145th AES CONVENTION Exhibits-Plus Badge Event Details

AES New York 2018
Exhibits-Plus Badge Event Details

Wednesday, October 17, 9:30 am — 10:45 am (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: UMG/Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos Playback

Presenter:
Steve Genewick

PMC Masters of Audio Program

UMG/Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos Playback sessions with Steve Genewick. Featuring music mixed for Dolby Atmos from Elton John, LL Cool J, Chris Walden, INXS, REM, Public Enemy, Bastille, Arturo Sandoval, Snoh Aleegra and many others.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 9:30 am — 10:30 am (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE01 - AES Diversity and Inclusion Committee Town Hall

Moderator:
Leslie Gaston-Bird, Mix Messiah Productions - Brighton, UK; Institute of Contemporary Music Performance - London, UK
Panelists:
Ezequiel Morfi, TITANIO - Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
Piper Payne, Neato Mastering - San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Terri Winston, Women's Audio Mission - San Francisco, CA, USA

The AES Diversity and Inclusion Committee strives to ensure diversity in the AES worldwide and the audio industry as a whole by improving accessibility, welcoming diverse genres, embracing emergent audio fields and research, and radiating inclusiveness to all gender and gender identities, races, physical abilities, ages, and nationalities. At this Town Hall, committee chair Leslie Gaston-Bird will give an update on the activities of the committee to date and field questions from audience members.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 10:00 am — 11:00 am (Booth 458)

AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Andrew Sheps

Presenter:
Andrew Sheps

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 10:00 am — 6:00 pm

Exhibit: Exhibition

Leave plenty of time to walk the exhibits floor so you can learn about the latest products and technologies, scope out your competitors, or simply drool over the latest toys.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 10:30 am — 11:00 am (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: AudioSourceRE

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 10:30 am — 11:00 am (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Introduction to the AoIP Technology Pavilion

Presenter:
Terry Holton, Yamaha R&D Centre - London, UK

The Audio-over-IP Technology Pavilion is a significant new initiative created by the AES in partnership with the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). The pavilion will promote professional IP media networking as well as providing the latest information about this rapidly developing field through practical demonstrations and an extensive presentation program. This session will provide an introduction to the various aspects of the pavilion including the AIMS demonstration system, exhibitors’ Pods, and the AoIP Presentation Theater.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 10:30 am — 10:45 am (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: Opening Session & Neumann Announcement

Neumann will be presented with a “Service to Industry” award to mark the company’s 90th anniversary being celebrated throughout the Convention—it’s long, standard-setting legacy of engineering prowess in the development of microphones for studio and live performance and for Neumann’s advancement of microphone technology.

All attendees are invited to attend the presentation, which takes place on the PSE Recording Stage, inside the AES New York 2017 Exhibition Hall in New York City’s Jacob Javits Convention Center at 10:30am on the Wednesday, October 17. Presenting the award on behalf of the AES will be Graham Kirk, AES International Sales Director and Al Schmitt, multi-GRAMMY Award winning engineer/mixer. Receiving the award will be Wolfgang Fraissinet, President of Neumann.

Sponsored by Neumann

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 am — 11:30 am (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Best Service

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (1E15 +16 SE)

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Special Event: SE00 - How Next Generation Audio Innovations Will Reshape the Mobile Device Experience

Presenter:
Jyri Huopaniemi, Nokia - Espoo, Finland

Sound has been a fundamental building block of mobile telephony and mobile devices since the very beginning of the connectivity era. Significant advances have since been made in the quality and variety of audio-based applications. However, there are areas where audio has not yet reached its true potential. In this talk we focus on areas of mobile audio that are currently gaining consumer attention: communication, immersion, and user-generated content.

Today, people are telling their stories with technology, and they are increasingly using mobile devices to capture the full richness of their lives; in pictures, videos, and sounds. We discuss solutions and opportunities which allow consumers to capture and share audio with depth, direction, and detail.

The use of voice has quickly expanded from person-to-person communication in voice and conference calls to voice-based control. The rapid emergence of intelligent assistants places significant new requirements on the quality of sound capture and rendering. In parallel, the basic function of mobile devices, namely voice calls, has undergone significant improvements in quality. We offer a glimpse to some of the challenges and future opportunities in voice-based applications and immersive voice and audio services.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 am — 11:30 am (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Optimizing Networks for Media

Presenter:
Patrick Killianey, Yamaha Professional Audio - Buena Park, CA, USA

This session will examine the network technologies used to optimize a network for modern media transport. With this knowledge, attendees will have a much better understanding of how to manage networks with mixed traffic and have the basic knowledge to begin diagnosing networked audio issues. This session will cover TCP vs. UDP, Unicast vs. Multicast and Quality of Service (QoS).

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 am — 12:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Peter Katis

Presenter:
Peter Katis, Tarquin Studios - Bridgport, CT, USA

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS01 - Sports Broadcasting in Dolby Atmos

Moderator:
Roger Charlesworth, DTV Audio Group - New York, NY, USA
Panelists:
Rob France, Dolby Laboratories - London, UK
Karl Malone, NBC Universal - Stamford, CT, USA

Dolby Atmos is ready for prime time. It has proven to be the leading format for immersive audio for live sport broadcasts. With Dolby Atmos, fans are brought into the action, hearing not only the commenters but also the crowd noise all around them, immersing them in the action like never before. And while immersive audio won’t necessarily be right for every sport, for the ones that it is a good match for, the impact will be incredible.
Moderated by Roger Charlesworth and featuring, Karl Malone, Director of Sound Design, NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, this session cover the elements involved in the production and delivery of immersive audio for live sports. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand about NBC Sports’ broadcasts of Atmos for Olympics coverage at both the 2016 Rio Summer Games, the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games and now Notre Dame home football.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE01 - The Art of Compression

Presenter:
Jack Joseph Puig, Record Executive/Producer/Mixer - Hollywood, CA, USA

Compression and Limiting

Compression is the only real tool we have that can move the time due to the fact it’s based on time constants. The Art of Compression is not adding lots of level but understanding that compression is dynamic! Compression is not static. EQ is static. The ability to look at it as a shaper of attack and release as it relates to how the ear and brain perceives how instruments and vocals related to each other “time” / “feel” wise is the magic and expert level of compression use.
This does not preclude the importance of raising the “Average/RMS” level!
Or even peak limiting.
Remember in the end we are making music/art that must have a emotional effect on the listener and of course delivering the artist intent emotionally.
I will demonstrate how it is possible to change the feel and why it matters.


Sponsored by Neumann, Shure, SSL

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:15 am — 12:15 pm (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

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PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: Recurrence

Presenter:
Daniel Shores, Sono Luminus - Boyce, VA, USA; Shenandoah Conservatory Music Production and Recording Technology - Winchester, VA, USA

PMC Masters of Audio Program

Daniel Shores "Recurrence" by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra in Dolby Atmos 7.1.4

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:30 am — 12:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonible

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 11:30 am — 12:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: The Audio Parts of SMPTE ST 2110 Explained

Presenter:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany

This session will explain the fundamentals and possible variations of audio transport within ST 2110 and its compatibility with AES67.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AoIP: Anatomy of a Full-Stack Implementation

Presenter:
Ievgen Kostiukevych, European Broadcasting Union - Le Grand-Saconnex, Genéve, Switzerland

The presentation will explain that there is much more to consider when building an AoIP infrastructure than just the AES67 standard. The challenges of synchronization and clocking, discovery and registration, device and network control will be explained, and some solutions will be offered.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: RME

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Russell Elevado

Presenter:
Russell Elevado, Recording engineering and producer - New York, NY, USA

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE02 - Producing & Recording; From the Mic to the Track

Presenter:
Glenn Lorbecki, Glenn Sound Inc - Seattle, WA, USA

A guest producer matches our singer with a microphone, then demonstrates the process of producing a vocal track.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:15 pm — 2:15 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

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Special Event: SE02 - Opening Ceremonies / Awards / Keynote Speech

Presenter:
Thomas Dolby, Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD, USA

Awards Presentation
Please join us as the AES presents Special Awards to those who have made outstanding contributions to the Society in such areas of research, scholarship, and publications, as well as other accomplishments that have contributed to the enhancement of our industry.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD:
Eddy B. Brixen
Edgar Choueiri
Linda Gedemer
Matt Klassen
Andres Mayo
Valeria Palomino
Alberto Pinto
Daniel Rappaport
Angieska Roginska
Lawrence Schwedler
Jeff Smith
Nadja Wallaszkovits

FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Gustavo Borner
Christopher Freitag
Leslie Ann Jones
Hyunkook Lee
Andres Mayo
Bruce Olson
Xiaojun Qui
Rafa Sardina
Frank Wells

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AWARD
David Bialik


The Keynote Speaker for the 145th Convention is Thomas Dolby.

