Ronan Breslin

• Lecturer Sound for the Moving Image
• Digital Design Staff

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Book Section

The Ambience Table: A Serious Gaming Interface for Aiding Sound Design

Jönsson, Andreas, Breslin, Ronan and Ma, Minhua (2013) The Ambience Table: A Serious Gaming Interface for Aiding Sound Design. In: Serious Games Development and Applications. SGDA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8101 . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 151-164. ISBN 9783642407895

Conference or Workshop Item

Can a Rock Band Make History?: 21 Theses on The Tenementals

Archibald, David, Anderson, Robert, Breslin, Ronan, Ferrari, Mark and Maclean, Olivia (2025) Can a Rock Band Make History?: 21 Theses on The Tenementals. In: Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities Summer School, 25 June 2025, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues paper/gig/film screening of Drifting with Debord (dir. David Archibald 2018) at 29th International Screen Studies Conference 2019 (organised by Screen Journal) at University of Glasgow

Archibald, David, Lavery, Carl, Argo, Jessica and Breslin, Ronan (2019) Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues paper/gig/film screening of Drifting with Debord (dir. David Archibald 2018) at 29th International Screen Studies Conference 2019 (organised by Screen Journal) at University of Glasgow. In: International Screen Studies Conference 2019, June 28-30th 2019, University of Glasgow.

Contributions to a panel presentation on Archiving the past-related present in the interests of the future: a transmedia history of Glasgow

Argo, Jessica, Archibald, David, Anderson, Robert and Breslin, Ronan (2024) Contributions to a panel presentation on Archiving the past-related present in the interests of the future: a transmedia history of Glasgow. In: Radical Film Network Madrid 2024 Archives of Radical Cinema, June 19 to 22, 2024, La Corrala, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).

The Independent Urban Recording Studio as Creative Node: A Case Study of La Chunky Studio, Glasgow

Breslin, Ronan (2025) The Independent Urban Recording Studio as Creative Node: A Case Study of La Chunky Studio, Glasgow. In: People Make Places: popular music making and community building, 4 October 2025, St Andrew's University, Laidlaw Music Centre, Scotland.

An Overview of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art

Breslin, Ronan (2025) An Overview of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art. In: Public Lecture, 14 November 2025, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China.

Introduction to Spatial Audio

Breslin, Ronan (2024) Introduction to Spatial Audio. In: Association for Sound Design and Production Winter School, 13 January 2024, National Theatre of Scotland, Rockvilla, Glasgow.

Panel Presentation for International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Demystifying the Sound Studio.

Breslin, Ronan (2022) Panel Presentation for International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Demystifying the Sound Studio. In: International Association for the Study of Popular Music, July 5-9, 2022., Daegu, South Korea.

A recording studio in 1930’s Glasgow: An overview of the studio, its owners and their contribution to the cultural life of a city in transition.

Breslin, Ronan (2015) A recording studio in 1930’s Glasgow: An overview of the studio, its owners and their contribution to the cultural life of a city in transition. In: The Ninth Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900, 7th of September to 9th of September, 2015, University of Glasgow.

Novel approaches to production and post-production of immersive VR/360 audio-visual experiences

Breslin, Ronan, Argo, Dr Jessica and Petrova, Poli (2017) Novel approaches to production and post-production of immersive VR/360 audio-visual experiences. In: ISSTA International Festival and Conference On Sound In The Arts, Science And Technology, 7-8 September 2017, Dundalk, Republic of Ireland.

"Demystifying the Sound Studio" as part of a panel presentation on Archiving the past-related present in the interests of the future: a transmedia history of Glasgow

Breslin, Ronan, Argo, Jessica, Archibald, David and Anderson, Robert (2024) "Demystifying the Sound Studio" as part of a panel presentation on Archiving the past-related present in the interests of the future: a transmedia history of Glasgow. In: Radical Film Network Conference, June 19 to 22, 2024, Madrid, Spain.

Ambisonics in an Art School Context

Breslin, Ronan, Argo, Jessica and Livingstone, Daniel (2021) Ambisonics in an Art School Context. In: AES 2021 International Audio Education Conference, 22-24 July 2021, Online.

