Meeting Topic: 126th and 127th Convention Review
Moderator Name: Sy Potma
Speaker Name: Prof John Vanderkooy, University of Waterloo; Ron Lynch, Technicolor, Sy Potma, Fanshawe College
Other business or activities at the meeting: Earl McCluskie opened the meeting by discussing he next daylong meeting, the working title is "The Emerging Studio". At present, the target date is a Saturday in March 2010.
Meeting Location: RCC 361, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Prof. John Vanderkooy from the University of Waterloo's Audio Research Group addressed several papers from Munich and New York. In particular he discussed papers on ABX Testing, a Linkwitz paper authentic sound reproduction, Evaluating Room Correction Products, Intermodulation Distortion of a coaxial loudspeaker , Multichannel Sound with Virtual Acoustics., Control of Acoustic Radiation Pattern in a Dual-Dipole Array, Sound localization for sound on a flat display, Spectral Band Replication, Coincident Source Driver Array and Compressive Sampling.
Prof Vanderkooy concluded that there is little new technology and most papers were either research studies or variations on sometimes long-existing concepts. This convention did not have a lot of new ideas, as opposed to earlier conventions where sometimes the technology shifts were rather seismic.
Ron Lynch from Technicolor offered his impressions of the convention. He discussed "Recording the Beatles", which was a special event with author Matthew Ryan. The book is essentially a bible of recording technology and the development of modern studio technique. Mr. Lynch also discussed a couple of noteworthy new products, such as the mShuttle, PureAudio , an NTi Audio analyzer and a device from Qualis Audio for broadcasters.
Sy Potma, Chair of the Toronto Section, reviewed the tutorials and workshops. He reported that at the Opening Ceremonies, Toronto Members Peter Cook and Josh Tidsbury were awarded for their new AES website contributions.
He discussed Mastering in the Home Studio Era, Analog Circuit Emulation for Plug-in Design, Acoustics Room Tuning, Platinum Mastering and Acoustic Room Tuning. In particular, Mr. Potma discussed the film "Chasing Sound", which is a documentary on Les Paul. This film will be shown on November 24th as the Toronto Section's monthly meeting.
On the exhibit side, Mr. Potma noted that ribbon microphones were becoming more popular, with models by manufacturers such as Shure and Audio-Technica. Other devices, such as a Fink Analog Audio tube-based pre-amp and a Shure USB Phantom Box were discussed.
