Author: Emma

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Dev

RX 9

iZotope has released RX 9! This release was exciting for me because it was my first time in a leadership role; I was the tech lead for the new Complex Ambience Match feature. Taking it from a brand new prototype through user sessions and building it up to a feature ready to be released was such a rewarding experience.

As a tech lead, I got to work with project management, user testing and iteration, setting the scope of an MVP project, and communication about the project outside of Engineering. I’m very proud of what we were able to make and excited to see where it goes in future updates.

The official RX9 press release is available here.

How to Match Ambience for Film and TV with RX 9
The new Complex Ambience mode
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Art

Ella’s Baby Blanket

Baby Ella and Juli's cat enjoying the blanket together

My cousin Juli had a baby! I knitted a baby blanket for her, my first time making a blanket. I experimented with alternating knit and purl stitches in chunks to make a checkerboard pattern. It ended up not being very square, because my stitches got tighter at the end when I was worried about running out of yarn. Regardless, it is soft and cuddly which is what matters for a baby blanket. It was so fun knitting with gigantic yarn.

the blanket right after I finished knitting, before tucking in the ends
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Dev

RX 8 Wins Academy Award

I’m so proud to share that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized iZotope by awarding RX 8 a Scientific and Engineering Award! It is so cool to see a product that I contributed to getting awarded such an honor.

rx team zoom photo
The RX 8 team joined a zoom call for a group photo, I’m in the upper right
Bottom-left: PM Mike Rozett. Top: DSP Research EngineerAlexey Lukin. Bottom-right: CEO Mark Ethier

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Audio Music

Virtual Caroling

This year, I had a lot of fun making “virtual choir” Christmas carols with my sister and friends scattered across the country. Since we couldn’t be together due to the pandemic, we each recorded our part separately and then put it together after the fact. Such a fun project!

Frosty the Snowman! Full credits in the video description
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Dev

iZotope Vinyl

iZotope’s Vinyl plugin is a classic vinyl emulation effect that was originally released in 2000, and for its 20th anniversary we gave it a complete overhaul. The update includes a brand new modern UI, as well as a new lofi effect, and it is available for free!

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Dev

AES Show Panel

A screenshot from the Q&A at the end of our session. Lisa Ferrante-Walsh, Katrina Lui, Emma Azelborn, and Elpiniki Pappa

This year, I assisted Lisa Ferrante-Walsh, iZotope’s Senior Director of Software Engineering, with organizing a panel for the AES Show Fall 2020. Our panel, titled Evolution of Audio Products – Demystifying Innovation, used case studies to present strategies for bringing innovation into the product development process.

We brought in two experts from the audio tech industry to share their experiences, and I also presented about innovation at iZotope.

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