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Past Event: Spring Semester Tech Talk Series

April 4, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Location: Bragg 174, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderated by: Prof. Mauricio Gargel, MTSU Department of Recording Industry

Acoustics and Rooms will be the subjects of the next two tech talks on Thursday, April 4, and Thursday, April 11.

The outline for Part 1 includes:

• Fundamental aspects of how sound propagates in a room, resonances and boundary interactions

• Discussion on types of absorbers and diffusers used in critical listening rooms

• Mini case studies to illustrate the application in different contexts

Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2024

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Past Event: Game Audio Middleware: Overview, Explanation and Demo of FMOD

April 9, 2024 at 4:30 pm

Location: Bragg 180, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderated by: Prof. Mauricio Gargel, MTSU Department of Recording Industry

Speaker(s): Fox DeVaughn, MTSU M.F.A. student

Focusing on the award-winning indie game "Celeste," this presentation will demonstrate game audio implementation, interactive dialogue, music, and sound effects design and game audio middleware concepts.

Bring your headphones for playback examples.

Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2024

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Past Event: Spring Semester Tech Talk Series

February 29, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Location: Bragg 174, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderated by: Prof. Michael Fleming, MTSU Dept. of Recording Industry

The Spring 2024 Tech Talk series continues this Thursday with its final installment before spring break. So far this term, the theme has been "audio signals and interfacing." You can come to one or as many talks as you like. There are no course requirements—both pre- and post-candidacy RIM students, M.F.A. candidates and non-majors are welcome.

Topic for Feb. 29th: “What is GAIN STRUCTURE?”

Managing device calibration, alignment levels, amplification and device sensitivities are key to operating an audio system safely and within its limits.

Posted: Thursday, February 29, 2024

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Past Event: Source Elements—Audio Collaboration Technology and Demonstration

February 13, 2024 at 4:30 pm

Location: Bragg 174, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University and online

Moderated by: Prof. Michael Fleming, MTSU Dept. of Recording Industry

Speaker(s): Robert Marshall, Source Elements

Source Elements is a company and a suite of tools that allows media content creators to collaborate in real time through networked software applications. One of its products, Source-Connect, is an industry standard in the film and television industry for remote recording, review and approval. As the company explains, "whether you need to record a voice actor or musician, compose, live-stream, and record an orchestra performance around the world, or sync a commercial spot with video across the city, Source Elements is the way to lock-in sound quality and synchronicity."

Co-founder Robert Marshall will demonstrate A to B remote recording, then add in remote clients and finally show either music overdubbing or ADR.

In keeping with the theme, this will be an online presentation. You can join others in Lab A to view the event as a group, or you can participate individually using the Zoom link below.

Robert Marshall studied Music Composition and Electronics at Ball State University. As a sound designer and mixer, he has over 25 years of experience producing national TV and radio content for major agencies, including several Super Bowl spots over the years. The company he helped launch in 2005 was a pioneer in modernizing remote audio work flows. As he notes, "you have probably heard audio today that passed through Source-Connect."

ZOOM MEETING LINK:

https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/84916148505?pwd=bi9PV2pFQzhQSk91LzdQMUxMb00yQT09

Posted: Thursday, February 8, 2024

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Past Event: Spring Semester Tech Talk Series

February 8, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Location: Bragg 174, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderated by: Prof. Michael Fleming, MTSU Dept. of Recording Industry

The Spring 2024 Tech Talk series continues this Thursday with informal discussion, demos and Q&A. Each talk is focused on a separate topic related to a theme, which for this term is "audio signals and interfacing." You can come to one or as many talks as you like. There are no course requirements—both pre- and post-candidacy RIM students, M.F.A. candidates and non-majors are welcome.

Topic for Feb. 8th: “What is LEVEL?”

"How much?" and "how much of what?" are vital questions in audio and communication systems. Audio information exists in the acoustical, electrical and mechanical domains, so it can be measured in terms of intensity, power, pressure and voltage, just to name a few variables. Engineers benefit from fully understanding measurements of "amount" when it comes to reading meters, calibrating equipment and making creative balance decisions.

Stay tuned for future sessions on Feb. 15, 22 and 29.

