AES New York 2017
Student / Career Event Details

Wednesday, October 18, 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm (Rm 1E09)

EC01 - Student Delegate Assembly—1

The first Student Delegate Assembly (SDA) meeting is the official opening of the Convention’s student program and a great opportunity to meet with fellow students from all corners of the world. This opening meeting of the Student Delegate Assembly will introduce new events and election proceedings, announce candidates for the coming year’s election for the North & Latin American Regions Vice Chair, announce the finalists in the Student Recording Competition categories and the Student Design Competition, and announce all upcoming student/education related events of the convention. Students and student sections will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves and their activities, in order to stimulate international contacts. The SDA leaders will then lead a dialog to discuss important issues significant to all audio students.

All students and educators are invited to participate in this meeting. Election results and Recording Competition and Design Competition Awards will be given at the Student Delegate Assembly Meeting–Part 2 on Saturday, October 21.

 
 

Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm (Rm 1E06 - PMC Room)

EC02 - Student Recording Critiques

Moderator:
Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement

Students! Come and get tips, tricks, and advice to push your skills to the next level! The Student Recording Critiques are non-competitive listening sessions in which students get to listen to their recordings and productions on a world-class playback system and then receive feedback from a panel of renowned industry professionals. Students at any stage of their studies can sign up to participate. Sign up at the student (SDA) booth immediately on arrival at the convention and deliver stereo or non-interleaved 5.1 channel mixes as 44.1 Khz/24 bit AIFF or WAVE files, to the SDA booth when you sign up. If you sign up, please make sure you arrive on time at the start of the session, otherwise alternates will be placed on the schedule in your place. Finalists in the Recording Competition are excluded from submitting to these events so that as many students as possible can benefit from this type of feedback. (Recording competition finalists get this feedback as part of the competition process.) These events are generously supported by PMC.

 
 

Thursday, October 19, 10:45 am — 12:45 pm (Fairs)

EC03 - SPARS Mentoring

This event is specially suited for students, recent graduates, young professionals, and those interested in career advice. Hosted by SPARS in cooperation with the AES Education Committee, career related Q&A sessions will be offered to participants in a speed group mentoring format. A dozen students will interact with 4–5 working professionals in specific audio engineering fields or categories every 20 minutes. Audio engineering fields/categories include gaming, live sound/live recording, audio manufacturer, mastering, sound for picture, and studio production.

Mentors include: Trevor Fletcher
Mike Mazzotta
Gina Zdanowicz
Matthew Rifino
Chuck Zwicky
Joel Hamilton
Tom Salta
Barry Cleveland
Anthony Schultz
David Amlen,
Chris Mara
Leslie Mona-Mathus
Jamie Baker
Karrie Keyes
Leslie Ann Jones
Dann Michael Thompson

 
 

Thursday, October 19, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm (Rm 1E06 - PMC Room)

EC04 - Student Recording Critiques

Moderator:
Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement

Students! Come and get tips, tricks, and advice to push your skills to the next level! The Student Recording Critiques are non-competitive listening sessions in which students get to listen to their recordings and productions on a world-class playback system and then receive feedback from a panel of renowned industry professionals. Students at any stage of their studies can sign up to participate. Sign up at the student (SDA) booth immediately on arrival at the convention and deliver stereo or non-interleaved 5.1 channel mixes as 44.1 Khz/24 bit AIFF or WAVE files, to the SDA booth when you sign up. If you sign up, please make sure you arrive on time at the start of the session, otherwise alternates will be placed on the schedule in your place. Finalists in the Recording Competition are excluded from submitting to these events so that as many students as possible can benefit from this type of feedback. (Recording competition finalists get this feedback as part of the competition process.) These events are generously supported by PMC.

 
 

Thursday, October 19, 1:00 pm — 3:00 pm (Poster Area 2)

EC05 - Saul Walker Student Design Competition

All accepted entries to the AES Student Design Competition are given the opportunity to show off their designs at this poster/tabletop exhibition. The session is free and open to all convention attendees and is an opportunity for aspiring student hardware and software engineers to have their projects seen by the AES design community. It is an invaluable career-building event and a great place for companies to identify their next employees. Students from both audio and non-audio backgrounds are encouraged to participate. Few restrictions are placed on the nature of the projects, which may include loudspeaker designs, DSP plug-ins, analog hardware, signal analysis tools, mobile applications, and sound synthesis devices. Attendees will observe new, original ideas implemented in working-model prototypes.

