About

Will Howie is an award-winning Music Producer, Sound Engineer, Educator, and Researcher based in Vancouver, Canada. An innovator in 3D audio research and production techniques, he has recorded and mixed content in the studio and live for many immersive music formats, including 22.2 Multichannel Sound, Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D, octophonic surround sound, and various binaural mediums. His professional audio production experience covers myriad genres, including classical (large and small ensemble), jazz, fusion, acoustic, new music/avant-guard, rock and funk, as well as many live and in-studio broadcasts for CBC/Radio-Canada. Will holds a PhD in Sound Recording from McGill University, and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Tokyo University of the Arts, teaching courses in music and audio production at both these institutions. He has had the pleasure to have worked with such artists as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes, Steven Page, Toshiyuki Honda, Tafelmusik, Angela Hewitt, Chucho Valdés, Measha Brueggergosman, Angélique Kidjo, Tanya Tagaq, and Jane Coop. Will is currently sessional faculty within the University of British Columbia’s School of Music, and an active producer-engineer.

Media

Selected Recording Projects


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Research

Will’s current research interests are focused on determining the physical and perceptual effects of floor-level loudspeakers/sound sources within three-dimensional sound reproduction. From 2021-2023, he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral research fellow within Tokyo University of the Arts’ department of Musical Creativity and the Environment . He frequently collaborates with members of McGill University’s Immersive Media Lab , The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology , and the Korea Advanced Institute of Technology on areas of research such as recording and mixing techniques for immersive audio, perception of 3D sound environments, and training and selection of listening test subjects.

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Other Research