Chris Buchanan
Senior Software Engineer (P4) at Sony Interactive Entertainment
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Buchanan is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in real-time audio and acoustic systems, currently delivering advanced audio features for PlayStation at Sony Interactive Entertainment. With a BSc in Mathematics and an MSc (Distinction) in Acoustics & Music Technology from the University of Edinburgh, he transitioned from seismic signal processing at CGG into audio R&D, combining rigorous mathematical grounding with practical DSP expertise. He has led speech and singing synthesis projects at CereProc, freelanced core DSP for boutique audio companies like Goodhertz and Signum Audio, and published research in 3D audio and emotional voice synthesis. His work spans audio accessibility, 3D audio, real-time acoustic propagation and mastering, with a research focus on structural modelling of HRTFs and interactive acoustics. Colleagues know him for translating academic research into production-grade audio features for games and plugins, and for a rare blend of signal-processing depth with hands-on systems engineering. Based in Edinburgh, he brings a decade of cross-disciplinary experience bridging research, product R&D and real-time DSP implementation.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Acoustics & Music Technology, Master of Science (MSc) Acoustics & Music Technology at The University of EdinburghBanbridge Academy
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
dtw9
music8
resonance-audio7
python6
prosody6
mojo5
speech4
synthesis4
kaldi3
audio3
command-line-utility3
speech-recognition3
speech-synthesis3
read-write2
loss2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Sinnerboy89/binaural-league
Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:25 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
Sinnerboy89/RTAC
May 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
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