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Jimmy Eadie is a professional in sound design, recording, and music production, with award-winning work spanning hybrid installations and internationally presented performances. His work explores audio engineering, music production, software development, and sound design, with publications in Organised Sound, Leonardo Journal, and Springer IEEE, and presentations at numerous peer-reviewed conferences. Jimmy holds a PhD in Sonic Design, an MPhil (Hons) in Music & Media Technology, and multiple postgraduate certifications, including a PGCert in Higher Education Practice and a PGCert in Teaching & Learning Technology from TCD. He also earned a Diploma in Game Audio Design & Production from Berklee College and professional certifications in Acoustic Analysis (Rational Acoustics, UK), Sound System Optimisation (Meyer Sound, USA), and Film Sound Editing (Screen Training Ireland). His foundational training includes a City & Guilds qualification in Sound Engineering. From 2009 to 2019, Jimmy played a leading role in the development and delivery of music production programmes at Pulse College/Windmill Lane Studios, Griffith College and University of Lancashire (UCLAN). His work in theatre sound design has been widely recognized, winning Irish Times Theatre Awards for soundscape design in 2011 and 2015, with additional nominations highlighting his contributions to Irish theatre. An experienced audio engineer, Jimmy produced and engineered numerous critically acclaimed albums form his commercial studio in Dublin between 2004 to 2014 he also toured internationally with artists, performing at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall. He was a founding member of Crash Ensemble (1997), Ireland's leading contemporary music group, serving as an audio engineer and technical manager. His contributions helped shape the ensembles distinctive sound, earning it international recognition. Earlier in his career, he was a professional musician, releasing music on Ensign, Setanta, and Dirt Records.

Research Tags

Acoustics Audio Engineering Audio Production Audio Software Development Music Composition Signal Processing Sound Art Sound Design Theatre Sound Virtual Music Instrument Design

Representations

Details	Date
PhD External Examiner - Technological University of the Shannon	2025
Leonardo Journal Peer Review Panel (MIT).	2024
Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) External Examiner Audio and Music Production	2022
Technological University of the Shannon and Midlands Midwest (TUS) External PhD Examiner.	2022
External Examiner PhD Transfer - Munster Technological University (Cork School of Music)	2022
Expert Panel, Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)	2021
External examiner, School of Creative Arts, Technological University Ireland	2021
Internal Doctoral Examiner, School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin.	2021
Chair for 'Sonic Spaces' Sounds of the Environment Seminar - School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin.	2021
Peer Reviewer: 21st century music practice and Research Network	2020
Committee Member: Audio Engineering Society (AES), Co-Chair Workshop and Tutorials	2019
Interview Panel: Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT)	2017

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details	Date From	Date To
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	2017	Present
The Teaching Council of Ireland	2016	Present
The Spatial Music Collective	2014	Present
The Association of Sound Designers	2012	Present
Music Producers Guild	2009	Present
Audio Engineering Society	2007	Present
The Irish Federation of University Teachers	2006	Present
Irish Music Rights Organisation	1990	Present

Publications and other Research Outputs

Publications

Peer Reviewed (260)
Non Peer Reviewed (13)

Jimmy Eadie, 'Into Paradise 'Album 25'', UK, Bandcamp, Setanta, Ensign Records, 2025, Remastered - Curated, 1989-1993, Music Production, PUBLISHED URL PURL

Jimmy Eadie, 'Eno ~ 100 Worthwhile Dilemmas Plugin', Oblique Strategies, (VST/AU) Standalone, KVR Audio/Eadie Audio, 2024, -, Software, RELEASED URL URL

Jimmy Eadie, 'The New Irish Recording Company (NIRC)', Trinity College Dublin, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Coimisiún na Meán., 2024, -, Broadcast, PUBLISHED URL PURL

Jimmy Eadie, Soundscapes of a Century: The Art and Transmission of Irish Broadcasting"s 100-Year Milestone, Leonardo, 57, (1), 2024, p56 - 68, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text DOI