Pandemic Projects: Home recording in the time of Covid and the ongoing impact on small independent recording studios

Breslin, Ronan and Scott, Adam (2024) Pandemic Projects: Home recording in the time of Covid and the ongoing impact on small independent recording studios. In: Society for Music Production Reserach, September 12-14, Leeds Beckett University.

40Hz Auditory Stimulation and Naturalistic Soundscapes for the Treatment and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease poster shared at the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium, April 2023

Rogers, Claire, Singh, Divyanshi, Main, Rebecca, Mckirdy, Ruth, Breslin, Ronan, Argo, Jessica, Parra, Mario A., Sakata, Shuzo and McGeown, William J (2023) 40Hz Auditory Stimulation and Naturalistic Soundscapes for the Treatment and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease poster shared at the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium, April 2023. In: Scottish Dementia Research Consortium, 25-26 April 2023, Radisson Blu, Glasgow.

Artefact

"The Beyond and the Better Way" by The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR

Breslin, Ronan (2025) "The Beyond and the Better Way" by The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR. [Artefact]

Show/Exhibition

Edinburgh Festival BBC Virtual Reality experience at Summerhall - Fingals's Cave 360 Video VR

Jeffrey, Stuart, Trench, Jordan, Noble, Shona, Robertson, Bruce, Breslin, Ronan, May, Aaron, Bissell, Kate, Kibble-White, Jack, Ramsay, Samuel, Calderara, Stefania, Simpson, James, Halkett, Jonathan, Rawlinson, Alastair, Alexander, Derek, Jones, Sian, Rhodes, Daniel and Poller, Tessa (2019) Edinburgh Festival BBC Virtual Reality experience at Summerhall - Fingals's Cave 360 Video VR. Summerhall, Edinburgh, 19-23 August 2019 [Show/Exhibition]

Performance

The Gorgeus Pouting Mr AR album launch and performance

Breslin, Ronan (2025) The Gorgeus Pouting Mr AR album launch and performance. [Performance]

Monograph

Public Sector Radio in Scotland: A View from The Tenementals

Archibald, David, Anderson, Robert, Breslin, Ronan, Ferrari, Mark, Maclean, Olivia, Martin, Therese and Whittle, Simon (2026) Public Sector Radio in Scotland: A View from The Tenementals. Other. Scottish Parliament.

Video

"Muffin Man" by The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR

Breslin, Ronan, Archibald, Daniel and Johnston, Beth (2025) "Muffin Man" by The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR. [Video]

"Hands in the Air" by The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR

Breslin, Ronan and Topen, Jacob (2025) "Hands in the Air" by The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR. [Video]

The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR "A Grand Day"

Breslin, Ronan and Topen, Jacob (2024) The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR "A Grand Day". [Video]

Audio

Adolescent Nuclear Angst ... Or how I Learned to Stick My Head Between My Knees

Breslin, Ronan (2016) Adolescent Nuclear Angst ... Or how I Learned to Stick My Head Between My Knees. [Audio]

Boom Bap Septic Clap (radio) - dur. 15 minutes

Breslin, Ronan (2019) Boom Bap Septic Clap (radio) - dur. 15 minutes. [Audio]

Dressing Above Your Station (soundtrack)

Breslin, Ronan (2022) Dressing Above Your Station (soundtrack). [Audio]

Spatial Audio for Digital Laocoon Project

Breslin, Ronan (2019) Spatial Audio for Digital Laocoon Project. [Audio]

"What Lies Below". A spatial audio composition for eight speakers and low frequency channel (sub). An interpretation of "Fratres" by Estonian Composer Arvo Pärt.

Breslin, Ronan (2022) "What Lies Below". A spatial audio composition for eight speakers and low frequency channel (sub). An interpretation of "Fratres" by Estonian Composer Arvo Pärt. [Audio]

The Tenementals "Glasgow: A History (Vol. 1 of VI)"

Breslin, Ronan, Archibald, David, Anderson, Bob, Argo, Jessica, Askew, Sophie, Cunnion, Jen, Ferrari, Mark, Martin, Therese, Martin, Sarah, McLean, Olivia and Whittle, Simon (2024) The Tenementals "Glasgow: A History (Vol. 1 of VI)". [Audio]