Aaron Paolucci
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Biography
Aaron Paolucci is the Director and Graduate Coordinator of the Creative Technologies Program at Illinois State University. He is a tenured associate professor and has been teaching at ISU since 1999, having taught over 120 full-length courses across a wide range of music and audio-related topics including sound design, speaker design and application, music mixing and mastering, surround sound engineering, microphone theory and application, sound reinforcement, sound for gaming and animation, and so on. He is passionate about designing and prototyping high-end professional and audiophile loudspeakers for live stage, studio, and home applications; always in pursuit of the purest possible reproduction of music and sound. Additionally, Aaron brings a wealth of experience as a theatre sound designer, a live audio engineer, and a mixing/mastering engineer, having worked on over 100 stage productions and recording projects over the last 30 years.
Current Courses
342.001Audio - Loudspeaker Design
442.001Audio - Loudspeaker Design
490.003Directed Projects In Creative Technology
390.005Directed Projects/Seminar In Arts Technology
498.004Professional Practice: Arts Technology
240.001Sound Design 1: Beginning Digital Audio
340.001Sound Design 2: Advanced Digital Audio
440.001Sound Design 2: Advanced Digital Audio
490.002Directed Projects In Creative Technology
390.002Directed Projects/Seminar In Arts Technology
481.007Selected Topics in Creative Technologies
240.001Sound Design 1: Beginning Digital Audio
240.002Sound Design 1: Beginning Digital Audio
343.001Sound to Animation
Teaching Interests & Areas
Sound Design, speaker design, acoustics, and audio engineering
Research Interests & Areas
Dipole open-baffle loudspeaker design and acoustics