Thomas Dolby – musician, technologist and educator – has a 35-year career of technical innovation. Perhaps most widely known for his seminal song and music video “She Blinded Me with Science,” Dolby blazed the trail for electronic music creators with his recordings and imaginative videos. He is also known for his work as a producer, as a composer of film scores, as a technical consultant on emerging entertainment platforms and as a filmmaker. Since the Fall of 2014, Dolby has held the post of Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Thomas Dolby’s AES Keynote address will focus on next-generation sound technologies, in particular adaptive/non-linear music and audio for games, VR/AR, “hearables” and other new media platforms. The title of his speech is “The Conscious Sound Byte.”

A big difference between "real" and "electronic" sounds is that electronic sounds have zero awareness of each other.” Sound bytes blindly follow orders, and fire off (usually) as instructed by a human. Yet musicians playing "real" instruments listen, resonate, and respond to the music, the room, and to each other, in a matter of microseconds.

In the hands of master arranger or programmer, this is not a problem. Many of the nuances of real music can be simulated quite effectively as processor speed, bandwidth, and resolution improve. But as entertainment becomes more interactive, with games and augmented reality and "wearable" technologies, it is increasingly vital that electronic sounds and music learn an awareness of the context in which they are playing.

Soon, all the accumulated craft and skills of a century of post-production legacy will have to operate in real time, controlled not by the programmer, but by the users themselves via the choices they make. Is it time for us to reconsider why our sound and music files are so “dumb” and rigid?

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:30 pm — 1:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Melodyne

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 12:30 pm — 1:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: RAVENNA and ST 2110

Presenter:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany

This session will explain the fundamentals of RAVENNA and how it relates to AES67 & ST 2110, explaining why RAVENNA offers the fastest and most flexible options for AES67 & ST 2110 compliance.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm (Booth 458)

AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Alan Meyerson

Presenter:
Alan Meyerson

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 1:00 pm — 1:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FabFilter

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 1:00 pm — 1:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: Telos Infinity: Breaking the Matrix with AES67, Next Generation Intercom

Presenter:
Martin Dyster, The Telos Alliance

Telos Infinity IP Intercom is a complete reimagining of broadcast communications technology developed by the Telos Alliance engineering team that invented AoIP for broadcast in 2003. Infinity replaces outmoded matrix technology with an advanced, distributed fully AES67 compliant network solution that provides superior functionality in a simplified, more elegant form. Being matrix-free allows plug-and-play networked hardware and software devices to be added to the system as part of a planned or ad-hoc change, without ever worrying that you might exceed the number of available ports on a matrix.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS02 - Miking the Sports Broadcast

Presenter:
Ben Escobedo, Shure Market Development & Michael Mason, President of CP Communications

Pro sports broadcasts attract millions of viewers every weekend, with audio being a critical part of the experience. Join Ben Escobedo of the Shure Market Development team and Michael Mason, President of CP Communications, to walk through some of the microphone types and sound capture techniques required to flawlessly execute a high-profile sports broadcast.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: AES70 at a Glance

Presenter:
Ethan Wetzell, OCA Alliance

In the world of media networking, much attention is given to content transport, but an equally important component is how connected devices can be controlled. This presentation will discuss the AES70 open control standard, how it fits within the media networking landscape, and will serve as an introduction to its structure and capabilities for device control.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonarworks

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:00 pm — 2:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Audio over IP: Practical Requirements for Real-World Usability

Presenter:
Brad Price, Audinate - Portland, OR, USA

As professional audio installations become synonymous with IP networks, the industry has been abuzz with discussions of protocols and other necessary transport foundations. In reality, people work with solutions that build on these underlying concepts and provide a plethora of additional functionality that makes audio-over-IP usable in the real world. This presentation explores how coherent solutions enhance the experience of audio networking, and how features beyond transport are crucial to the widespread adoption of the technology by the channel and end users.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:00 pm — 2:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: MAGIX

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Michael Brauer

Presenter:
Michael Brauer, Michael Brauer - New York, NY, USA

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:00 pm — 2:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS03 - Audio Networking in Production

Optocore

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:00 pm — 2:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE03 - Vocals: A Master's View

Presenter:
David Darlington, Waves - London, UK

The producer/engineer explains the methods of how to get the most from the vocals with some advice and tricks.

Dave Darlington: Grammy Awards-winner, Composer, Recording & Mastering Engineer (Avicii, David Guetta, Sting, Oz)

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Relab

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Sample-Accurate Synchronization of SMPTE ST 2110 Audio Streams

Presenter:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany

Detailed explanation of the synchronization fundamentals of ST 2110 and how these can be applied to achieve sample-accurate synchronization among audio streams.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:00 pm — 3:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Best Service

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:00 pm — 3:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Monitoring Audio Streams in the IP Network-Based Workflow

Presenter:
Aki Mäkivirta, Genelec Oy - Iisalmi, Finland

In this presentation, Aki will explain why the entire studio audio signal paths are now being networked, how IP-connectable monitoring loudspeakers are being used across the broadcast industry to directly monitor IP audio streams, and how installed audio applications can also benefit from this technology.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:00 pm — 4:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Tchad Blake

Presenter:
Tchad Blake, Real World Studios - UK

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE04 - Microphone Modeling

Presenter:
Donald Spacht, II, Antelope Audio - New York, NY, USA

Antelope Audio introduces you to the world of microphone modeling technology, featuring our custom microphones and both native and FPGA-powered processing. Antelope’s Edge unlocks massive potential to achieve creative stereo/surround recording techniques with both classic and modern tonality. Emulate the sound of the past or craft the sound of the future with Edge!

Sponsored by Antelope Audio

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

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Live Production Stage: LS04 - Production for Broadcasting the Grammys – The Talent behind the Scenes

Presenter:
Glenn Lorbecki, Glenn Sound Inc - Seattle, WA, USA

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:30 pm — 4:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: ANEMAN: Keeping Audio Networks under Control

Presenter:
Dominique Brulhart, Merging Technologies - Puidoux, Switzerland

With the raising and ubiquitous adoption of AES67, audio networks are rapidly becoming more open but as a consequence more and more heterogenic. The new challenge is to keep these networks under control and offer tools allowing managing them as easily as proprietary networks.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 3:30 pm — 4:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FL Studio

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Al Schmitt

Presenter:
Al Schmitt, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:00 pm — 4:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: NMOS: The Key to Wide Adoption of IP Infrastructures

Presenter:
Rick Seegull, Riedel Communications - Burbank, CA, USA

This session will explain the differences between NMOS specifications IS-04, IS-05 and IS-06. It will also provide a behind the scenes look into IS-04 and IS-05.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:00 pm — 4:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS05 - Considering the Implications of ST-2110 on Audio Over IP

Presenter:
Stephen Brownsill, Audio Product Manager, TSL Products

While Audio Over IP is not new to Broadcast, questions are now forming around what it means in light of SMPTE’s ratification of ST-2110. What are the key differences between proprietary and industry standards? and what will need to be taken in to account if / when considering a COTS infrastructure?
In this session, Stephen Brownsill will provide recap on the advantages of IP infrastructures and breakdown what we already know about Audio Over IP, whilst citing real-life applications to anchor this topic in context.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:00 pm — 4:45 pm (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE05 - Hi-Resolution Record Production – It’s Not Rocket Science!

Presenter:
Leslie Ann Jones, Recording Engineer and Producer, Director of Music Recording and Scoring, Skywalker Sound - San Rafael, CA, USA

Meyer Sound and Leslie Ann Jones (Skywalker Sound) will present "Hi-Resolution Record Production – It’s Not Rocket Science!" with special guests including GRAMMY Award winning producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay.

Sponsored by Meyer Sound

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:30 pm — 5:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AoIP and AES67—Why Should You Care?

Presenter:
Ievgen Kostiukevych, European Broadcasting Union - Le Grand-Saconnex, Genéve, Switzerland

Are you building a radio studio or designing a live venue? Are you confused by the number of audio solutions on the market? The presentation will explain the difference between audio over IP solutions and legacy audio networking solutions and why you should consider going IP.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:30 pm — 5:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Melodyne

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 4:45 pm — 5:45 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE03 - Smalls Change – Deconstructing a Record with Derek Smalls

Presenters:
Derek Smalls, Formerly of the Band Formerly known as Spinal Tap - London, UK
CJ Vanston

Legendary Bass Player Derek Smalls (Derek Smalls - Formerly of the Band Formerly known as Spinal Tap) discusses his latest solo album featuring multiple superstar guest musicians and full orchestra, with Producer/Co-Songwriter/Musician CJ Vanston.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:00 pm — 5:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: AoIP, AES67, and SMPTE 2110-30, Implementation in the Real World

Presenter:
Ken Tankel, Linear Acoustic - Malvern, PA, USA

What are some of the benefits of AES67 and how does AES67 fit into the SMPTE ST 2110 standard? What are the practical requirements of putting an AoIP network in place that can allow equipment from different manufacturers to share audio over IP (AoIP) audio streams? What are the pitfalls and what are the benefits?

