IMR People
Terry Maedche
Founder and Product Manager
After graduating with honors in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University, Terry worked for Allied Signal Aerospace, Boeing Helicopter and Sundstrand Power Systems focusing on the development of computer simulations of gas turbine engines and rotorcraft.
At that point in his career he never dreamt his experience and knowledge of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) would some day influence artists and musicians. Only after another seven years, at the end of the .com era, would he return to technology development as his focus, seeking out specialists in the field of spatial audio to create new computer tools to circulate sounds through the audio environment defined by DTS, Dolby, and THX - in the field now known as surround sound.
Danny Shapira
Director of Engineering
With past works focusing on the accurate sonfication of physical simulations, Danny has been amazed at the new range of possibilities available through precise control of spatialized audio. A deep interest in the traditional music of India and North Africa are inspiring a new set of computer based performance pieces integrating intimate interaction between constructed simulation and live musician. At IMR, he is the lead software engineer and designer. Danny has a Masters from Dartmouth and is currently working on his PhD at UCSD.
Barry Threw
Barry Threw is an electronic musician and programmer leveraging the power of technology to catalyze new aesthetics for the creation, performance, and presentation of forward looking artistic works in interactive and experimental media. He works with Recombinant Media Labs, the BEAM Foundation and Immersive Media Research to develop tools and methodologies for surround media, and is an freelance engineer and media technologist living in San Francisco, CA.
Michael McCafferty
Strategic Business Planning and Operations
With almost 40 years of success as the principal entrepreneur in the startup of several companies and in applying technology to business challenges, Michael McCafferty can help most business owners create results fast. Michael was a founder and director of Landmark National Bank
Mr. McCafferty provides IMR with no-nonsense direction on important strategic decisions and operations
Peter Otto
Director of Audio Research at CALIT2, at University of California San Diego
Having studied music from an early age, Peter
Otto holds degrees in music performance and composition and has extensive
experience in computer music, audio engineering, sound design and software
design. Professional appointments have included serving on the faculties
of the California Institute of the Arts, SUNY Buffalo, and UCSD. Otto also
served as Director of Musical Technology at the research institute Tempo
Reale in Florence, Italy, where he worked closely with the distinguished
composer Luciano Berio.
Mr. Otto's expertise and experience with multichannel audio systems is renowned
worldwide. IMR has licensed software DSP (Digital Signal Processing) algorithms
and unique user interface designs for use in the Vortex Surround Designer
and Mixer products.
Morton Subotnik
Artistic Vision
Morton Subotnik is one of the United States' premier composers of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. Most of his music calls for a computer part, or for live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of the important technological breakthroughs in the history of the genre.
Mr. Subotnick provides IMR with a true visionary's perspective on the process of creative innovation, together with an educational toolmaker's sense of craft and accessibility
Naut Humon
Media Futurist
For over 40 years, STC creator, curator and conductor Naut Humon has been staging underground events that have inverted and blurred the roles of audience and participant. Naut Humon is the co-founder of Asphodel Records, and was the primary catalyst, producer, arranger and performer of Rhythm and Noise. He later founded Sound Traffic Control in 1991 with two intentions: first, to replace Rhythm and Noise's group form by a more flexible collective; and second, to focus on using an orchestral setting to explore three-dimensional space.
Naut provides IMR with and artist's and an impressario's view of producing cutting-edge art with a grand vision and dynamic impact.
Richard Zvonar (in memory)
Product Development and Testing, Technical Writing
Richard Zvonar was a performing musician, then a filmmaker, theater artist, and composer, he became a solid contributor to several fields as a teacher, writer, software developer, and technical consultant.
With one foot in popular culture and the other in the avant garde, Dr. Zvonar provided IMR with a broad perspective on its product development and a clear voice in interpreting its products to the creative and technical communities.