Posted: Thursday, February 8, 2024

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Past Event: Spring Semester Tech Talk Series

February 1, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Location: Bragg 174, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderated by: Prof. Michael Fleming, MTSU Dept. of Recording Industry

Topic for Feb. 1st: “What is TIME?”

What is time, how do we measure it, and why should we care? The coordination of conversion, processing, recording, reproduction and transmission in modern digital media and communication systems relies on answers to the questions "how long is a second?" and "what time is it now?"

Stay tuned for future sessions on Feb. 8, 15, 22 and 29.

Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Spring Semester Tech Talk Series

The Spring 2024 Tech Talk series will be weekly meetings based on informal discussion, demos and Q&A. Each talk is focused on a separate topic related to a theme, which for this term is "audio signals and interfacing." You can come to one or as many talks as you like. There are no course requirements—both pre- and post-candidacy RIM students, M.F.A. candidates and non-majors are welcome.

Topic for Jan. 25th: “What is INFORMATION?”

What is information, how do we measure it, and why should we care? The answers lie at the heart of our modern digital media and communication systems.

Stay tuned for future sessions on Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.

Posted: Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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Past Event: Student Hang in Nashville

January 25, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Location: Columbia Studio A, 34 Music Square East, Nashville, TN

Moderated by: Hosted by the AES Nashville Section

AES Nashville invites students from the region's schools with audio programs to meet and mingle with local professionals.

The Nashville audio community includes studio engineers and producers along with experts in live sound, post-production, forensic audio, equipment manufacturing, broadcasting and more. This "all student hang" is an opportunity to meet, network and learn from fellow peers and pros.

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

6-8:30 p.m.

Columbia Studio A

34 Music Square East

Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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Past Event: Guest Presentation: Immersive Audio Installations

Click the poster or use the Zoom link in the QR code for virtual attendance

November 20, 2023 at 4:00 pm

Location: Bragg 180, College of Media and Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderated by: Prof. Mauricio Gargel, MTSU Department of Recording Industry

Speaker(s): Ianina Canalis, Meyer Sound, and Chris Manhey, Omni Soundlab founder/producer

Multichannel mixing formats and spatial audio reproduction are not limited to commercially distributed music recordings and film/television presentation. Live sound reinforcement and "sonic art" installations are also benefitting from significant technical innovations and creative use of immersive sound.

This meeting presents two guests with unique insights and accomplishments in this area. The live interview with Prof. Gargel will take place via Zoom. Join fellow students in Bragg 180 to monitor the presentation in a communal setting (headphones recommended) or use the Zoom link below to participate remotely.

https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/87026104324

Ianina Canalis is Meyer Sound’s Application Architect—Spatial Audio Specialist, and was an integral member of the development team for Spacemap Go, Meyer Sound’s spatial sound design and live mixing tool. Prior to joining Meyer Sound, Ianina held posts as a lecturer in live sound technology at universities in both her native Argentina and the United Kingdom. During this time, she continued to develop and demonstrate her own software for multichannel live sound production she calls ISSP –Immersive Sound System Panning –, which she used at several live events, some of them sponsored by SoundGirls, like sound:check Xpo 2019 in Mexico City and later that year at the AES convention in New York.

Ianina initially developed ISSP while earning her Master of Science in Audio Engineering from Leeds Beckett University. She also holds dual bachelor’s degrees (Audiovisual Technology, Sound and Recording) from the National University of Lanús in Argentina, and she worked on tour as a Sound Engineer for more than 14 years.

Christopher Manhey is a new media artist and Latin Grammy Award-winning music producer. His field of study has been around the relationship between space and the listener, how sound, beyond music, influences and connects audiences through different technologies. The immersive approach has been a key point into how develop sound images considering spaces and aesthetics through the whole narrative.

Recently he founded “Omni Soundlab” a studio focused on New Media Art and Immersive Audio research and production working with systems as Dolby Atmos, 4DSOUND and Spacemap Go for digital platforms and live installations. On 2022 he premiered “Syncretismo” in a 48.9 sound system and a reactive holographic volumetric installation for the Spatial Fest at Monom (Berlin).

Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2023

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