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:00 pm — 5:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FabFilter

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Rafa Sardina

Presenter:
Rafa Sardina, Fishbone Productions, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:00 pm — 5:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE06 - Bluetooth Recording: Now Professional Grade

Presenters:
Glenn Lorbecki, Glenn Sound Inc - Seattle, WA, USA
Anthony Mattana, Hooke Audio Corp - Brooklyn, NY, USA

Learn about the advancements in Bluetooth audio recording and its potential to bring binaural audio main stream.

Sponsored by Iron Mountain

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:00 pm — 5:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS06 - Music Mixing for Broadcast

Lawrence Manchester, Grammy-award winning music engineer and producer, takes a look at the special demands and challenges of mixing live music for broadcast. Lawrence will explain his process for mixing NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in 5.1 surround and the crossover between his work in TV, film, and the recording studio.
Bio
Whether recording a symphony orchestra for Martin Scorsese’s OSCAR-winning masterpiece, The Departed, tracking vocals with Beyoncé, engineering the Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark album for Bono and The Edge, “Slow Jamming The News” with President Obama, mixing The Roots in 5.1 surround sound to a live TV audience of millions, or collaborating on viral videos surpassing ten billion views, Grammy-winner Lawrence Manchester’s experience and versatility as a producer, mixer, and engineer keep him very busy.
Lawrence served as the Supervising Music Producer for the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years starring Anna Kendrick. He also recorded and mixed the cast recordings for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Bronx Tale, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, and co-produced the Grammy-nominated Original Cast Album for the Broadway smash Something Rotten!. Lawrence served as the Post Audio Mixer for Adele Live in New York City and recently Lawrence recorded the film scores for The Girl On The Train and Keeping Up With The Joneses and mixed the scores for I, Tonya, Godless, and Bel Canto.
Lawrence is also the music mixer for NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and co-producer of Fallon’s Grammy-winning comedy album, Blow Your Pants Off. During his nine years with Jimmy, he’s mixed live performances by Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor, Prince, Lady Gaga, Beastie Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Sting, Metallica, Madonna, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Green Day, Justin Timberlake, Blake Shelton, Public Enemy, Dave Matthews Band, Shakira, U2, Foo Fighters and The Who.
Manchester is represented by Joe D'Ambrosio Management Inc.

Lawo

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:30 pm — 6:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: MAGIX

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 5:30 pm — 6:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Routing AES67 Audio

Presenter:
Anthony Kuzub, Ward-Beck Systems - Toronto, ON, Canada; AES - Vice Chair - Toronto Section

What was once a piece of masking tape and a sharpie marker is now a dynamic database running on a network; there must be a simpler way. Using a common language leveraging the work done in the already accepted RFC standards, a hugely complex audio system can be augmented with metadata.

 
 

Wednesday, October 17, 6:15 pm — 8:30 pm (Off-Site 1)

Historical: H02 - Ray Dolby and the Technical Innovations of Dolby Laboratories

Presenters:
Ioan Allen, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. - San Francisco, CA, USA
Thomas Kodros, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. - New York, NY, USA

Dolby Screening Room
1350 Avenue of the Americas, Dolby 88 Screening Room
(corner 6th Ave. & W 55th St.)

This program traces over 50 years of audio developments from Ray Dolby and Dolby Laboratories and uses contemporaneous demonstration material for illustration. The content is primarily non-technical, and will conclude with a demonstration of the combination of Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision—the ultimate cinema experience of 2018.

Special thanks for Meyer Sound for Providing additional sound equipment.


This event will be at the Dolby Theater. Program will start at 6:45 pm and end at 8:30. We must be completely out of the room by 9:00 pm.

Come early (5:30 pm) for finger food hors d’oeuvres and beer/wine reception.


This will be a ticketed event (available in the Dolby Demo room)

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 9:00 am — 10:30 am (1E15 +16 SE)

Broadcast & Online Delivery: B05 - Techniques for Success with AoIP Technology

Moderator:
Kirk Harnack, Telos Alliance - Nashville, TN, USA; South Seas Broadcasting Corp. - Pago Pago, American Samoa
Panelists:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany
Gary Kline, Kline Consulting Group LLC - Atlanta, GA, USA
Greg Shay, The Telos Alliance - Cleveland, OH, USA
Kent Terry, Dolby Laboratories Inc. - San Francisco, CA, USA
Christopher Tobin, Newark Public radio - Newark, NJ USA

Audio over IP, a technology first deployed at radio stations some 15 years ago, is mature, stable, flexible, and most certainly viable for decades to come. There are now over ten-thousand radio studios constantly producing roughly a half-million IP-audio streams. Equipment manufacturers and engineers have come to understand what’s critical in designing and installing studios built on AoIP infrastructure. The AES67 standard for AoIP interoperability plays a key role in IP-audio adoption.
Now, the television world is moving to an IP-centric infrastructure for both audio and video. Notably, the AES67 AoIP standard is at the center of the new SMPTE 2110-30 TV-audio specification. This panel presentation and discussion reveals techniques that radio engineers have been learning and perfecting for over a decade. Some panelists will also suggest the best practices for television engineers as AoIP is implemented alongside video-over-IP infrastructure.
This session is designed for audio and video engineers and technicians from radio, TV, and post-production facilities. IT engineers will also benefit from by learning key concepts in these real-time applications of IP-audio and IP-video.

AES Technical Council This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Broadcast and Online Delivery

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 9:30 am — 10:30 am (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: UMG/Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos Playback

Presenter:
Steve Genewick

PMC Masters of Audio Program

UMG/Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos Playback sessions with Steve Genewick. Featuring music mixed for Dolby Atmos from Elton John, LL Cool J, Chris Walden, INXS, REM, Public Enemy, Bastille, Arturo Sandoval, Snoh Aleegra and many others.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 10:00 am — 6:00 pm

Exhibit: Exhibition

Leave plenty of time to walk the exhibits floor so you can learn about the latest products and technologies, scope out your competitors, or simply drool over the latest toys.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 10:00 am — 11:00 am (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Joe Chiccarelli

Presenter:
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, mixer, engineer - Boston, MA, USA

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 10:30 am — 11:00 am (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: AudioSourceRE

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 10:30 am — 11:00 am (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Introduction to the AoIP Technology Pavilion

Presenter:
Terry Holton, Yamaha R&D Centre - London, UK

The Audio-over-IP Technology Pavilion is a significant new initiative created by the AES in partnership with the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). The pavilion will promote professional IP media networking as well as providing the latest information about this rapidly developing field through practical demonstrations and an extensive presentation program. This session will provide an introduction to the various aspects of the pavilion including the AIMS demonstration system, exhibitors’ Pods, and the AoIP Presentation Theater.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 10:30 am — 10:45 am (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: Opening Session

Introduction of the topic of the day/product session

Sponsored by

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 10:45 am — 12:15 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE04 - Platinum Latin Producers & Engineers

Moderator:
Andres A. Mayo, Andres Mayo Mastering & Audio Post - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Presenters:
Rafael Arcaute
Gustavo Borner, igloo music - Burbank, CA, USA
Eduardo Cabra, (Visitante)
Andres Levin, Music Has No Enemies - New York / Havana; Habanico - New York/Havana
Eduardo Pereyra, Mamma's House Studio | Romaphonic Studios - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rafa Sardina, Fishbone Productions, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA, USA

The Platinum Latin Panel brings every year some of the finest audio professionals. Multi-platinum record producers and GRAMMY winners, the presenters will tell you all about producing great music for the Latin market.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:00 am — 11:30 am (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AES67-2018 PICS: A Basis for Interoperability Assessment

Presenter:
Gints Linis, Telos Alliance - Riga, Latvia

AES67-2018 has a new Annex G - Protocol implementation conformance criteria. The presentation will provide background information on what PICS is about as well as a brief history and the current status of the AES67 conformance criteria work, and explain how it can help equipment manufacturers and system integrators. Structure of the provided PICS proforma will be discussed and hints for completing it will be provided. A closer look at AES67 clauses will reveal examples of potential ambiguities and demonstrate how the provided conformance criteria help to resolve them.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:00 am — 12:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Jack Joseph Puig

Presenter:
Jack Joseph Puig, Record Executive/Producer/Mixer - Hollywood, CA, USA

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:00 am — 11:30 am (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Melodyne

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:00 am — 12:15 pm (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

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PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: Showman

Presenter:
Greg Wells, Producer, mixer, songwriter - USA

PMC Masters of Audio Program

Making of The Greatest Showman in Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 by Greg Wells

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE07 - Art of Monitoring

Presenter:
Richard Chycki

Renowned mix engineer/producer Richard Chycki talks about his approach to creating a mix: revealing what you should listen for, what mistakes you should avoid, and why good studio monitoring is essential for helping your mixes translate beautifully to other systems. Not to be missed!

