In This Section
Technical Committees
- Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement
- Advisory Group on Regulations
- Archiving Restoration and Digital Libraries
- Audio for Games
- Audio for Telecommunications
- Audio Forensics
- Audio Recording and Mastering Systems
- Automotive Audio
- Coding of Audio Signals
- Electro Magnetic Compatibility
- Fiber Optics for Audio
- Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention
- High Resolution Audio
- Human Factors in Audio Systems
- Loudspeakers and Headphones
- Microphones and Applications
- Network Audio Systems
- Perception and Subjective Evaluation of Audio Signals
- Semantic Audio Analysis
- Signal Processing
- Spatial Audio
- Studio Practices and Production
- Transmission and Broadcasting
AES Technical Committee
Studio Practices and Production
Chair: George Massenburg (Send E-mail) Vice Chair: Jim Kaiser (Send E-mail) Vice Chair: Mick Sawaguchi (Send E-mail)
The committee offers the expertise of its international members, representing the professional studio community, to the research, development, and manufacturing segments of the Society. It aims to collaborate with other technical committees in establishing equipment evaluation and testing procedures that reflect the real-world conditions of professional use. It seeks to evaluate and recommend procedures and practices relevant to production, as well as to suggest new tools and areas of investigation essential to the advancement of professional audio production. The committee intends to become a forum that networks members of other professional organizations.
Areas of Concentration
- Professional Studio and Product R&D /Manufacturing Relationships
- Real - World Equipment Evaluation and Testing Procedures
- Evaluation / Recommended Procedures for Production
- New Tools to Advance Professional Audio Production
- Networking Links to Related Professional Organizations
Current Areas Of Work
The Technical Committee of Studio Practices and Production is currently collaborating with the Producer's and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy in several areas.
In the area of Master Delivery Recommendations, we support a best-practices document that is released to both the AES and the NARAS constituencies.
Also, we are currently developing high-resolution, surround demonstrations for the upcoming AES Convention in San Francisco in the fall of 2006. These demonstrations will be hands-on with broad interaction between the audiencees and well-known practitioners in the field.
Technical Report:
1999-10-28 Requirements for multichannel mix room
Description: Requirements for multichannel mixing room new ver
Other:
2006-10-16 METHODS TO ELIMINATE THE BASS CANCELLATION BETWEEN LFE
Description: We have identified the problem of the degradation of bass sound from the main channel, caused by the influence of LFE, and we have proposed a solution.1999-10-23 An Integrated Approach to Metering, Monitoring, and Levelling Practices
Description: by Bob Katz For the last 30 years or so, film mix engineers have enjoyed the liberty and privilege of a controlled monitoring environment with a fixed (calibrated) monitor gain correlated to a metering level of 0 VU. The result has been a legacy of feature films, many with exciting dynamic range, consistent and natural-sounding dialogue, music and effects levels. In contrast, the broadcast and music recording disciplines have reached a state of chaos at the end of the 20th century. The author proposes an integrated system of metering and monitoring that will encourage more consistent levelling practices among the three disciplines. This system handles the issue of differing dynamic range requirements far more elegantly and ergonomically than in the past. On the threshold of the introduction of a new, high-resolution consumer audio format, we have a unique opportunity to implement a 21st-century approach to levelling. Such a system will also aid production personnel in creating meta-data.
Committee Members
Christopher Dinneen Elliot Scheiner John Jacobson John Klett Shawn Michael Nika Aldrich Craig Anderson Hank Williams Mike Wall Johnny Bregar James Sullivan Doug Sax James J McTigue Tom Scott Bob Katz Michael Bishop Wieslaw Woszczyk Michael Frondelli Mick Sawaguchi George Massenburg John Spencer Jim Kaiser Vincent A. van Haaff Jim Anderson Jamie Angus Howard Mangrum Akira Fukada Kimio Hamasaki Richard King Martin Woehr Toru Kamekawa Kyle Lehning Fred Katz John Sorensen Carlos Garza Michal Jurewicz Glenn Lorbecki Steve Johnson Maureen Droney Alison Booth Thomas Lund Al Schmitt
To request membership in this Technical Committee please e-mail the Chair by using the link above.