Ragaireacht in, editor(s)Bernd Herzogenrath , A Sound Word Almanac, London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024, pp172 - 180, [Jimmy Eadie], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text URL

Jimmy Eadie, 'Cascando', Daliangshan Theatre Festival, China, 2024, -, Theatre Production, PUBLISHED URL

Jimmy Eadie, crossSampler: Convolution Cross Synthesis Instrument, ICASPMA 2024: 18. Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications, Paris, France, 2024, 18, (7), 2024, pp100 - 120, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Jimmy Eadie/PanPan, 'Cascando', Staatstheater Mainz, Germany, Staatstheater Mainz/Zeitgeist Irland 24, Culture Ireland., 2024, -, Theatre Production, PERFORMED URL

Jimmy Eadie, Theatre Sound as Collaboration, Centre for Advances Studies at the University of Munich, 18/3/24, 4, (7), University of Munich, 2024, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED URL

Jimmy Eadie, Theory and Praxis within Sound, Hybrid, and Installation Art, Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society. Conference Proceedings, New Aesthetic Expressions: The Social Role of Art, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, 5-7 July 2023, 12, (16), Common Ground Research Networks, 2023, pp56 - 76, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED DOI

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Jimmy Eadie/Adrian Curtin (Interview), The (Dead) Centre Cannot Hold: Ontological Insecurity in, 2023, - 159-175, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

Jimmy Eadie, 'Spatial Audio and Interactive Techniques in Sound Design for Theatre', Arts Council Ireland/LIR TCD, 2023, -, Digital research resource production, EXHIBITED

Jimmy Eadie, 'An Ruirthech [River Liffey]', Arts Council/Trinity College Dublin, 2020, -, Music Production, PUBLISHED

Jimmy Eadie , Artistic Research PhDs: Process, Experience And Ideas, Visioning the Future, Online, 22nd September, 2020, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

Jimmy Eadie, Jimmy Eadie, TCD Seminars GBHI Fellows Invited Talk Global Brain Health Institute, Concepts of creativity for brain health, Trinity College Dublin online, 18th September, 2020, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Jimmy Eadie, Sound Art , TCD Seminars GBHI Fellows, Online, June 5th, 2020, Global Brain Health Institute, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Bates, Enda; Eadie, Jimmy; Kang, Ji Youn; Mulvey, Gráinne; Dowling, Fergal; Nealon, Alexis, Workshop on Spatial Audio for Contemporary Music and Theatre, AES 146th Convention, Dublin, Ireland, March 2019, 2019, Audio Engineering Society, Dublin, Dublin, March, 2019, AES, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Jimmy Eadie, Theory & Practice within Sound Design, Samual Beckett Summer School, Trinity College Dublin, 2017, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Jimmy Eadie, Sound Design for Performance, LIR National Centre for Dramatic Arts, March, 2017, Loughlin Deegan, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Jimmy Eadie, 'Morton, John and Me...', Trinity College Dublin, 2017, -, Music Production, COMPLETED

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Awards and Honours

Award	Date
Coimisiún na Meán, Sound & Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme.	2024
Agility Award Arts Council	2023
Arts Council of Ireland Bursary	2020
Professional Development Award, Arts Council	2020
Teaching Excellence Award Trinity (Nomination)	2020
Office of Public Works - Arts Grant	2017
Best in Sound Irish Times Theatre Awards	2016
Trinity Creative Challenge	2016
The Visual & Performing Arts Fund TCD	2016
The Visual & Performing Arts Fund TCD	2015
Arts Council of Ireland Bursary	2015
Arts Council Project Award	2016
Arts Council Project Award	2015
Arts Council Project Award	2014
Arts Council Travel Award	2015
Dublin City Council Arts Award	2013
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council -Arts Grant	2014
South Dublin County Council - Bursary	2013
Best Overall Production Edinburgh Festival for Embers w/PanPan	2013
Best in Sound Irish Times Theatre Awards	2011

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Dr. Jimmy Eadie

Assistant Professor Part-Time (Electronic & Elect. Engineering)

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