Sponsored by Genelec

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS07 - Wireless Issues for Live Theater: Broadway and Beyond

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:30 am — 12:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FabFilter

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 11:30 am — 12:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: RAV2SAP: A Value-Added AES67 Micro Service

Presenter:
Anthony Kuzub, Ward-Beck Systems - Toronto, ON, Canada; AES - Vice Chair - Toronto Section

AES67 Devices are not required to implement discovery services. Ravenna to SAP is an application that manages, monitors and creates announcements to networked devices. With this SDP translation and creation tool, RAV2SAP can provide announcements of known transmitters that don't have announcement and discovery mechanisms.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Chris Lord-Alge

Presenter:
Chris Lord-Alge, Mix LA - Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: From Analog, to Digital, to Audio-over-IP—A Manufacturer's Perspective

Presenter:
Gordon Kapes, Studio Technologies, Inc. - Skokie, IL, USA

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonarworks

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:00 pm — 12:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE08 - Gear Club Podcast with Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T.Rex)

Presenter:
Tony Visconti, (David Bowie, T.Rex)

Described as one of the most important players in the history of rock, Tony Visonti is a multiple Grammy-winning record producer, arranger, mixer and musician. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers including David Bowie, T. Rex, The Moody Blues, Angelique Kidjo, and Kristeen Young.

Sponsored by Eventide

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:30 pm — 1:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110—How Are They the Same, How Are They Different?

Presenter:
Rick Seegull, Riedel Communications - Burbank, CA, USA

This session will provide a comparison between the broad specification of AES67 and SMPTE 2110-30 requirements.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:30 pm — 1:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonible

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

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Special Event: SE05 - Lunchtime Keynote: The Distribution of Independence: From the Green Line to the Blockchain

Presenter:
Rich Jensen, Independent - Seatttle, WA, USA

The origins of the Sub Pop Record label lead back to an Independent music policy, called “The Green Line,” put in place at a tiny community radio station serving Olympia, Washington, in the mid-1970s. Fifteen years later Sub Pop achieved international fame for promoting Seattle-based bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney during the Seattle grunge movement. The label has a history of irreverence, innovation, and a cultural sensitivity that has made it a role model for other so-called Indie labels and artists around the world. In his keynote address, former “Sub-President’”and early Sub Pop recording artist Rich Jensen explores opportunities the new digital technologies such as Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Music Metadata, and the Creative Passport to offer to unleash artists and their communities today into a world that seems hungry for their guidance and inspiration. If Sub Pop had those technologies at its disposal in the 1980s, how would the world be different today?

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:00 pm — 1:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: AES70 at a Glance

Presenter:
Ethan Wetzell, OCA Alliance

In the world of media networking, much attention is given to content transport, but an equally important component is how connected devices can be controlled. This presentation will discuss the AES70 open control standard, how it fits within the media networking landscape, and will serve as an introduction to its structure and capabilities for device control.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:00 pm — 1:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Relab

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Tchad Blake

Presenter:
Tchad Blake, Real World Studios - UK

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm (1E13)

Special Event: SE06 - DTVAG Forum

Moderator:
Roger Charlesworth, DTV Audio Group - New York, NY, USA
Panelists:
Tim Carroll, Dolby Laboratories - San Francisco, CA, USA
Stacey Foster, Saturday Night Live
Jackie Green, Alteros - Stow, OH, USA
Scott Kramer, Netflix - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sean Richardson, Starz Entertainment - Denver, CO, USA
Tom Sahara, Turner Sports Vice President, Operations and Technology, Turner Sports - Atlanta, GA, USA
Steve Silva, Vice President of Technology and Strategy, Fox Networks - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jim Starzynski, NBCUniversal - New York, NY, USA; ATSC Group - Washington D.C.

Television in Transition: Expanding Possibilities for Audio

The entire television consumption and distribution ecosystem is being transformed at breakneck speed. Ubiquitous and cheap wireless and broadband networking; smart TVs and mobile devices; and massively-scalable cloud computing are building a completely new entertainment distribution system practically overnight, upending the traditional broadcast model, and changing viewing habits forever. This transition from “hardwired” to “virtualized” distribution is expanding the possibilities for television audio innovation, further raising the bar on ultimate quality of premium viewing experiences, while presenting creative challenges in translating these experiences to an ever-widening range of devices.

“The rule book for television distribution is being completely re-written. The migration away from traditional broadcasting to IP delivery will continue to accelerate the uptake of advanced encoding solutions and sophisticated audio services. This transition creates new challenges in providing quality and consistency across an ever-widening range of device and environments. Please join the DTVAG for a discussion of these and other important television audio issues.”~ Roger Charlesworth, Executive Director, DTV Audio Group

Forum topics will include:

Chasing Quality
The advent of affordable consumer 4K and HDR on TVs and other devices is transforming the home viewing experience. Combined with the story-telling power of premium episodic content, upscale home viewing is supplanting cinema as the ultimate Hollywood entertainment consumption experience. Audio has been front and center in this transition as more and more premium content becomes available in Dolby Atmos. Is this trend sustainable? How are broadcasters and others responding to the demand for premium audio content?

Surround Virtualization
An important aspect of next-generation audio systems is the ability to virtualize surround presentations over a range of devices and environments. Consumers are already being offered increasingly sophisticated immersive-audio-capable soundbars and TV sets; what are the prospects for enhanced surround virtualization on headphones, earbuds and mobile devices?

Infrastructure and Workflow for Next-Generation Audio
Next-generation audio services greatly increase network operations payloads with additional immersive channels, alternate languages, accessibility features, and all their attendant metadata. Can linear routing systems keep up with these demands or is SMPTE ST 2110 IP media infrastructure arriving just in time to save the day? If so, where are we on the attendant standards and operating protocols to make next-gen audio work in the IP domain? We will debate the issue and take an expert look at the standards crafting work going on behind the scenes.

The Wireless Spectrum Crunch Marches On
Carriers are quickly rolling out services in their newly-acquired 600 MHz blocs making life difficult for wireless mics and other low-power users in many parts of the country. As the rollout in open blocks continues, stations are beginning to exit their existing allocations and head for new frequencies in an already over-crowded 500 MHz TV band. What is the long-term feasibility of operating in what remains of the UHF TV band, and are there practical alternatives on the horizon?

Presenters and Panelists Include:

Roger Charlesworth, Executive Director, DTV Audio Group
Tim Carroll, Senior Director Technology, Sound Group, Office of the CTO, Dolby Laboratories
Stacey Foster, Coordinating Producer, Saturday Night Live
Jackie Green, President and Chief Technology Officer, Alteros
Scott Kramer, Manager Sound Technology, Netflix
Sean Richardson, Executive Director and Principal Audio Engineer, Starz Entertainment
Tom Sahara, Vice President Operations and Engineering, Turner Sports, Chairman Sports Video Group
Steve Silva, Consultant Technology Strategy, Fox Networks Engineering and Operations
Jim Starzynski, Director and Principal Audio Engineer, NBC Universal, Chairman DTV Audio Group

The DTV Audio Group Forum at AES is produced in association with the Sports Video Group and is sponsored by: Calrec; Dale Pro Audio; Dolby Laboratories; Lawo; Sanken; Plus 24

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS08 - Concealed Miking with DPA Microphone

Presenter:
José Frías, Production Sound Mixer (DPA)

Learn concealed miking techniques for film and television using DPA Microphones discreet line of lavalier microphones. This live demonstration will go through different mic choices, wardrobe considerations, mounting accessories, and proper etiquette when dealing with talent or subjects.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Best Service

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: The Audio Parts of SMPTE ST 2110 Explained

Presenter:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany

This session will explain the fundamentals and possible variations of audio transport within ST 2110 and its compatibility with AES67.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:00 pm — 2:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Audio over IP: Practical Requirements for Real-World Usability

Presenter:
Brad Price, Audinate - Portland, OR, USA

As professional audio installations become synonymous with IP networks, the industry has been abuzz with discussions of protocols and other necessary transport foundations. In reality, people work with solutions that build on these underlying concepts and provide a plethora of additional functionality that makes audio-over-IP usable in the real world. This presentation explores how coherent solutions enhance the experience of audio networking, and how features beyond transport are crucial to the widespread adoption of the technology by the channel and end users.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:00 pm — 2:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FL Studio

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Greg Wells

Presenter:
Greg Wells, Producer, mixer, songwriter - USA

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:00 pm — 2:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS09 - Audio Networking for Theater & System Requirements

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:00 pm — 2:45 pm (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE09 - Mixing a Hit Record

Presenter:
Michael Brauer, Michael Brauer - New York, NY, USA

Sponsored by Waves

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Accusonus

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Sample-Accurate Synchronization of SMPTE ST 2110 Audio Streams

Presenter:
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX GmbH - Munich, Germany

Detailed explanation of the synchronization fundamentals of ST 2110 and how these can be applied to achieve sample-accurate synchronization among audio streams.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 2:45 pm — 3:45 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE07 - Al Schmitt—On the Record

Presenters:
Maureen Droney, The Recording Academy - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Al Schmitt, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Al Schmitt is a multiple GRAMMY Award winning engineer and producer; a music legend whose career spans more than six decades. In fact, Al has received the most GRAMMYs ever awarded to an engineer. He’s worked with such iconic artists as Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, Toto, Diana Krall, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Neil Young, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, Natalie Cole, and so many more. In this wide-ranging discussion with Maureen Droney, Managing Director of the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing, Schmitt will share stories from his life in music along with practical tips and sage advice about what it takes to become one of the most in-demand talents in the business. This discussion also commemorates the release of Al’s autobiography: Al Schmitt on the Record: The Magic Behind the Music (Hal Leonard).

