AES Student Blog

 6th Annual Central Region AES Student Summit (CRASS) on March 30th-April 1st, 2012.

CRASS is an Audio Conference run by students for students that has been held by Webster University on our campus in St. Louis, MO for the last five years. Over the years it has grown to be one of the largest student conferences in the midwest. Each year, around 500 students, educators, and audio enthusiasts have gathered to rub elbows with some of the industry’s best professionals and gear manufacturers.

At CRASS we have presentations, panels, and demos on live sound, studio recording, broadcasting, micing techniques, analog, mastering, DAWS, and much more. On Friday and Saturday nights we have late night recording sessions with live bands.

This year we will be featuring Saturday and Sunday keynote speakers. They are EveAnna Manley, president of world renowned audio equipment manufacturer Manley Labs, and Ken Van Druten, one of the industry’s top live engineers who has toured with Beastie Boys, Jay Z, Ozzy Osbourne , Whitney Houston and more.

We are also doing our mixing competition again. Prizes in past years have included audio software, microphones, headphones, and more. Please let you students know about the competition. The winner is picked by three judges. The competition gives students the opportunity to get some feed back on their mixing skills.

Admission is only $25 to the event for all 3 days. You can register and download the mixing competition tracks and rules online at: webster.edu/aes Or register in person when you arrive.

Attached to this e-mail is a flier for CRASS. It would be great if you'd print it out and hang it where interested students will see.

Any questions or concerns can be directed to the student AES officers at [email protected] or to our faculty adviser, Barry Hufker, at [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

Nate Golomski
Vice Chair, AES Webster University