Perception and the Medieval World, London, UK, 12-13 April 2014.
2013
López, M. and Pauletto, S., ‘The York Mystery Plays: Acoustics and Staging in Stonegate’ in the 14th Triennial Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l’étude du Théâtre Médiéval, Poznan, Poland, 22-27 July 2013.
2012
López, M. and Pauletto, S., ‘Acoustic Measurement Methods for Outdoor Sites: A comparative study’ in Proc. of the 15th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-12), York, UK, 17-21 September 2012.
2011
López, M., Pauletto, S. and Kearney, G., ‘Virtual acoustics and performance spaces in Medieval English Drama’ in The Acoustics of Ancient Theatres, Patras, Greece, 18-21 September 2011.
López, M., Pauletto, S. and Kearney, G., ‘Virtual Acoustics and the study of music in the York Cycle’ in Conference of Interdisciplinary Musicology, Glasgow, UK, 30 August–3 September 2011.
López, M., Pauletto, S. and Kearney, G., ‘The application of virtual acoustics in the reconstruction of medieval Stonegate’ (Poster) in ISPRS Working Group V/2 Conference, Cultural Heritage data acquisition and processing, York , UK, 17-19 August 2011.
López, M., ‘The Use of Virtual Acoustics for the study of the York Mystery Plays’ in the 2nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, York, UK, 27 May 2011.
2010
López, M. and Pauletto, S., ‘The Sound Machine: a study in storytelling through sound design’ in Proceedings of the 5th Audio Mostly Conference, Piteå, Sweden, 15-17 September 2010.
López, M., ‘The Sound Machine: when sound replaces image’ in the 1st Annual Postgraduate Symposium, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, York, UK, 4 June 2010.
2009
López, M. and Pauletto, S., ‘The Design of an Audio Film for the visually impaired’ in the 15th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-22 May 2009.
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