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:00 pm — 3:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AoIP: Anatomy of a Full-Stack Implementation

Presenter:
Ievgen Kostiukevych, European Broadcasting Union - Le Grand-Saconnex, Genéve, Switzerland

The presentation will explain that there is much more to consider when building an AoIP infrastructure than just the AES67 standard. The challenges of synchronization and clocking, discovery and registration, device and network control will be explained, and some solutions will be offered.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:00 pm — 3:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Melodyne

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:00 pm — 4:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Tony Maserati

Presenter:
Tony Maserati, Recording engineer - USA

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE10 - Programming Audio Specific DSPs Using a GUI Based Programming Tool to Optimize Code Development

Presenter:
David Thibodeau, Analog Devices - Wilmington, MA, USA

Analog Devices Inc., will be demonstrating the SigmaStudio GUI based programming tool used to program the SigmaDSP line of digital signal processors. These processors are optimized for processing audio and include some micro-controller like features. The SigmaDSP line of products produced by Analog Devices INC., are a range of products starting with small cost-efficient DSPs with integrated analog and digital converters to large powerful DSPs that can interface to a wide variety of converters and other audio processing systems like Bluetooth and audio networks. The processors include integrated general purpose input and outputs (GPIO) to simplify interfacing to control switches and potentiometers for the adjustments of DSP parameters in real time. The higher-end processors are also capable of many micro-controller-like functions such as booting up external codecs (ADC and DAC ICs) and polling external ICs for errors. Most of the SigmaDSP products are capable of self-booting using an external EEPROM to enable the design of standalone systems that boot themselves and operate without a system controller. Of course, system controllers can be utilized for advanced system solutions.
Our demonstration will consist of developing an application using SigmaStudio starting from a blank file and coming up with a functioning solution and programming it into an EEPROM while you watch. Other more advanced concepts will be detailed using prepared projects that showcase capabilities and ease of programming.

Sponsored by Analog Devices

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS10 - The Problem With Mono – Multichannel Mixing Techniques for Theater

Presenter:
Jesse Stevens, L-Acoustics

This panel will explore common reinforcement techniques for the theatre, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, with a focus on how to get the most out of mono sources.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:30 pm — 4:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FabFilter

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:30 pm — 4:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Monitoring Audio Streams in the IP Network-Based Workflow

Presenter:
Aki Mäkivirta, Genelec Oy - Iisalmi, Finland

In this presentation, Aki will explain why the entire studio audio signal paths are now being networked, how IP-connectable monitoring loudspeakers are being used across the broadcast industry to directly monitor IP audio streams, and how installed audio applications can also benefit from this technology.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 3:45 pm — 4:45 pm (1E21)

Special Event: SE08 - Mastered by Bob Ludwig: An Exploration of his Career and Techniques

Presenters:
Jett Galindo, Bakery Mastering - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc. - Portland, ME, USA

Jett Galindo of Bakery Mastering hosts a conversation with legendary mastering engineer Bob Ludwig of the famed Gateway Mastering Studios. Ludwig’s career began during an era when mastering technology looked very different than it does today. The interview explores Ludwig's perspective on all things mastering including how he has navigated those changes, his observations about what has changed, exploration of technology old and new, and insights into how he approaches his work. We’ll hear a sampling of some of his work and learn, what does "Mastered by Bob Ludwig" mean?

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:00 pm — 4:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: ANEMAN: Keeping Audio Networks under Control

Presenter:
Dominique Brulhart, Merging Technologies - Puidoux, Switzerland

With the raising and ubiquitous adoption of AES67, audio networks are rapidly becoming more open but as a consequence more and more heterogenic. The new challenge is to keep these networks under control and offer tools allowing managing them as easily as proprietary networks.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm (Booth 458)

AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Bob Power & Manny Marroquin

Presenters:
Bob Power
Manny Marroquin

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:00 pm — 4:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: MAGIX

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:00 pm — 4:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS11 - Mixing a Musical

Presenters:
Matt Larson, DiGiCo- Group One Limited National Sales Manager - Farmingdale, NY
Scott Sanders, Veteran Broadway Mix Engineer

What does it take to mix a musical in a small community theater to Broadway/West End and what technologies can help you with the best results? Scott Sanders & Matt Larson will look at the scope of a small to large show and discuss current tools that will help you in the real-world with a limited or a proper budget as you weave through the Sound Designers visions and what the Director wants.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:00 pm — 4:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE11 - The Networked Studio, a Dream or Reality?

Presenter:
Jan Lykke, NTP Technology - Gentofte

The presentation will look at the feasibility of a networked studio. Topics such as latency, synchronization and handling multiple sample rates will be covered. This presentation will include some interesting case stories.

Sponsored by NTP/DAD

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:30 pm — 5:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: NMOS: The Key to Wide Adoption of IP Infrastructures

Presenter:
Rick Seegull, Riedel Communications - Burbank, CA, USA

This session will explain the differences between NMOS specifications IS-04, IS-05 and IS-06. It will also provide a behind the scenes look into IS-04 and IS-05.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:30 pm — 5:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonarworks

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:30 pm — 6:00 pm (1E07)

Broadcast & Online Delivery: B09 - Modern Transmission Facilities

Chair:
Scott Fybush, Northeast Radio Watch
Panelists:
Karl Lahm, Broadcast Transmission Services, LLC - Traverse City, MI, USA
Jim Leifer, American Tower - Boston, MA, USA
John Lyons, Durst Broadcasting LLC - New York, NY, USA
Shane O’Donoghue, Empire State Building - New York, NY, USA

The broadcast transmission facility of the 21st century is a different beast from its 20th century predecessor. Bulky tube transmitters have largely given way to sleek solid-state rigs, and radio broadcasters are beginning to adopt the same liquid-cooled technology that has transformed TV broadcasting. In New York and other cities, older master FM antennas are being replaced with new combiners and antennas for the first time in decades. Ownership consolidation has brought former competitors together to share engineers and transmitter rooms. In this session the site managers and station engineers who oversee many of the biggest broadcast facilities will discuss the challenges they face in keeping their plants at the cutting edge of technical innovation.

Co-organized by the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

AES Technical Council This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Broadcast and Online Delivery

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 4:45 pm — 5:45 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE09 - Music Mavens: Managing Legacy Studios in Challenging Times

Panelists:
Paula Salvatore
Candace Stewart
Moderator:
Ellis Sorkin, owner of Studio Referral Service Inc., 1980–present and recording engineer A&M records, 1973–1980

The recording process has changed. What you were once able only do in a commercial recording facility, to some extent, is now possible to do in your home or bedroom. But throughout the world there are still new commercial facilities being built every day and there are numerous legacy studios that are consistently busy and booked. This panel discusses how these grand palaces of production continue to thrive in a new recording environment and how these studios have adapted to changing workflow and new technologies. Hear first-hand from industry leaders on what they are doing from a strategic standpoint and how they are keeping these facilities going for artists, and the music industry in general. Topics covered also include: Why live acoustic spaces matter and how they enhance any production; how 5-star service still exists and how these top professionals select, manage and train their staff to deliver the highest service and treatment that their clients have come to expect.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm (Booth 458)

AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Andrew Scheps & Tchad Blake

Presenters:
Andrew Sheps
Tchad Blake, Real World Studios - UK

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:00 pm — 5:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Relab

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:00 pm — 5:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: Telos Infinity: Breaking the Matrix with AES67, Next Generation Intercom

Presenter:
Martin Dyster, The Telos Alliance

Telos Infinity IP Intercom is a complete reimagining of broadcast communications technology developed by the Telos Alliance engineering team that invented AoIP for broadcast in 2003. Infinity replaces outmoded matrix technology with an advanced, distributed fully AES67 compliant network solution that provides superior functionality in a simplified, more elegant form. Being matrix-free allows plug-and-play networked hardware and software devices to be added to the system as part of a planned or ad-hoc change, without ever worrying that you might exceed the number of available ports on a matrix.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:00 pm — 5:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS12 - Loudspeaker System Case Studies for Musical and Theatrical Applications

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:00 pm — 5:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE12 - The Producers & Engineers Wing Presents: Getting Paid and Credited - Lessons in Self Preservation

