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Career Workshop & Fair, Recording & Design Competitions, Mentoring, & More
SAN FRANCISCO: AES Conventions represent the ultimate connectivity Mecca for plugged-in students eager to network with established engineers, producers, music industry pros and manufacturers. “Education Committee Co-Chairs Dottie Kreps, Teri Grossheim and Mark Swiderski have devised an exemplary program to provide student attendees with a wealth of career-building details and networking opportunities,” reports AES Executive Director Roger Furness. “Scheduled for October 2-5 in SF’s Moscone Center, 125th AES Convention Student Events are certain to provide instructive benefits for all attendees.”
Student Events Program Highlights Include:
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2:30 – 4:00PM
ONE ON ONE MENTORING SESSION, PART 1: Following the Student Delegate Assembly meeting 9:00 – 11:00AM, students may register for individual meetings with distinguished audio industry mentors. This rewarding opportunity for a one-on-one discussion with industry mentors will continue on Friday, Oct. 3, 9:00 – 11:00AM.
Thursday, Oct. 2
LISTENING SESSIONS: Chair Dave Greenspan will review student recording projects in a non-competitive listening session designed to provide constructive feedback from a professional panel and audience members. This event is not open to finalists in the Recording competition. A second Listening Session is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4,.
Friday, Oct. 3, 10:00AM – Noon:
EDUCATION FAIR: Institutions offering studies in audio (from short courses to graduate degrees) will be represented in a “table top” session. Information on each school’s respective programs will be available via displays and academic guidance. Admission is free, and open to all convention attendees.
Friday, Oct. 3, 1:30 -4:30PM
RECORDING COMPETITION/SURROUND: A distinguished panel of judges will critique finalists in an interactive presentation and discussion. Student members can submit stereo and surround recordings in the categories classical, jazz, folk/world music, and pop/rock. Meritorious awards will be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly Meeting on Monday. The STEREO RECORDING COMPETITION is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4, 2:30 – 6:00PM
Friday, Oct. 3, 2:30 – 4:40PM
RESUME REVIEW: AES Convention Co-Chair and leading industry consultant John Strawn will chair this session aimed at job candidates in electrical engineering and computer science. Confidential, no-cost, no-obligation resume reviews will offer recommendations on: missing resume elements, items to omit and how to strengthen talent and skill descriptions. Recent graduates, juniors, seniors, and graduate students seeking full-time employment in hardware or software engineering for the audio and music industries will especially benefit from this session.
Friday, Oct. 3, 4:30 – 6:00PM
CAREER WORKSHOP: Moderators: Keith Hatschek and Gary Gottlieb have programmed an interactive workshop on student member input. Topics are focused on education and career development within the audio industry. An online discussion based on this talk will continue on the forums at www.aes-sda.org .
Saturday, Oct. 4, 9:00 – 11:00AM
CAREER FAIR: The Career/Job Fair will feature several companies from the exhibit floor. Convention attendees, students and professionals alike, are welcome to visit with representatives to learn about audio industry job and internship opportunities. Resumes are requested.
Sunday, Oct. 5, 9:00 – 10:00AM
DESIGN COMPETITION: Students at any university or recording school may submit audio projects to showcase their technical skills. The Competition is focused on design concepts and prototypes, not recording projects or theoretical papers. Designs will be judged by a panel of industry experts in design and manufacturing. Multiple prizes will be awarded.
The 125th AES Convention will be held in San Francisco’s Moscone Center October 2-5, 2008. For information please visit www.aes.org
Photo caption: Education Committee Co-Chair Mark Swiderski.
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Currently celebrating its 60th anniversary, The Audio Engineering Society was formed in 1948 by a group of concerned audio engineers. The AES counts over 14,000 members throughout the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Japan and the Far East. The organization serves as the pivotal force in the exchange and dissemination of technical information for the industry. For additional information visit http://www.aes.org
Daly City, CA — Every time Kevin Moore puts out an album, he gains a new wave of fans. The urbane bluesman — better known as Keb’ Mo’ — has gone from playing obscure clubs in south central L.A. to filling halls across several continents. His current tour in support of his new album, Suitcase, has him bouncing between Europe and North America, alternating between headlining and sharing the stage with the likes of Taj Mahal and Robert Cray. At the FOH and monitor helms are two Digidesign® VENUE live sound systems.
Both Moore’s longtime FOH engineer, John Schirmer, and monitor engineer Roland Ryan are mixing the shows on D-Show® Profile™ consoles. As Schirmer explains, the VENUE systems are a welcome addition for an artist like Moore.
“I’ve toured with pretty much every digital console there is,” he says. “On some of them, I’ve actually bypassed the preamps completely, because they just didn’t sound right. VENUE is sonically superior to any other digital console.”
