AES 155th Convention
October 25-27, 2023
Richard King will present the Richard C. Heyser Memorial Lecture during the 155th Convention:
Sound and “Enlightenment”: A series of eye (and ear) opening events linking sound recording theory and practice.
There are many practical issues in music production that may, at times, hinder a strict adherence to the basic theories of audio and acoustics. Sound recording practitioners are constantly faced with situations in which they must navigate between “following the science” and just getting the job done, and with as little compromise as possible. The talk will cover a selection of illuminating, educative experiences drawn from over 30 years of researching, recording and mixing music.
Biography
Richard King is an Educator, Researcher, and a Grammy Award winning recording engineer. He has garnered Grammy Awards in many fields, including Best Engineered Album in both the Classical and Non-Classical categories. Richard is an Associate Professor at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, and as a long-standing member and Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, he is a regular convention presenter and workshop panelist. His research interests and publications include small environment acoustics, the process of music mixing, and immersive audio recording and reproduction. His book Recording Orchestra is part of the “AES presents” series, and a newly expanded Second Edition will be available early next year.