Moderator:
Jeff Balding, NARAS P&E Wing
Panelists:
Danny Kortchmar, Legendary GRAMMY nominated guitarist, songwriter and producer (Jackson Browne, Don Henley, James Taylor)
Will Lee, GRAMMY Award-winning bassist and Musicians Hall of Fame inductee
Gebre Waddell, Soundways - Memphis, TN, USA

There was a time in the music industry when album credits were second nature and easily found with vinyl records and CD packaging. In recent years, with downloading and streaming, there has been a steep decline in credit delivery and access. As a musician, singer, songwriter, producer or engineer, your credits most likely influence your ability to get your next gig, and it’s often also how you are identified for royalties. Music streaming services are beginning to come on board to show credits, and products have emerged to facilitate the process. Join us to hear how crediting is back in the forefront and how you can take advantage of it.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:30 pm — 6:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FL Studio

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 5:30 pm — 6:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: What's New in AES70-2018

Presenter:
Jeff Berryman, OCA Alliance

A revision of the AES70 media network control standard is currently in its public review phase, and will become official soon. It is a compatible upgrade to AES70-2015, the current standard. This talk will summarize the features of the new version.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 8:00 pm — 9:00 pm (Off-Site 3)

Special Event: SE10 - Organ Concert (20:00 – 21:00)

Church of the Ascension
36–38 Fifth Avenue and West 10th Street

Organist Graham Blyth’s concerts are a highlight of every AES convention at which he performs. This year’s recital will be held at the Church of the Ascension. The program will be:

Grand Dialogue in C — Louis Marchand (1669 - 1732)

Partita on "Sei Gegrüsset Jesu Gütig — J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)

Toccata in G — Theodore Dubois (1837 - 1924)

Chorale No.2 in B min — César Franck (1822 - 1890)

Pastoral & Final from 1st Organ Sonata — Alexandre Guilmant (1837 - 1911)

The most outstanding recent development in Ascension’s
musical life has been the building, installation, and inauguration of the Manton Memorial Organ. Designed specifically for Ascension and built by one of the world’s finest artisans, Pascal Quoirin of St. Didier, France, the new organ made its debut in late 2010 following an extensive renovation of the church interior and a long, careful installation process. With two consoles, one electric-action and one mechanical-action (“tracker”), 95 stops, and 111 ranks, the organ is tailor-made to perform the eclectic repertory favored at Ascension. It is the first French-made organ ever installed in New York City and was made possible by a generous grant from The Manton Foundation.

 
 

Thursday, October 18, 6:15 pm — 8:30 pm (Off-Site 2)

Historical: H05 - Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell at the Isle of Wight 1970

Presenter:
Eliot Kissileff

Producer Eliot Kissileff discusses the restoration ordeal of creating the movie and soundtrack, filmed by Murray Lerner and recorded by Teo Macero and Stanley Tonkel.

Featuring concert footage as well as contemporaneous interviews at the festival with attendees as well as a 2003 interview Ms. Mitchell, the film will be released for the first time at the end of September. This will be the first New York showing.

This event will be at the Dolby Theater. Doors will be at 6:15 pm, program will start at 6:45 pm and end at 8:30. We must be completely out of the room by 9:00 pm.
No food or drink other than water allowed in theater.
This will be a ticketed event (available in the Dolby Demo room)

 
 

Friday, October 19, 9:30 am — 10:45 am (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: Conversation with John O'Mahony

Presenter:
John O'Mahony, Electric Lady Studios

PMC Masters of Audio Program

In Conversation with mixer John O'Mahony. From his studio at New York's iconic Electric Lady Studios, John O'Mahony has mixed for everyone from Coldplay to Sara Bareilles, Vance Joy to Twenty One Pilots. He will play back some of his work, discuss moving from Ireland to New York, working with Andy Wallace, and his mix approach.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:00 am — 4:00 pm

Exhibit: Exhibition

Leave plenty of time to walk the exhibits floor so you can learn about the latest products and technologies, scope out your competitors, or simply drool over the latest toys.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:00 am — 11:00 am (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Jimmy Douglass

Presenter:
Jimmy Douglass, Engineer, producer - USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:00 am — 12:00 pm (Crystal Palace)

Student / Career: SC10 - Education and Career Fair

The combined AES 145th Education and Career Fair will match job seekers with companies and prospective students with schools.

Companies:
Looking for the best and brightest minds in the audio world? No place will have more of them assembled than the 143rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society. Companies are invited to participate in our Education and Career Fair free of charge. This is the perfect chance to identify your ideal new hires! All attendees of the convention, students and professionals alike, are welcome to come visit with representatives from participating companies to find out more about job and internship opportunities in the audio industry. Bring your resume!

Schools:
One of the best reasons to attend AES conventions is the opportunity to make important connections with your fellow educators from around the globe. Academic Institutions offering studies in audio (from short courses to graduate degrees) will be represented in a “table top” session. Information on each school’s respective programs will be made available through displays and academic guidance. There is no charge for schools/institutions to participate. Admission is free and open to all convention attendees.

Schools or companies interested in exhibiting can register online at .

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:30 am — 11:00 am (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AES67-101: The Basics of AES67

Presenter:
Anthony Kuzub, Ward-Beck Systems - Toronto, ON, Canada; AES - Vice Chair - Toronto Section

An exploration of the AES67 standards document. Experience an overview of the basics of synchronization, transport, audio encoding, packet timing, buffering mechanisms, and sessions description.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:30 am — 10:45 am (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: Opening Session

Presentation of the topic of the day/product session

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:30 am — 11:00 am (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonible

 
 

Friday, October 19, 10:45 am — 12:15 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

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Recording & Production: RP15 - Know It Before You Track It—Guitar Literacy for Recording Engineers

Presenter:
Alex Case, University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA, USA

Join educator and author Alex U. Case for this technical tour of the musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, and electroacoustics of the guitar. Deeper knowledge of the instrument–acoustic and electric–enables the recordist to communicate and collaborate more effectively with the artist. Mastery of the many elements of guitar tone empowers the engineer to get better sounds more quickly. Develop your own creative recording and mixing strategies for this essential instrument built on these technical foundations.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:00 am — 11:30 am (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Audio over IP: Practical Requirements for Real-World Usability

Presenter:
Brad Price, Audinate - Portland, OR, USA

As professional audio installations become synonymous with IP networks, the industry has been abuzz with discussions of protocols and other necessary transport foundations. In reality, people work with solutions that build on these underlying concepts and provide a plethora of additional functionality that makes audio-over-IP usable in the real world. This presentation explores how coherent solutions enhance the experience of audio networking, and how features beyond transport are crucial to the widespread adoption of the technology by the channel end users.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:00 am — 12:00 pm (Booth 458)

AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Gavin Lurssen & Reuben Cohen

Presenters:
Gavin Lurssen
Reuben Cohen

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:00 am — 11:30 am (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Relab

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE13 - Live Streaming on Facebook with a Focusrite Scarlett USB Interface

Focusrite will be presenting a live, in person tutorial, in which you will learn to add high quality audio to your livestream using an interface from the world’s best-selling USB audio interface range, Scarlett. Focusrite staff, along with local New York artist Chelsea Takami, will walk you through the steps to connect a Scarlett interface to your Facebook stream allowing you to present the best sound quality to go along with your video. Chelsea will perform a couple of her original songs which will be livestreamed to the Focusrite Facebook page during the presentation and a short Q&A will follow the livestream.

Sponsored by Focusrite

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:00 am — 11:45 am (Live Production Stage)

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Live Production Stage: LS13 - The 7 Most Common Wireless Mic Mistakes (and What You Can Do about Them)

Presenter:
Karl Winkler, Lectrosonics - Rio Rancho, NM, USA

Anyone who has set up or used a wireless mic system, large or small, has faced some of the same problems. This panel of industry experts will explore the most common problems users bring upon themselves, and provide best practice advice for how to improve your results next time around. The basics of wireless mic technology and how to apply it in the real world will be covered along the way.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:15 am — 12:15 pm (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: UMG/Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos Playback

Presenter:
Steve Genewick

PMC Masters of Audio Program

UMG/Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos Playback sessions with Steve Genewick featuring music mixed for Dolby Atmos from Elton John, LL Cool J, Chris Walden, INXS, REM, Public Enemy, Bastille, Arturo Sandoval, Snoh Aleegra and many others.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:30 am — 12:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Accusonus

 
 

Friday, October 19, 11:30 am — 12:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110—How Are They the Same, How Are They Different?

Presenter:
Rick Seegull, Riedel Communications - Burbank, CA, USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: MAGIX

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: The Two Control Layers of Large Media Systems

Presenter:
Jeff Berryman, OCA Alliance

The growth of IP networking technology is giving rise to larger IP projects, in which media networks may interconnect large facilities—campuses, studio complexes, and cities. For such projects, it is important to provide a full range of features, extending from overall asset and workflow management down to detailed control of device operating parameters. This talk offers a two-layer design concept to help cover this range and examines how current standards fit into the picture.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Tom Lord-Alge

Presenter:
Tom Lord-Alge, SPANK Studios - South Beach, FL, USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:00 pm — 12:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE14 - Gear Club Podcast with Bob Clearmountain

Grammy-winning producer, engineer and mixer, Bob Clearmountain is behind some of the best-selling albums in music history. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Bryan Adams, Robbie Williams, Toto, Bon Jovi, Altered State, and Simple Minds.