The acoustic guitar factors heavily in Moore’s sound, with arrangements that are spare, tight, and organic, making sound quality and imaging even more important. “These days fidelity is important in every show you do,” says Schirmer. “I can’t get away with hiding stuff behind a distorted drum kit. With VENUE I don’t have to play damage control, hiding this with that — I can mix to mix.”
VENUE’s native support of the wide range of TDM plug-ins is an important factor to Schirmer. “Being able to use emulations of vintage compressors really makes my life easier,” he explains. “I can really bring out the detail of the instruments, using plug-ins I’m familiar with. Using VENUE lets me bring some of my studio chops to live mixing, and my live mixing chops to the studio. It all melds together for me, and that helps me be a better engineer.”
Indeed, VENUE’s compatibility with Pro Tools® also plays an important role in the creative process. “Kevin uses Pro Tools|HD in his project studio at home,” says Schirmer. “In fact, we used Pro Tools to track and mix the last record. Kevin has been mixing exclusively in the box since the introduction of Pro Tools|HD. We’re using Pro Tools somewhere pretty much every day.”
Schirmer continues, “Taking the VENUE system on the road allows us to track every show. We’re looking at bringing those shows to the studio, mastering them, and making them available online to his fans.”
Schirmer cites the VENUE system’s Virtual Soundcheck as a major workflow benefit over other consoles he’s used. “Being able to use the live tracks from last night’s gig, compare reverbs, EQs, and set up my mix, that’s just incredible,” he says. “Even if we were lucky enough to get as long a sound check as we want — and how often does that ever happen? — it’s still not the same. A band is never going to play with the same feel and intensity during sound check as they do in front of the crowd. With Virtual Soundcheck, I can loop a piece of last night’s performance, let these guys go have dinner, and pick stuff apart that I’d never have time to do during the gig.”
About VENUE
Digidesign’s VENUE live sound environment is revolutionizing the art and profession of live sound mixing with studio-quality sound, TDM plug-in effects processing, and direct connectivity to industry-standard Pro Tools® recording and playback systems. For more information about the VENUE line of products, visit www.digidesign.com/venue.
About Digidesign
Digidesign is a worldwide leading manufacturer of digital audio production systems and the winner of the 2001 Technical Grammy® Award and 2003 Oscar® statuette representing the Academy Scientific and Technical Award for the design, development, and implementation of the Pro Tools® digital audio workstation. Digidesign provides the professional music, film, video, multimedia, and radio broadcast industries with tools for digital recording, MIDI sequencing, editing, signal processing, and surround mixing. Digidesign products are marketed in more than 40 countries worldwide through a distribution network of value-added dealers, distributors, and OEM relationships. Digidesign is a part of Avid Technology, Inc. For more information, visit www.digidesign.com.
About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid (Nasdaq: AVID) is a worldwide leader in tools for film, video, audio, 3D animation, gaming and broadcast professionals – as well as for home audio and video enthusiasts. Avid professional and consumer brands include Avid®, Digidesign, M-Audio®, Pinnacle Systems®, Sibelius®, Softimage® and Sundance Digital®. The vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials and chart-topping music hits are made using one or more Avid products. Whether used by seasoned professionals or beginning students, Avid’s products and services enable customers to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. Avid received an Oscar statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid® Film Composer® system for motion picture editing. For more information about the company’s Oscar, Grammy and Emmy® award-winning products and services, visit www.avid.com.
Miami, FL – September 2008… D.A.S. Audio, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of loudspeaker systems, power amplification, signal processing, and related components, is pleased to announce the addition of five new firms representing the company’s products in the United States. The rep firms include Anew Communications Technology, Inc., Dick Bellew Sales, The Healy Group, Bob White Associates, and Pacific Coast Audio. more
Company Expands the Flexibility of Its A-Net® Output to Simplify Connectivity for Users
LONDON, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 — Aviom, exclusive developer of the world’s most powerful audio transport protocol, A-Net®, has increased its connectivity options with the release of its AN-16/o v.4 Output Module, making its industry debut at PLASA 2008, September 7-10 (Booth G11). The flexibility offered by this new Pro16® Series output module simplifies connectivity with other manufacturers’ mixing consoles, amplifiers, powered speaker systems, and recording devices. more
Pictured (L-R) at Bernie Grundman Mastering are Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme of Eagles of Death Metal and mastering engineer Brian Gardner. Photo by David Goggin.
Eagles of Death Metal mastered their forthcoming third album, “Heart On,” at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Founding members Jesse “Boots Electric” Hughes and Joshua “Baby Duck” Homme were on hand at sessions with mastering engineer Brian “Big Bass” Gardner.
