"Assistive Systems in Audio Production" — From Studio Algorithms to Live Sound Intelligence

Overview

Session #07 of Audio Buffer London explores how intelligent frameworks are democratizing professional sound quality — bridging complex algorithms with intuitive, musician-centric interfaces.

For decades, audio systems have been designed by audio engineers, for audio engineers. While everyday software has embraced intuitive automation, traditional audio workflows remain rooted in complex manual processes, leaving a steep technical barrier between musicians and their audience. In both live and studio contexts, this manifests as prolonged setup conditions, complex signal routing, and the ongoing struggle for acoustic consistency. Ultimately, musicians seek to prioritize artistic expression over the burden of technical engineering.

The current wave of machine learning actively dismantles this operator bottleneck, shifting from static signal processing toward autonomous assistance. Today's algorithms can handle complex audio tasks in real time — from balancing studio multitracks to mixing live sound and fixing room acoustics on the fly.

Computational systems lack an inherent semantic understanding of artistic intent. The future of audio production resides in human-in-the-loop assistive systems designed to abstract away technical friction.

Presenters

Founder & CEO · RoEx, London

David Ronan / RoEx

"PostMix" — From Music Mixing to Post-Production

David is the founder and CEO of RoEx, a London-based audio AI company spun out of Queen Mary University of London's Centre for Digital Music, where his PhD focused on intelligent audio production tools and autonomous multitrack mixing. RoEx's mixing technology started in music, powering its Automix product and the Tonn SDK.

David will give a live demo of a work-in-progress build of PostMix, a desktop app that applies that technology to film, TV and social video, with dialogue-first automated mixing against picture, all running locally. He'll talk through how the team got from music mixing to post-production, and what had to change along the way.

Founder · Green Light Audio

Sacha Krstulović / Green Light Audio

Rethinking the Live Stage as a Data System

What would happen if every audio device had an Ethernet port? Which new audio services could we build on that? Would such a system be able to assist musicians better? Do musicians need that?

Sacha will talk about what can be achieved when rethinking the live stage system as a data system — a necessary step towards more efficient automation and musician support, with the end goals of making live performance environments more inclusive, and helping more musicians to connect with their local audiences.

Slides & Gallery

Slide decks and photos will be posted after the event.