AES New York 2018
Networked Audio Track Event Details
Wednesday, October 17, 9:00 am — 10:00 am (1E08)
Sound Reinforcement: SR01 - Live Sound Production in a TV World
Presenters:Jenny Montgomery, IATSE Local One - New York, NY, USA; A2, Brute?
Matt Kraus, IATSE
Jenny Montgomery was the lead A2 on the recent live event broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar. She and other members of the production team will discuss the issues of a one off live event and how the live sound is integrated into the overall production.
Wednesday, October 17, 9:00 am — 10:00 am (1E10)
Networked Audio: NA01 - Network Fundamentals for Audio Engineers
Presenter:Patrick Killianey, Yamaha Professional Audio - Buena Park, CA, USA
Everything in our industry is going to IP. It isn’t just audio—video, lighting, control and intercom are there, as well. This session forms a great base networking skill for anyone in live sound or media production. If you’re comfortable setting up a home network and joining a WiFi hotspot at Starbucks, then this session will launch you comfortably to an intermediate-level user.
By the end of this session, you’ll have the concepts to structurally design a medium sized network for an installation, recording studio or live production. You’ll also have the basic terminology to interact with an IT department, as needed.
This session will be taught by Patrick Killianey from Yamaha. Patrick produced a YouTube video series called “Network Fundamentals for Professional Audio” which has become part of the curriculum in college programs towards IT and audio production alike.
This live variant of this class will review the key pieces of that video series and chart new territory. We’ll refocus on key concepts on Subnet Mask, Gateway, Reserved LAN ranges, IP addresses to avoid, DNS and DHCP. From there, we’ll add on common structural topics in audio designs like trunk lines, VLANs and VLAN tagging, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs), non-blocking backplane architecture, and basics of fiber
Wednesday, October 17, 10:15 am — 11:15 am (1E10)
Networked Audio: NA02 - The New Application Layer Protocol for Guaranteed, Future-proof AV Networks
Presenters:Tim Boot, Director Digital Product Experience, Meyer Sound - Berkeley, CA, USA
Henning Kaltheuner, d&b audiotechnik GmbH - Backnang, Germany
Jeff Rocha, L-Acoustics - Westlake Village, CA, USA
Deterministic networking on AV networks was impossible 10 years ago before the Avnu Alliance was founded. Its members have since solved this by collaborating to develop the original Avnu Pro AV specifications and certification program, which focused on creating a baseline foundation for deterministic networking. Now, the industry is focused on building a truly interoperable application layer on top of it.
Major manufacturers in the Pro AV space under the umbrella of Avnu Alliance have taken the lead to create a new application layer protocol to directly address this focus. This presentation will offer background on the new application layer protocol and discuss how it helps AV manufacturers promise deterministic, reliable, and future-proof delivery of networked media.
Wednesday, October 17, 11:15 am — 12:15 pm (1E12)
Sound Reinforcement: SR02 - Audio Production for Corporate Events
Chair:Lee Kalish, Positive Feedback llc - Kingston, NY, USA
Lee Kalish will host a panel of experts in live sound production in the corporate event world. This will include sound system design to fit the venue, RF coordination for wireless mics and communications, music production and band support.
Thursday, October 18, 1:45 pm — 2:45 pm (1E10)
Networked Audio: NA03 - Optimizing Networks for Media
Presenter:Patrick Killianey, Yamaha Professional Audio - Buena Park, CA, USA
This session will examine the network technologies used to optimize a network for modern media transport like Dante. With this knowledge, attendees will have a much better understanding of how to manage networks with mixed traffic and have the basic knowledge to begin diagnosing networked audio issues.
This session will cover TCP vs UDP, Unicast vs Multicast and Quality of Service (QoS). A discussion of clocking will also ensue, contrasting traditional clock distribution on (baseband) BNC vs the networked Precision Time Protocol (PTP). System examples will be given where these technologies have been used.