Sponsored by Eventide

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm (Live Production Stage)

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Live Production Stage: LS14 - Spectrum Update - "We're in it Now!”

Moderator:
Karl Winkler, Lectrosonics - Rio Rancho, NM, USA

The 600 MHz spectrum auction concluded last year and many changes to the available UHF frequencies are well underway. Join a panel of experts covering these changes, new FCC regulations, and the affects these changes are having on all UHF wireless microphone, intercom, IEM and IFB users in the core-TV bands.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:30 pm — 1:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: AoIP, AES67, and SMPTE 2110-30, Implementation in the Real World

Presenter:
Ken Tankel, Linear Acoustic - Malvern, PA, USA

What are some of the benefits of AES67 and how does AES67 fit into the SMPTE ST 2110 standard? What are the practical requirements of putting an AoIP network in place that can allow equipment from different manufacturers to share audio over IP (AoIP) audio streams? What are the pitfalls and what are the benefits?

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:30 pm — 1:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FabFilter

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm (1E06 (Immersive/PMC Rm))

PMC Masters of Audio: PMC: JC Losada: A "Musical Latin Lunch"

Presenter:
Juan Cristobal Losada, New York University - New York, NY, USA

PMC Masters of Audio Program

Spend your lunch hour with Venezuelan-born Juan Cristóbal Losada is a GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Award winning engineer, producer, and songwriter. Losada has worked with an impressive roster of world-renowned artists, including Carlos Santana, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Plácido Domingo, José Feliciano, Shakira, José José, and Chayanne among many others.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE11 - Lunchtime Keynote: Prince Charles Alexander

Presenters:
Prince Charles Alexander, Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA, USA
Paul "Willie Green" Womack, Willie Green Music - Brooklyn, NY, USA

Hip-Hop: The Early Adopter of Emerging Technologies

Hip-Hop is well known for pushing boundaries musically but also has a long history of embracing new technology. From drum machines to samplers to computer based recording and editing, Hip-Hop artists have a legacy of embracing cutting edge technology to drive forward not only their music but the industry at large.

This keynote discussion with recording and mixing engineer Prince Charles Alexander (The Notorious B.I.G., P. Diddy, Destiny's Child, Aretha Franklin) explores Hip-Hop's innovating role in the fast paced world of music technology. Moderated by Paul "Willie Green" Womack.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm — 1:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: AES67 PICS, Certification, Self-Certification and Plugfests

Presenter:
Kevin Gross, AVA Networks - Boulder, CO, USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Chris Lord-Alge

Presenter:
Chris Lord-Alge, Mix LA - Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm — 1:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Melodyne

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS15 - Mixing FOH & Monitors – Cohabitation and Cooperation

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE15 - The Special Sauce for Mixing a Hit Record

Presenters:
Fab Dupont, Flux Studios - New York, NY, USA; Flux Studios
Kevin Killen

Producer Fab Dupont (Mark Ronson, Jennifer Lopez) talks with Kevin Killen (Peter Gabriel, U2, David Bowie) as they walk through one of today’s hottest tracks. Hear how the pros approach crafting a hit with the same tools available to you and what that "special sauce" is too.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: How AES67 & RAVENNA Enables Innovation

Presenter:
Bill Rounopoulos, Ross Video

 
 

Friday, October 19, 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonarworks

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:00 pm — 2:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Best Service

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:00 pm — 2:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

AoIP Pavilion: From Analog, to Digital, to Audio-over-IP—A Manufacturer's Perspective

Presenter:
Gordon Kapes, Studio Technologies, Inc. - Skokie, IL, USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm (Booth 458)

AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Leslie Brathwaite

Presenter:
Leslie Brathwaite

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:00 pm — 2:45 pm (PSE Stage)

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Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE16 - How to Learn Recording the Wrong Way

Presenter:
Larry Crane, Tape Op Magazine - Portland, OR, USA; Jackpot! Recording Studio

Based on a series of his Tape Op “End Rants” (issues 122 and 127), editor and studio owner/producer Larry Crane will explain how the current state of learning about recording equipment and techniques is dangerous, and can lead to poor recordings, dead ends, and the homogenization of sounds. He will discuss how to improperly utilize resources in the age of the internet, and how to avoid attitudes that make for lousy engineering and production decisions.

Sponsored by Meyer Sound

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:00 pm — 2:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

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Live Production Stage: LS16 - Presenting L-ISA: Reinventing the Live Sound Experience

Presenter:
Scott Sugden, L-Acoustics - Oxnard, CA, USA

An introduction to L-ISA Hyperreal Sound and Immersive Hyperreal Sound via an exploration of a rapidly growing number of over 600 real world deployments. L-ISA is the most comprehensive and robust technology for real-time mixing live productions with the confidence that the loudspeaker configuration, the multidimensional mixing tools, and the processing in the L ISA ecosystem will combine to exceed production expectations.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: FL Studio

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Optimizing Networks for Media

Presenter:
Patrick Killianey, Yamaha Professional Audio - Buena Park, CA, USA

This session will examine the network technologies used to optimize a network for modern media transport. With this knowledge, attendees will have a much better understanding of how to manage networks with mixed traffic and have the basic knowledge to begin diagnosing networked audio issues. This session will cover TCP vs. UDP, Unicast vs. Multicast and Quality of Service (QoS).

 
 

Friday, October 19, 2:45 pm — 3:45 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE12 - Studio Stories—Remastering Jackson Browne's “Running On Empty”

Moderator:
Kevin Reeves, VP, Studio Operations North America - UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP - New York - Nashville - Los Angeles
Presenters:
Reuben Cohen
Danny Kortchmar, Legendary GRAMMY nominated guitarist, songwriter and producer (Jackson Browne, Don Henley, James Taylor)
Gavin Lurssen
Ron McMaster, Capitol Studios Mastering - Hollywood, CA, USA

This panel focuses on the recently re-mastered release of Jackson Browne’s iconic LP “Running On Empty" on vinyl, the relevance of working on historical recordings, and revamping the aural experience using and vintage and modern mastering techniques to satisfy the current consumer audio expectations for these recordings. The album was recorded and mixed by the late Greg Ladanyi on tour, live and on stage, or in locations such as backstage, on tour busses, and hotel rooms.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 3:00 pm — 3:30 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: AudioSourceRE

 
 

Friday, October 19, 3:00 pm — 4:00 pm (Booth 458)

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AES Mix with the Masters Workshop: Marcella Araica

Presenter:
Marcella Araica, Recording & Mix engineer (Britney Spears, Madonna, Pink) - Miami, FL, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
 

Friday, October 19, 3:00 pm — 3:30 pm (AoIP Pavilion Theater)

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AoIP Pavilion: Monitoring Audio Streams in the IP Network-Based Workflow

Presenter:
Aki Mäkivirta, Genelec Oy - Iisalmi, Finland

In this presentation, Aki will explain why the entire studio audio signal paths are now being networked, how IP-connectable monitoring loudspeakers are being used across the broadcast industry to directly monitor IP audio streams, and how installed audio applications can also benefit from this technology.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm (PSE Stage)

Project Studio Expo Recording Stage: PSE17 - Audio Post-Production: Out of Time and Over Budget

Presenters:
David Gross, Producer/Engineer/Composer - Seattle, WA, USA
Glenn Lorbecki, Glenn Sound Inc - Seattle, WA, USA

From TV commercials to movie and game soundtracks, audio post-production services are in high demand. Corporate marketing departments are producing more videos than ever before. This presentation takes a look at how to deliver high quality audio for video productions, regardless of timeline or budget.

Sponsored by Glenn Sound

 
 

Friday, October 19, 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm (Live Production Stage)

Live Production Stage: LS17 - Case Study of Large-Scale Festival Sound Systems: Roskilde Festival 2018

Presenter:
Bob McCarthy, Meyer Sound - New York, NY, USA

Roskilde Festival is one of Europe’s largest and longest-running music festivals, featuring 8 live music stages running in scale from a few hundred to 110,000 people. In this presentation, Bob McCarthy, Meyer Sound’s Director of System Optimization and one of the chief audio engineers for the festival, will discuss the sound system design objectives and tuning processes, as well as the challenges unique to outdoor festivals, tents, and diverse musical acts playing simultaneously.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 3:30 pm — 4:00 pm (Software Pavillion)

Software@A: Sonible

 
 

Friday, October 19, 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Archiving & Restoration: AR07 - Preserving the Archives of Major Recording Artists

Moderator:
Jessica Thompson, Jessica Thompson Audio - Berkeley, CA, USA
Panelists:
Niko Bolas, The Surf Shack Studio - Ventura, CA USA; Germano Studio - NYC, NY USA
Brad Mindich, Founder/CEO Inveniem
Susan Rogers, Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA, USA
Steve Rosenthal, MARS ( MagicShop Archive and Restoration Studios - Brooklyn, NY, USA

Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Merle Haggard, Tom Petty - these past few years, we’ve lost too many major recording artists to list. They leave behind their legacy as artists and performers as well as vaults filled with recordings, demos, sketches, unfinished projects, documents, and more. This panel will address the challenges of dealing with the archives of major recording artists.

