AES Partner News Blog

In partnership with the Audio Engineering Society, loudspeaker manufacturer PMC has announced the final line up of speakers for its Masters of Audio seminars, which will take place next week at the 145th AES Convention in New York. The seminar program, which consistently packs the PMC/Immersive presentation room to capacity, continues the company’s tradition of inviting high-profile audio industry movers and shakers to speak on music and audio production hot topics. This year the emphasis will be on the Dolby Atmos Immersive Sound Format, with demonstration content ranging from game audio (Shadow of the Tomb Raider) to film soundtracks (The Greatest Showman) to music mixed for Dolby Atmos presentation including select classical recordings and a swath of popular artists including Elton John, LL Cool J, Chris Walden, INXS, REM, Public Enemy, Bastille, Arturo Sandoval, Snoh Aleegra and many others.

As in previous years, industry luminaries will speak throughout the convention in a specially set up PMC demonstration suite (Room 1E06) at the Javits Convention Center. The room will feature a PMC Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 setup, consisting of a MB3-XBD-A LCR system, complemented with four IB1S-A III surround channels, a XBD-QB1 Subwoofer and Wafer 2 overhead monitors.

This year, PMC has partnered with Universal Music Group’s Capitol Studios whose senior engineer Steve Genewick will discuss the latest (and in some cases not even released) Dolby Atmos music projects that have been mixed in the world-famous Capitol Studios C. Recently upgraded to a Dolby Atmos Certified facility, Studio C features a full PMC monitoring system and represents the pinnacle of Immersive Sound technology. Genewick’s seminars will run each morning on Wednesday through Friday, October 17-19, are certain to be a highlight of the Masters of Audio program.

PMC has also announced that on Thursday 18th October, producer/engineer Greg Wells will present a seminar on the making of The Greatest Showman in Dolby Atmos 7.1.4. This movie and its music have been awarded a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination while also holding the title for bestselling soundtrack album in 2018.