Prof. Murray Campbell
Key Research Areas: Musical acoustics, optical measurement of acoustic fields, particle image velocimetry (PIV), wind instruments, artificial lips, input impedance measurements, vortex sound theory, acoustic streaming, historic musical instruments
About
Murray Campbell is Professor of Musical Acoustics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. His main research activity is concerned with different aspects of the acoustical and musical behaviour of wind instruments. For some years the non-linear dynamics of lip-vibrated wind instruments has been studied using artificial lip excitation and high-speed digital photography. Non-linear loss mechanisms in wind instruments have been explored using particle image velocimetry. Acoustic pulse reflectometry and related techniques have been developed as effective tools for the design and optimisation of wind instruments. Work is also in progress on acoustical studies of historic wind instruments, making use of the rich resources of the University of Edinburgh's Collection of Historic Musical Instruments.
Murray Campbell is Co-ordinator of the UK Musical Acoustics Network, Co-chair of the Technical Committee for Musical Acoustics of the European Acoustics Association, and Associate Editor for Acta Acustica united with Acustica. He is Musical Director of the Edinburgh Renaissance Band, the Scottish Gabrieli Ensemble and the Linton Singers.
Books
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Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance.M Campbell, C Greated and A Myers.
Oxford University Press(2004) -
The Musician's Guide to Acoustics.M Campbell and C Greated.
Oxford University Press(1987, repr.1998)
Recent Journal Papers
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Wideband measurement of the acoustic impedance of tubular objects.M van Walstijn, M Campbell, J Kemp and D Sharp.
Acta Acustica united with Acustica 91, 590-604(2005) -
Brass instruments as we know them today.M Campbell.
Acta Acustica united with Acustica 90, 600-610(2004) -
Comparative analysis of brass wind musical instruments with an artificial mouth: First results.J F Petiot, F Tessier, J Gilbert and M Campbell.
Acta Acustica united with Acustica 89, 974-979(2003) -
Application of the lattice Boltzmann method to transition in oscillatory flow.J A Cosgrove, J M Buick, S J Tonge, C G Munro, C A Greated and D M Campbell.
J.Phys.A: Math.Gen. 36, 2609-2620(2003) -
The development of a microphone calibration technique using photon correlation spectroscopy.T MacGillivray, D Campbell, C Greated and R Barham.
Acta Acustica united with Acustica 89, 369-376(2003) -
Discrete-time modelling of woodwind instrument bores using wave variables.M van Walstijn and M Campbell.
J.Acoust.Soc.Amer. 113, 575-585(2003) -
The development of a microphone calibration technique using Laser Doppler Anemometry.T MacGillivray, D Campbell, C Greated and R Barham.
Acustica 88, 135-141(2002) -
Distinguishing between similar tubular objects using pulse reflectometry: a study of trumpet and cornet lead pipes.J M Buick, J Kemp, D B Sharp, M van Walstijn, D M Campbell, R A Smith.
Meas.Sci.Technol.13, 750-757(2002) -
Multimodal radiation impedance of a rectangular duct terminated in an infinite baffle.J A Kemp, D M Campbell and N Amir.
Acustica united with acta acustica 87, 11-15(2001) -
Review of LDA and PIV applied to the measurement of sound and acoustic streaming.M Campbell, J A Cosgrove, C A Greated, S Jack and D Rockliff.
Opt. Laser Technol. 32, 629-639(2000) -
Brass instruments: Linear stability analysis and experiments with an artificial mouth.J S Cullen, J Gilbert and D M Campbell.
Acustica united with acta acustica 86, 704-724(2000) -
Non-linear dynamics of musical reed and brass wind instruments.D M Campbell.
Contemp.Phys. 40(6), 415-431(1999)
