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December 8, 2020 - An Introduction to Audio Forensics

September 22, 2020 - History of the Shure SM58 and Vagabond Wireless Mic System

August 26, 2020 - Noise Reduction: From Capacitors to Convolutional Neural Networks

June 9, 2020 - For Better or For Worse: Drugs That Can Help or Harm Your Hearing (Virtual Meeting)

April 16, 2020 - Adding Active Noise Control to Wireless Headsets

April 9, 2019 - Joint Meeting w/ ASA: "The Violin and its Discontents: Common Structural and Tonal Problems in Orchestral String Instruments and their Remedy"

March 6, 2019 - The Acoustics of Wentz Concert Hall

February 5, 2019 - A Houses of Worship Case Study: Soul City

November 28, 2018 - Electrostatic Drivers for Earphones: Navigating the Potholes

September 12, 2018 - Can a do-it-yourself hearing aid be a good thing?

March 28, 2018 - Auralization as a Design Tool

January 31, 2018 - Structural Acoustics: A Technical Review

October 12, 2017 - Perception and Measurement of Headphone Sound Quality: Is There a Preferred Headphone Target Response?

September 20, 2017 - Tour of Kiwi Audio (Recording Studio)

May 31, 2017 - On the Use of Signal Modeling for the Purpose of Study and Design of Multi-Microphone Systems

April 6, 2017 - Tour of the Old Town School of Folk Music

February 23, 2017 - Recognizing and Separating Sounds: Deep Learning in Real-World Audio Signal Processing

October 20, 2016 - Stereo Mic Technique for Augmented Ambience Gradient

September 21, 2016 - Tour of Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories

May 25, 2016 - Developing Critical Listening Skills Through Technical Ear Training

April 27, 2016 - Otoacoustic Emissions for Detection of Hearing Loss and Current Research Topics

February 23, 2016 - Tour of Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders, Inc.

November 24, 2015 - Judging Individual High Resolution Audio Perception Capabilities

October 20, 2015 - Architecture and Acoustics of Recording Studios - The Science that Guides the Studio Design Process

August 4, 2015 - Advances in Testing of Speech and Audio in Cars

June 30, 2015 - Multi-Track Sound Recording for Episodic and Feature Production

May 5, 2015 - Richard Heyser - 28 Years Later

April 21, 2015 - Navigating the Politics of Improving the Listening Experience

November 25, 2014 - An Evening with Fred Breitberg

October 28, 2014 - AES Tour of CBS Radio's Performance Stage and Radio Stations

September 30, 2014 - The Genius of Ben Bauer: 75 Years of the Shure Unidyne Microphone

May 21, 2014 - Spatial Audio — Reconstructing Reality or Creating Illusion?

January 29, 2014 - The Psychoacoustics of Phase

December 3, 2013 - Current trends in Audio for Visual Media

November 26, 2013 - Microphone Array Usage in Mobile Device Multimedia Applications

September 25, 2013 - 3D Sound for Personal Entertainment Devices

July 3, 2013 - A conversation with George Massenburg; in person

April 23, 2013 - Introduction to CBT Loudspeaker Arrays

March 20, 2013 - Tales from the Transition — A Console on the Edge

February 19, 2013 - Electronic and Computer Music at the Experimental Music Studios of the University of Illinois — the oldest and one of the largest electroacoustic music facilities in the western hemisphere.

December 19, 2012 - Application of Microelectromechanical (MEMs) Microphones to Hearing Aids

November 26, 2012 - Designing a Flat-Panel Speaker

July 18, 2012 - The Evolution of Audio Technology that Transports the Cinematic Experience into the Home

April 18, 2012 - A DVD viewing of a 2011 interview with Leo Beranek

March 21, 2012 - Directivity and Matched Microphones

February 29, 2012 - The Evolution of Mic Preamps in My Life

December 6, 2011 - Perceptual Implications of Data Compressed Audio

November 15, 2011 - A Firsthand-Look at Five Decades of Audio Development

September 21, 2011 - Ian Schneller welcomes AES into his Specimen workshop

June 21, 2011 - Ribbon Microphones: Then and Now

March 23, 2011 - Why is Concert Sound better than it used to be...or is it?

November 17, 2010 - Audio in an RF World

October 29, 2010 - The Chicago School of Violin Making Tour

October 17, 2010 - Gravity Studios Tour

May 18, 2009 - Upgrading the Audio Industry

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