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- Deadline is February 20th
What's New on the AES HC Web Page
2012-12-25
Added Ampex Factbook 1970
2012-12-24
Added Popular Misconceptions about Magnetic Recording History and Theory—Things You
May Have Missed over the Past 85 Years, by Jay McKnight
Added
Calculating the Short Wavelength Response of the Magnetic Recording and Reproducing Process -- A Historical Review, by Jay McKnight
2012-12-19
Updated Historical Committee Activities at AES Conventions
2012-12-10
Added
Stanford Libraries' Ampex Model 200A Magnetic Tape Recorder, Restored by Larry Miller
("All About the Ampex Model 200A"), with links to relevant references
Added the Ampex 200A references:
- Reception flyer
- Miller dedication
- Leslie celebration
- 200 A Brochure
- 200A Instruction book
- Lindsay&Stolaroff 200A design
- 201 Conversion
- Drenner Magnetophon
- Miller&McKnight Playing 200A Tapes
2012-10-24
Added AES133_HCMeetingAgenda
Added Agenda
2012-10-23
Updated Oral History Project and Interview List
2012-10-20
Added 131st Convention, New York, NY 2011-10-22
2012-08-25
Links to Museums
2012-08-01
Updated Links to Unofficial Sites
2012-07-27
Updated Links to Organizations and Institutions
2012-07-25
Updated Timeline
2012-07-23
Updated HC Officers and Projects
2012-08-13
Updated some "404" URLs along the way
Added "Recording History Technology", and the intro to it on the Home Page.
2011-10-13
Updated HC Officers and Projects
2011-10-10
Updated HC Officers and Projects list and Internet Communications
2011-08-11
Added Development of Coated Tape and the Magnetophon in Germany
2011-08-01
Added 3M tape Tables in SI Units
2010-11-09
Added BOG Reports for Conventions 124, 125, 126, 127, and 129.
2010-11-08
Added AES129 HC Meeting Agenda
2010-10-15
Added McKnight, AC-Bias at Bell Telephone Labs, 1936-1939
2010-10-13
Added Leslie and Snyder "History of the Early Days of Ampex Corporation",
the first publication of an original history.
2010-06-27
Added Hilliard "A Brief History of Early Motion Picture Sound Recording and Reproducing Practices"
Added Hilliard "Early History of the Evolution of the Volume Indicator"
Added Frayne "[History of] Motion Picture Sound Recording"
Added Frayne "History of Disk Recording"
Added link to "Audio Record"
Updated URLs on General Resources and Unofficial Web Pages...
2009-10-11
Added agenda for HC meeting at 127th Convention.
Updated Patents Project.
2009-08-11
Added Harry Hirsch to Project Leaders as Oral History Video Project Editor.
2009-01-23
Updated links for "Motion Picture Sound Engineering" ( intro and book )
2009-01-11
Added "Tape Degredation Factors and Challenges in Predcting Tape Life",
a link to Richard Hess' ARSC Journal paper. Squealing tape, and what
can and can't be done about it to play those tapes, including a new
method.
Updated Obituaries, Index and links to
2008-11-20
Added a link to the newly-available ""Motion Picture Sound Engineering" (intro, and download 40 MB book here).
Moved "Historical Committee Activities at AES Conventions" to almost the top of the page, and updated, revised, edited, etc these items:
- Exhibits, talks, presentations, etc
- Agendas for Committee meetings: What's planned for the meetings.
- Reports of Committee activities for the previous half year.
- Minutes of the Committee meetings.
2008-10-01
Added Agenda for HC Meeting on 2008-10-03
2008-09-19
Added 125th Convention "Historical Events" and Historical Committee Meeting time on this page (above).
2008-08-06
Oral Interviews, including
Oral Histories are available for purchase at the Historical Committee Web Store. Also see the "AES Celebrates 60th Anniversary".
2008-06-12
Added AES HC Web Store link. Updated Oral History Project.
2008-05-15
Added Meeting Agenda (including HC Report to Governors). Added entry for Library of Congress, Culpeper, in Links, Organizations and Institutions.
2008-04-25
HC meeting time changed to Tuesday, 2008-05-20, 10:00...12:00 h on top of home page.
2008-04-23
Added HC meeting at Amsterdam Convention to top of home page.
2008-04-14
Added advertisement for Historical Events at Amsterdam Convention; reference to "AES Celebrates 60th Anniversary", and that Oral Histories will be available on DVDs; numerous minor rewordings to the home page.
2008-03-20
Added obituary for Ross Snyder
2008-02-29
Added Update on the Ampex Collection at Stanford University
2008-01-07
Added to Project Leaders page: Stan Tempelaars as Historical Events for the 124th Convention (Amsterdam, 2008-05).
2008-01-01
Added How the Audio Engineering Society Began, and Volume 0 of the AES Journal -- 1947...1952 .