 
 

Thursday, October 19, 3:15 pm — 5:15 pm (Rm 1E07 (5.1))

EC06 - Student Recording Competition—Part 1

The Student Recording Competition is a highlight at each convention. A distinguished panel of judges participates in critiquing finalists of each category in an interactive presentation and discussion. The top three finalists in each category, as identified by our judges, present a short summary of their production intentions and the key recording and mix techniques used to realize their goals. They then play their projects for all who attend. Meritorious awards are determined here and will be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly Meeting (SDA-2) on Saturday afternoon. The competition is a great chance to hear the work of your fellow students at other educational institutions. Everyone learns from the judges’ comments, even those who don't make it to the finals, and it’s a great chance to meet other students and faculty.

 
 

Thursday, October 19, 7:00 pm — 10:00 pm (Off-Site 2)

EC07 - Student Party

Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Jungle City Studios
520 West 27th St. #1002
New York, NY 10001

The AES Student Party is open to any 143rd Convention participant with an ALL ACCESS STUDENT BADGE — a great opportunity to meet fellow students from around the world. Tickets should be picked up at the Student Delegate Assembly desk on Wednesday 18th, at 2pm.

Genelec invites you to come experience The Ones at Jungle City Studios for the official AES student social event of the show. Refreshments and food will be served, and guitarist extraordinaire Gary Hoey will be performing live in the studio.

All event attendees will be entered for a chance to win a pair of Genelec 8331’s when they register at the door. As a secondary giveaway, there will be a drawing for a limited-edition pair of Genelec 8030’s in red. This drawing is open only to U.S. residents who have subscribed to the Genelec USA Learning Channel on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/genelecusa) by Nov 30, 2017. Subscribers must share their YouTube subscriptions publicly to be included in the drawing.

 
 

Friday, October 20, 9:00 am — 10:30 am (Rm 1E10)

EC08 - Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - The Evolution of Audio Engineering in Military Bands

Moderator:
Brandie Lane, United States Military Academy Band - West Point, NY, USA; New York University - Steinhardt - New York, NY, USA
Panelists:
Vince Magno, Staff Sergeant, United States Military Academy Band - West Point, NY, USA
Noah Taylor, Staff Sergeant, United States Military Academy Band - West Point, NY, USA
Steven Van Dyne, Musician 1st Class, United States Navy Band - Washington D.C., USA

The United States military bands are considered public affairs resources and strategic tools that connect the United States Armed Forces with the world. Missions range from providing musical support for the President of the United States, bridging communication gaps in Middle Eastern communities, boosting the morale of troops overseas, inspiring America's future leaders, and creating a connection between the military and civilian population. Featuring a panel of audio engineers in different service branches, this workshop will discuss how audio techniques have evolved and adapted with the ever changing vision and goals of military music and how audio engineers support their organizations. Recording, live sound, and broadcast techniques will all be discussed, as well as projections for the future of audio in military bands.

 
 

Friday, October 20, 9:30 am — 11:00 am (Rm 1E06 - PMC Room)

EC15 - This Is a Mix, This Is a Master

Moderator:
Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement
Panelists:
Adam Ayan, Gateway Mastering Studios - Portland, ME USA
Margaret Luthar, Chicago Mastering Service - Chicago, IL, USA
Mandy Parnell, Black Saloon Studios - London, UK

Most of the music mixes we hear and try to emulate have been professionally mastered. Too many novices try to recreate this “mastered” sound in their mix. This is undesirable and limits what the mastering engineer can do. Join our panel of mastering engineers at this listening session, as we compare “off-the-console” mixes with mastered versions, and discuss qualities desirable in mixes that allow the mastering engineer to do the best job
possible.

 
 

Friday, October 20, 11:00 am — 12:00 pm (Rm 1E06 - PMC Room)

EC09 - Student Recording Critiques

Moderator:
Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement

Students! Come and get tips, tricks, and advice to push your skills to the next level! The Student Recording Critiques are non-competitive listening sessions in which students get to listen to their recordings and productions on a world-class playback system and then receive feedback from a panel of renowned industry professionals. Students at any stage of their studies can sign up to participate. Sign up at the student (SDA) booth immediately on arrival at the convention and deliver stereo or non-interleaved 5.1 channel mixes as 44.1 Khz/24 bit AIFF or WAVE files, to the SDA booth when you sign up. If you sign up, please make sure you arrive on time at the start of the session, otherwise alternates will be placed on the schedule in your place. Finalists in the Recording Competition are excluded from submitting to these events so that as many students as possible can benefit from this type of feedback. (Recording competition finalists get this feedback as part of the competition process.) These events are generously supported by PMC.

