Maciek Tomczak

Hi, I am a PhD student at Birmingham City University working on automated rhythmic transformation of drum recordings.

Research Interests: Music information retrieval, rhythm analysis, deep learning, audio style transfer, audio synthesis, onset detection, beat and metre detection, drum transcription, digital audio effects, computational musicology, interactive music systems, music performance systems

Refereed Publications

Tomczak M., M. Goto and J. Hockman, Drum Synthesis and Rhythmic Transformationwith Adversarial Autoencoders. In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Seattle, WA, USA, 2020.

Drysdale J., M. Tomczak, and J. Hockman, Adversarial Synthesis of Drum Sounds. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Vienna, Austria, 2020.

Tomczak M., J. Drysdale and J. Hockman, Drum Translation for Timbral and Rhythmic Transformation. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2019.

Tomczak M., C. Southall and J. Hockman, Audio Style Transfer with Rhythmic Constraints. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Aveiro, Portugal, 2018.

Ali-MacLachlan I., C. Southall, M. Tomczak and J. Hockman, Player recognition for traditional Irish flute recordings. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2018.

Tomczak M., C. Southall and J. Hockman, Rhythm Modelling using Convolutional Neural Networks. In Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2017.

Ali-MacLachlan I., C. Southall, M. Tomczak, and J. Hockman. Improved Onset Detection for Traditional Irish Flute Recordings using Convolutional Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis, Malaga, Spain, 2017.

Ali-MacLachlan I., M. Tomczak, C. Southall, and J. Hockman. Note, Cut and Strike Detection for Traditional Irish Flute Recordings. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis, Dublin, Ireland, 2016.

Teaching

I was a teaching assistant on the following modules at the Birmingham City University Sound Engineering and Production BSc (Hons) course:

  • 2019-20   New Interfaces for Musical Expression [DIG6111]
  • 2018-19   Digital Audio Fundamentals (visiting lecturer) [DIG4157]
  • 2018-19   Interactive Music Systems [DIG6041]
  • 2017-18   Broadcast Media [DIG6100]
  • 2018         Digital Signal Processing [DIG5069]
  • 2017         Musical Instrument Acoustics [DIG4082]
  • 2017         Acoustic Fundamentals [DIG5059]
  • 2017         Sound for Film: Recording, Mixing and Mastering (summer school)
  • 2016         Live Sound Engineering [DIG4158]
  • 2015-16   Music and Sound for Visual Media [DIG6042]

Presentations at fan conventions

  • 2018        'Mamo nie słyszę, bo miksuję!' presented at Nejiro 9.
  • 2017        Muzyka i dźwięk w filmach zza kulis presented at Pyrkon.

Courses and teaching material

  • 2016        Kurs Realizatorów Fandubbingowych (KRF), [pdf].

Music and Dubbing

NanoKarrin

NanoKarrin is the largest Polish fandubbing group that connects amateurs, professionals and everyone in between. My main responsibilities within the group are sound engineering (mixing & mastering of music projects) and recruitment.

> Click here for my mixing and mastering porfolio.

Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home

I assisted in mixing and mastering of the official Polish dubbing for a movie Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home distributed by Animagia.pl.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

I was responsible for dialogue editing and mastering of Polish dubbing for horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
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