AES 103rd Convention

WORKSHOPS
Sunday, September 28
W9 - W12

W-9 Audio On The Great White Way
Sunday, September 28, 9:00 am
Chairman: Tom Bensen, Crest Amplifiers
Panelists: Johnathan Dean, Sound Designer; Peter Fitzgerald, Sound Associates; Abe Jacob, New York City Opera Company; John Kilgore, Masque Sound; Gary Stocker, ProMix

This workshop explores the process of sound design for theatrical applications from input to output. In other words, wireless and hardwired microphone selection and placement techniques, computerized show control and automation, pre- and postproduction effects and other cues, and loudspeaker selection and placement techniques.

 
W-10 Internet Audio Server Setup and Operation
Sunday, September 28, 9:00 am
Chairman: Bill Ruhnke, Consultant/Webmaster
Panelists: Frank Beacham, user and critic; Robert Gould, Grit Internet Broadcasting; Bill Moir, Olympia Online Broadcasting; Steve Church, President, Telos Systems (AudioActive); Aurika Hays, Progressive Networks (RealAudio); Phil Wiser, Liquid Audio; Chris Bell, N2K; David S. Johnson, New Media Designs, Inc.

Various Internet audio technologies will be demonstrated at a variety of Internet connection speeds. Panelist will discuss Internet Broadcasting, music downloads, server setup, file formats and surf audio resource sites to show attendees where to get software plug-ins for a variety of audio formats, and where to browse to find the successful Web broadcasters.

W-11 ISDN/Wide-Area Production
Sunday, September 28, 2:00 pm
Chairman: David Immer, Digiphone
Panelists: Jim Jordan, Real Time Network; Chris Reilly, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.; Mark Schaszberger, IMAKE

This workshop will feature discussions and demonstrations of live audio delivery and reception, audio file storage and retrieval, project collaboration, and interactivity over local and long-distance networks including ISDN, Internet, and POTs. Use of both direct-dial-up and Internet connections will show ways to overcome the problems of producer, editor, or client being separated by 1 mile or 8,000 miles. A comparative listening station with headphones will be set up to compare the effect of bit reduction algorithms at various compression ratios, cascading, and transcoding.

W-12 24-Bit/96-khz Mastering: Where Do We Go From Here?
Sunday, September 28, 2:00 pm
Chairman: Bob Katz, Digital Domain
Panelists: Ian Dennis, Prism Sound; Andy Moorer, Sonic Solutions; Mike Story, Data Conversion Systems; Bob Stuart, Meridian Audio; Daniel Weiss, Weiss Engineering; Glenn Zelniker, Z-Systems Audio Engineering

A small but growing segment of the recording and mastering community has been exposed to the virtues of 24-bit/96-kHz technology. We would like to see the sonic benefits of this technology reach the consumer, but must first overcome numerous technical, political, and economic obstacles. A distinguished panel of mastering engineers, recording engineers, DSP gurus, and hardware designers will try to break through the bottlenecks that are holding us back. Topics include: Can high-resolution mastering become the norm, not the exception, as we approach the next century? What mastering formats can we use today while awaiting the emergence of a DVD Audio specification? Can recording and mastering at 24 bits/96 kHz have an impact on the quality of present day compact discs? What equipment is necessary to record, edit, and master at 96 kHz?


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