 
 

Friday, October 20, 12:30 pm — 2:30 pm (Fairs)

EC10 - Education/Career Fair

The combined AES 143rd Education and Career Fair will match job seekers with companies and prospective students with schools.

Companies:
Looking for the best and brightest minds in the audio world? No place will have more of them assembled than the 143rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society. Companies are invited to participate in our Education and Career Fair free of charge. This is the perfect chance to identify your ideal new hires! All attendees of the convention, students and professionals alike, are welcome to come visit with representatives from participating companies to find out more about job and internship opportunities in the audio industry. Bring your resume!

Schools:
One of the best reasons to attend AES conventions is the opportunity to make important connections with your fellow educators from around the globe. Academic 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 made available through displays and academic guidance. There is no charge for schools/institutions to participate. Admission is free and open to all convention attendees.

 
 

Friday, October 20, 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm (Rm 1E11)

EC11 - Teaching Electronic Musical Instrument Design: Technologies and Techniques

Moderator:
Paul Lehrman, Tufts University - Medford, MA, USA
Panelists:
Ben Houge, Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA, USA
Denis Labrecque, DeLab Consulting - Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
Matt Moldover
Teresa Marrin Nakra, The College of New Jersey - Trenton, NJ, USA; Immersion Music, Inc.
Joe Paradiso, MIT Media Lab - Cambridge, MA USA

Designing musical instruments is an area that appeals to students in many disciplines across engineering and the arts. Schools and colleges have implemented programs in the field that encourage students to cross over into unfamiliar areas and collaborate with others with whom they otherwise would have little contact. It is constantly evolving as the technologies available to these programs get smaller, cheaper, and more user-friendly. Students in the field get to learn about the newest technologies in hands-on environments. The tangible results from these programs are not only highly rewarding, they sometimes become commercial products. Students go on to careers in the audio industry as software and hardware designers, product specialists, consultants, and entrepreneurs. The panel will include university faculty who direct these programs, instrument makers, and makers of the enabling technologies. The focus will be on how the programs will meet the industry's needs in the future.

 
 

Friday, October 20, 3:15 pm — 5:15 pm (Rm 1E07 (5.1))

EC12 - Student Recording Competition—Part 2

The Student Recording Competition is a highlight at each convention. A distinguished panel of judges participates in critiquing finalists of each category in an interactive presentation and discussion. The top three finalists in each category, as identified by our judges, present a short summary of their production intentions and the key recording and mix techniques used to realize their goals. They then play their projects for all who attend. Meritorious awards are determined here and will be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly Meeting (SDA-2) on Saturday afternoon. The competition is a great chance to hear the work of your fellow students at other educational institutions. Everyone learns from the judges’ comments, even those who don't make it to the finals, and it’s a great chance to meet other students and faculty.

 
 

Saturday, October 21, 9:00 am — 10:30 am (Rm 1E10)

EC13 - Irons in the Fire: Career Development and Business Mentoring for Independent Music Creatives

Moderator:
Joe Carroll, Manhattan Producers Alliance - New York, NY, USA
Panelists:
Harold Chambers, Principal Recording Engineer, Pittsburgh Symphony
Carl Tatz, Carl Tatz Design - Nashville, TN, USA
Richard Warp, Intonic - Emeryville, CA, USA

Bring your energy, enthusiasm, business ideas, and questions. At this event the focus is on YOU! Members of the Manhattan Producers Alliance from New York, Nashville, San Francisco, and Los Angeles will offer fresh insights into career development, networking and entrepreneurship in an ever-changing industry. We will begin with a brief brief talk about developing your brand, your business, and functioning as a creative talent. After the formal session stay for a consultation with one our ManhatPro member mentors. The second half of this event will include breakout sessions where you will discuss your personal career goals one on one and get a chance to meet some ManhatPro members. Manhattan Producers Alliance is a New York/San Francisco-based membership organization comprised of engineers, composers, and producers. Our focus is on nurturing personal creativity within the art and craft of music making. Our relationship with AES includes a long list of seminars and special events at conferences dating back to our inception in 2005.

 
 

Saturday, October 21, 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm (Rm 1E08)

EC14 - Student Delegate Assembly—2

At this meeting the SDA will elect a new vice chair. One vote will be cast by the designated representative from each recognized AES student section in the North & Latin American Regions. Judges’ comments and awards will be presented for the Recording Competitions and Design Competitions. Plans for future student activities at local, regional, and international levels will be summarized.

 
 

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