Contrary to popular opinion, Eagles of Death Metal is not actually a death metal band. Joshua Homme describes the music as “bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals.” The band was formed in 1998 and achieved surprising early success partially due to the use of their music in numerous television commercials, including those for Nissan, Budweiser, Pontiac, and Wendy’s.
Eagles of Death Metal returned in 2006 with their sophomore album, “Death by Sexy,” and a resurgence of their early acclaim. Homme remarked that their new album is titled “Heart On” because the material was written while the band was touring relentlessly throughout the America heartland. The Rekords Rekords/Downtown album is slated for release October 28, 2008.
LONDON, UK—Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a brand of The Vitec Group, is bringing to PLASA 2008 (Stand L38) its new Clear-Com Concert™ Version 2.0, the latest incarnation of its popular software-based intercom solution. The upgraded standalone system includes a new client user interface optimised for quick, simple navigation of common communication functions, ideal for the fast-paced environment of live production. Also new is connectivity with Clear-Com’s Eclipse Digital Matrix intercom system, establishing a single communication environment for all users within a facility.
Designed with the tight time frames and rapid pace typical of live performances in mind, Clear-Com’s Concert Version 2.0 user interface offers easy access to the most frequently used button keys, including talk, end-call, chat and sound adjustment. The “My Calls” pane provides push-to-talk or chat button access for quickly accepting or rejecting a call from incoming callers, while user availability can be determined by a brief glance at the “presence awareness” feature, now including colour-coded buttons to specify availability. Also new to the panel is a quick-list view of all active communication sessions.
“Clear-Com recognizes that extraordinary time pressures and fast turnaround times are the norm in live performance production, and that this demands a voice communication system that is simple and intuitive for users,” says Craig Frederickson, IP Product Manager at Clear-Com. “The advancements we have made to the user interface of Concert Version 2.0 empowers users to access and communicate with others with unprecedented levels of ease, taking a great deal of stress out of the entire process and making the entire production experience vastly more efficient.”
The user interface also plays a crucial role in another major advancement to the Concert system, the connection with the Eclipse Digital Matrix system. The interface features an Eclipse panel view, enabling users to participate in Matrix communications from any windows PC with a network connection, including over the Internet. This facilitates
ad-hoc communications, allowing the user to participate in traditional Matrix communications, as well as build new work groups and audio conferences, with easy drag-and-drop functionality and simple point-and-click controls.
Users of Concert can communicate with those on Clear-Com’s V-Series user panels and/or integrated wireless beltpacks. Also, from a single panel view, those working remotely can join in on intercom discussions occurring in-house, offering a cost-effective way to connect both remote and adjunct production crews.
Like the original Concert, Version 2.0 is based on Novel IP routing algorithms over a standard IP network, providing secure, low-latency voice communication capabilities. Scalable to hundreds of users, Concert is designed with proprietary protocols and error recovery algorithms for mission-critical applications. The system is highly secure, using AES 128-bit encryption for protecting the privacy of transmissions. While Concert 2.0 is an enhanced version of its predecessor, it still offers the same popular features of the original model, including enhanced audio that delivers crystal-clear sound and non-blocking communications over a standard Local Area Network or Internet between local and remote users.
ABOUT CLEAR-COM
Clear-Com® is the global leader of professional communication solutions for broadcast, live performance, military, government and commercial markets. For more than 40 years, Clear-Com’s signature products such as Encore Party-line, Eclipse Digital Matrix, CellCom®/FreeSpeak® Digital Wireless and IP Communications systems have revolutionised broadcast stations, production trucks, houses of worship and performance venues. Recognising Clear-Com for its history of intercom innovation, production teams around the world achieve ubiquitous communication with products to promote easy interoperability and global connectivity. More information can be found at www.clearcom.com.
ABOUT THE VITEC GROUP PLC
The Vitec Group plc is acknowledged as a global leader in the supply of equipment and services to the broadcasting, entertainment and photographic industries and has established a reputation for technical excellence and superior engineering along with an astute business strategy which has seen it grow by acquisition. Innovation is a cornerstone of the Group’s activities and the organisation is committed to a policy of continuous product development. With revenues (2007) of $546m (£274m) and over 2200 employees world-wide, its products are distributed in almost 100 countries, through a strong, fully-resourced distribution network or direct to the end user or corporate customer. More information can be found at www.vitecgroup.com.
LAKEWOOD, NJ, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008 – Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the XX series XLR cable connector, is aiding the Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) in its continuing efforts to increase opportunities for women in the audio engineering industry. Neutrik is donating two of its “Easy Patch” Bantam TT patchbays to WAM to be used as central connection points in the organization’s newly constructed recording studio. more
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