Music To Your Ears

Dr Wendy Sadler

How do we make sounds, record sounds and see sounds?

This exciting presentation, with many demonstrations and audience interaction, reveals the secrets from the basics of sound to the latest in music technology. Witness the ultimate 'hands-free' instrument and see a musical instrument played with a blowtorch!

Discover what sounds is, and see what it actually looks like. Find out how our ears pick up sound, and how they can be damaged by loud music. Uncover the mysteries of how CD players and MP3 players work, and have some fun with synthesised voices.

We are pleased to welcome Wendy back to present this very popular lecture to a new audience. Wendy is the award-winning director of the science communication company; 'Science made Simple' and is also the Schools Liason Officer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University