Richard King, McGill University

Research

auditory design music archiving digital humanities immersive audio musical performance capture 3D audio sound recording aural perception

Latest funding

Working Together: Creative Interaction Between Musicians, Engineers, and Technology in the Recording Studio
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$292,699
Collaborative creativity: sound recording and music making
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$293,859
Towards an immersive interactive music listening experience: auditory design, techniques and methods for recreating the three-dimensional immersive presence of recorded musical performances
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$299,195

All 4 grants and awards

Working Together: Creative Interaction Between Musicians, Engineers, and Technology in the Recording Studio

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brackett, David

$292,699

Collaborative creativity: sound recording and music making

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Barg, Lisa

Keywords: recording studio; collaboration; creativity; history of technology; ethnography; genre

$293,859

Towards an immersive interactive music listening experience: auditory design, techniques and methods for recreating the three-dimensional immersive presence of recorded musical performances

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: King, Richard L.

Keywords: auditory design; music archiving; digital humanities; immersive audio; musical performance capture; 3D audio; sound recording; aural perception; music interpretation; interactive music listening; networked music collaboration; virtual acoustics; heritage

$299,195

A study of music mixing techniques performed in an environment more closely emulating a home listening setting rather than a recording studio control room

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: King, Richard L.

Keywords: music production; musical intrument balancing; perception; adaptation

$73,440

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: auditory design Dear Professor King, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on auditory design connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]