Hannes Dieterle

Audio Tech

Audio Tech

My studies in Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering at TU and KUG Graz, combined with my professional work as an acoustics engineer, have led to several tech projects that I’m excited to share here.

Electronics of the light suit and a talk at SCHOEPS Electronics of the light suit and a talk at SCHOEPS

Electroluminescent Suit

Monika Roscher on stage in the glowing suit

Project · since 2015

A glowing stage outfit for Monika Roscher

While studying at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) in Graz and working as a live electronics musician, I embarked on a long-term collaboration with big band leader Monika Roscher. Our goal was to develop a truly unique stage outfit, a project that became my “baby” for several years.

Starting in 2015, I designed and built an electroluminescent suit using a combination of EL wires and LEDs. I wirelessly control the suit from the stage during our song “Starlight Nightcrash”.

When the song begins, the stage lights are cut, and the audience is left with a visually striking scene of the glowing suit and the big band’s illuminated music stands.

The Monika Roscher Bigband with illuminated music stands

I still feel a mix of anticipation and relief every time I launch the first scene. The reward is seeing Monika light up to the music, either as a glowing night sky or a futuristic astronaut.

The suit has been featured in countless Monika Roscher Bigband shows across Europe since its debut in 2016, appearing everywhere from the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg to Jazzbaltica and even once in the Annenkirche, a crazy burnt-out church in St. Petersburg.

If you’d like to learn more about how the suit was developed, read my project thesis (German) from 2016 or watch the featurette below.

Read the project thesis

Photo credits: Emanuel Klempa

Projekt "Leuchtanzug" für den Song Starlight Nightcrash
Monika Roscher Bigband - Starlight Nightcrash (live @ Jazzbaltica 2017)

Microphone Tech

Talks, demos and tutorials I worked on at SCHOEPS – from capsule polar patterns and acoustic measurement data to microphone techniques for VR and 360° video.

Microphone Directivity Demo: Hear different Capsule Polar Patterns
Hannes Dieterle: Akustische Qualitätsdaten von Mikrofonen - Teil 1: Frequenzgang und Polardiagramm
Hannes Dieterle, K.Sagnowski, H.Wittek (SCHOEPS): Mikrofontechnik für VR
Microphone Techniques for VR and 360° Videos – Part 1–3

Teaching

Title slide of the microphone technology workshop 2026

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg · since 2025

Guest Lecturer, Microphone Technology

Since 2025, I’ve been a guest lecturer for microphone technology at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany’s leading film schools.

The workshop covers everything film sound students need to know about microphones: from the basics of transducer types and polar patterns to practical comparisons of shotguns vs. supercardioids, stereo techniques, and digital microphones. My goal is to combine solid technical understanding with hands-on experience – including blind listening tests and experiments like taping up a cardioid capsule to understand how directivity actually works.

Writing

Cover of the book Raum und Offene Jugendarbeit

Book chapter

Chapter about Room Acoustics

Kapitel 7: Akustische Gestaltung von Räumen in der Offenen Jugendarbeit – Hannes Dieterle and Maria Fellner

From the reference book Raum und Offene Jugendarbeit, LIT Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-50632-0

View at LIT Verlag