Hi there, Thanks for asking!
We are making great progress. The physical design is locked in and we started construction last month. Both anechoic chamber and variable acoustics room should be ready this summer. We are currently in the middle of equipment procurement, and gathering information from people in different fields about what they would need. If you write to me and Matt in private, we can collect your information as well (and share preliminary facility hiring rates too, if you like). We aren't going to be able to accommodate everyone's wishes, but we'll do our best. Finally, if you'd like to be added to the AURORA Users mailing list, please do let us know. The same goes for others on the Music DSP list who might be interested of course. Have a nice rest of the week! Best regards, Enzo -- Enzo De Sena Professor (Full Professor) Director, Institute of Sound Recording Music & Media University of Surrey Stag Hill, University Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK Office: 08aBC03 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> URL: desena.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://desena.org/__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!SUFzK86oiYldMCfRdm2_vR94Nj3AxDeW-JDnhmvy_ZYvV8gFxo_bJIBsBeMJopyHyFz_w60vBQl-hCZlaolZ937_aYrUQdo$ > LinkedIn: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/enzodesena__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!SUFzK86oiYldMCfRdm2_vR94Nj3AxDeW-JDnhmvy_ZYvV8gFxo_bJIBsBeMJopyHyFz_w60vBQl-hCZlaolZ937_r5y8uUw$ On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 06:28:42, Sound of L.A. Music and Audio <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Enzo any news about Aurora? Am 30. 05. 2025 um 16: 57 schrieb Enzo De Sena: > Dear Music DSP List, (Apologies for cross-posting!) I am writing to > share two pieces of news. First, we secured funding from EPSRC > (Engineering and Physical ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd Hi Enzo any news about Aurora? Am 30.05.2025 um 16:57 schrieb Enzo De Sena: > Dear Music DSP List, (Apologies for cross-posting!) I am writing to > share two pieces of news. First, we secured funding from EPSRC > (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) to build new > acoustic research infrastructure. AURORA³ (Anechoic > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This Message Is From an External Sender > This message came from outside your organization. > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > > Dear Music DSP List, (Apologies for cross-posting!) > > I am writing to share two pieces of news. > > First, we secured funding from EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences > Research Council) to build new acoustic research infrastructure. AURORA³ > (Anechoic and Universal Research Observation Rooms for Audio, Acoustics, and > AI) will incorporate a state-of-the-art anechoic chamber equipped with a > spherical loudspeaker array and a variable acoustics room combining > adjustable wall panels and a moving wall system, enabling both room volume > and reverberation times to be controlled. > > The aim is to provide precisely controlled acoustic conditions for fast, > accurate and reproducible physical and perceptual data collection. This is > valuable, for instance, in machine/deep learning research, where large, > high-quality, and diverse datasets captured under realistic conditions are > important to build effective models. >