Thursday, October 18, 3:00 pm — 4:00 pm (1E10)
Networked Audio: NA04 - AV Fiber Optic Connectors, Selection, and Terminations
Presenter:Ronald Ajemian, Owl Fiber Optics - Flushing, NY, USA; Institute of Audio Research - New York, NY, USA
Now that AV is rapidly increasing in its deployment of fiber optic technology, a need to better understand how fiber optic connectors can affect the signals in a AV system. This workshop is designed to introduce and educate the design engineer, technician, user or student how to select and terminate a fiber optic connector. Examples of popular fiber optic connector types will be discussed with a live or video demonstration on how to terminate a popular fiber optic connector.
Discussion:
• What is a fiber optic connector (FOC)?
• Why use a FOC?
• Which FOC is best for my application?
• How easy is it to put/terminate a FOC together?
 | This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Fiber Optics for Audio |
Thursday, October 18, 4:15 pm — 5:45 pm (1E10)
Networked Audio: NA05 - AES67/ST2110 Technical: Synchronization and Redundancy
Presenters:Claudio Becker-Foss, DirectOut GmbH - Mittweida, Germany
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany
With a shared interest in media operability, the AES and SMPTE have both been developing standards for networked media. The audio part of SMPTE’s new standard for “Transport of Professional Media over Managed IP Networks”, ST 2110, builds on AES67, the “High-performance streaming audio-over-IP interoperability” standard. This session features several noted authors in the field to discuss these standards from a technical perspective, namely explaining commonalities and constraints among both standards, the principles of sample-accurate synchronization among individual essence streams and how to implement increased operating safety utilizing stream redundancy as defined in SMPTE ST2022-7.
Friday, October 19, 9:00 am — 10:30 am (1E13)
Networked Audio: NA06 - Interoperability Standards for IP Media Networking
Chair:Terry Holton, Yamaha R&D Centre - London, UK
Panelists:
Mike Cronk, Grass Valley - Hillsboro, OR, USA; AIMS Alliance
Kevin Gross, AVA Networks - Boulder, CO, USA
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany
In the past few years, two major standards have been published with very significant implications for media networking interoperability: AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110. This session will review the background and objectives behind each of these standards. The relationship between these two standards (the commonalities and constraints) will be explained. Recent developments and the future roadmap for both of these important standards will also be explored.
The session will address a range of topics in relation to the AES67 and ST 2110 standards, particularly emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between these standards. The session will also clarify the differences in motivation and objectives behind of the creation of these two standards, as well as looking at recent updates and possible future developments for these standards.
Friday, October 19, 10:45 am — 12:15 pm (1E13)
Networked Audio: NA07 - How to Get AES67 into Your Systems or Products
Presenters:Claude Cellier, Merging Technologies - Puidoux, Switzerland
Michael Dosch, Lawo AG - Rastatt Germany
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany
Bill Rounopoulos, Ross Video
Greg Shay, The Telos Alliance - Cleveland, OH, USA
Arie van den Broek, Archwave Technologies - Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
This workshop introduces several options to implement AES67 networking capabilities into existing or newly designed products. The session starts with a quick recap on the technical ingredients of AES67 and points out the principal options on implementing AES67 into new or existing products. After providing an overview on commercially available building blocks (modules, software libraries, and reference designs), the workshop commences in a discussion on the value of providing AES67 compatibility from the perspective of providers of existing AoIP networking solutions. The workshop is targeted towards product manufacturers seeking ways to implement AES67 into their products but should also provide valuable insight to those with general technical interest in AES67.
Friday, October 19, 1:30 pm — 2:30 pm (1E13)
Networked Audio: NA08 - Real World AES67
Chair:Claudio Becker-Foss, DirectOut GmbH - Mittweida, Germany
Panelists:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany
Ievgen Kostiukevych, European Broadcasting Union - Le Grand-Saconnex, Genéve, Switzerland
Since the publication of AES67 and its recent adoption by the ST 2110 media over IP standard, we see a growing number of installations and studio built around this standard. This workshop and Q&A session will focus on practical aspects of using AES67 and ST 2110-30 in the field: what are the benefits of using AES67? What are the difficulties? What should I do / not do, when configuring my network? Panelists experienced in real-world applications will provide valuable insights and share opinions on the importance of AES67 and its role as part of ST 2110 for the wider broadcast market.