Susan Rogers (Berklee, Prince, Barenaked Ladies), Brad Mindich (CEO, Inveniem), engineer/producer Niko Bolas (Neil Young, LeAnn Rimes, The Mavericks), and engineer/producer/archivist Steve Rosenthal (MARS, Lou Reed, Blondie) will share their memories of working in the studio with major artists and discuss the formidable issues around archiving and preservation. They will speak to the technical challenges of identifying and digitizing decades of analog and digital formats, the legal obstacles, and the question of when and how to curate new releases from archival materials.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 4:30 pm — 5:45 pm (1E21)

Recording & Production: RP13 - Road Stories: David Hewitt and dB Brown

Moderator:
Mark Rubel, The Blackbird Academy - Nashville, TN, USA; Pogo Studio - Nashville, TN, USA
Panelists:
Daryl Bornstein, Daryl Bornstein Audio - North Salem, NY, USA
Jack Douglas
David Hewitt
Jay Messina

David Hewitt and dB Brown crisscrossed the United States, Canada, and beyond in a series of remote recording trucks, initially for the Record Plant. They recorded such historic artists and events as Live Aid, Farm Aid, Watkins Glen and other festivals, Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park, U2, Prince's Purple Rain, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Earth, Wind and Fire, The Grateful Dead, and countless others. Join us for an hour and fifteen minutes of storytelling, technical investigation, possibly the playing of some live multitrack recordings, and wisdom from a pair who have been there. Moderated by Mark Rubel.

AES Technical Council This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Recording Technology and Practices

 
 

Friday, October 19, 5:15 pm — 6:15 pm (1E10)

Special Event: SE13 - METAlliance—The Mission

Moderator:
Jim Pace, The METAlliance - Los Angeles, CA, USA; Massenburg DesignWorks - plus24
Panelists:
Chuck Ainlay, METAlliance - Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ed Cherney, Edward Cherney Company - Venice, CA, USA
Frank Filipetti, The Living Room - New York, NY, USA
George Massenburg, Schulich School of Music, McGill University - Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elliot Scheiner, Producer - USA
Al Schmitt, Los Angeles, CA, USA

The mission of the METAlliance (a group of globally recognized and award winning engineers) is to promote standards of quality in the art and science of recording music. The panel will discuss their ongoing efforts and provide examples of their efforts and contributions to current and future professionals who aspire to carry forth the craftsmanship music deserves.

 
 

Friday, October 19, 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm (Off-Site 2)

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Historical: H07 - "Company": A Commentary

Presenter:
Dan Mortensen, Dansound Inc. - Seattle, WA, USA; Friends of the 30th Street Studio - Seattle, WA, USA

6:30 – 8:30 at the Dolby Screening Room

This will be a showing of the D. A. Pennebaker documentary of the making of the Original Cast Recording of the 1970 Stephen Sondheim musical. It was almost entirely shot in Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio and is the best visual tour of the studio that exists. The recording process of the show is shown in detail, as are the trials, tribulations, and joys of all involved as they proceed and/or stumble through every part of that process.

We will listen to a commentary by 12-time Grammy winner Thomas Z. Shepard, original producer of the recording and featured in the movie, and Dan Mortensen, 30th Street Studio researcher. Other guests TBA.

This event will be at the Dolby Theater. Doors will be at 6:15 pm, program will start at 6:45 pm and end at 8:30. We must be completely out of the room by 9:00 pm.
No food or drink other than water allowed in theater.
This will be a ticketed event (available in the Dolby Demo room)

 
 

Friday, October 19, 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm (Off-Site 1)

Broadcast & Online Delivery: B13 - 80th Anniversary of The Mercury Theater’s “War of the Worlds”

Chair:
David Bialik, Entercom.com - New York, NY, USA
Moderator:
Sue Zizza, SueMedia Productions - Carle Place, NY, USA
Presenters:
Frank Beacham
Sammy Jones
David Shinn, National Audio Theatre Festivals - New York, NY
Joel Spector, Audio Consultant - New York
Herb Squire, Herb Squire - Martinsville, NJ
Seth Winner, Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc. - Merrick, NY, USA

The Green Space
44 Charlton St., New York
Actual time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Orson Welles radio broadcast, "The War of the Worlds," was monumental in the history of radio broadcasting. Performed as a Halloween episode of The Mercury Theater of the Air broadcast on the CBS network, Sunday, October 30, 1938, it scared the nation and became a classic demonstration of the extraordinary power of the radio medium.

An adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel, "The War of the Worlds" (1898), the afternoon rehearsal for the show was thought to be poor by writer, Howard Koch, Welles and the cast. Then, the young Welles, only 23-years-old, went into action, using his dramatic genius to create a last minute radio masterpiece.

Martians may not have really landed in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey in 1938, but the broadcast did send the young Orson Welles to Hollywood, where he next made Citizen Kane, one of the greatest films ever produced.

This 80th anniversary of "The War of the Worlds" will feature Frank Beacham, who worked with Welles, to discuss the dramatic tricks he used to turn the broadcast into a compelling and believable drama, plus recordings of the behind-the-scenes story in the CBS Studio that frantic night.

SueMedia's Sue Zizza and David Shinn along with the HEAR Now Festival and Voicescapes Audio Theater will produce and perform live recreations and interpretations from The War of the Worlds with actors.

Seth Winner and Sammy Jones will play excerpts from the newly remastered recording of the original broadcast, while Herb and Laurie Squire will discuss the reactions of the audience and public to the broadcast.

New York Public Radio is hosting this event for the Audio Engineering Society Convention. Tickets will be required for access. Space is limited.

AES Technical Council This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Broadcast and Online Delivery

 
 

Friday, October 19, 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

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Special Event: SE14 - Heyser Lecture

Presenter:
John Meyer, Meyer Sound Labs - Berkeley, CA, USA

The Richard C. Heyser distinguished lecturer for the 145th AES Convention is John Meyer.

Taking the Room Out of the Loudspeaker: New Tools for Transparent Reproduction
With few exceptions, loudspeakers are not used in a free field environment but rather in an enclosed acoustical space. This is inherently problematic as an acoustical space behaves in a manner similar to that of loudspeakers, making it difficult to separate the problematic characteristics of each using common measurement tools or subjective listening tests. John Meyer’s lecture will review the history of loudspeaker measurement tools as used both in the free field and in acoustical space, including Richard Heyser’s pioneering TDM methods and Meyer Sound’s own SIM (Source Independent Measurement) systems. A key focus will be on a new multi-component studio monitor that exhibits absolutely flat amplitude and phase response from 27 Hz to 20 kHz. Because this system effectively “takes the room out of the loudspeaker” it opens up possibilities for correlating new objective testing techniques with subjective listening observations. The lecture also will discuss a new test signal known as M-Noise, which effectively mimics the dynamics of music and avoids inherent weaknesses in the use of pink noise with third-octave analyzers when testing loudspeaker systems used for music. The retrospective will touch on other benchmarks in the quest for linear sound amplification, including the early Glyph large-horn systems, the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound” and the HD-1 high resolution studio monitor, a trusted near-field reference that remains in Meyer Sound’s product line 29 years after its introduction.

 
 

Saturday, October 20, 9:00 am — 10:30 am (1E15 +16 SE)

Historical: H08 - Les Paul: How the Recording Wizard and Music Icon Changed the Industry

Presenters:
Sue Baker, Les Paul Foundation - Syosset, NY, USA
Michael Braunstein, Les Paul Foundation - Syosset, NY, USA
Gene Paul, G&J Audio - Union City, NJ USA

Les Paul spent his life chasing sound, a sound different from anyone else’s. In his quest he developed the techniques that are used every day in the recording industry. Through video, participants will hear Les Paul explaining what motivated him to create his recording evolution.
Sue Baker, Program Director for the Les Paul Foundation, will give an overview of Les Paul’s inventions and innovations including the evolution of the electric guitar and Les’ recording techniques.
Grammy-winning engineer Gene Paul, Les’ son, will explain the technology of his father’s inventions and describe how the inventions affect today’s recording technology.
Michael Braunstein, Les Paul’s most recent manager and Executive Director of the Les Paul Foundation, will explain how Les’ foundation is carrying on his work.
Participants will hear examples of Les Paul’s recording innovations.
Les won the Honorary Member Award from the AES in 1958 for his extraordinary contributions to the art and science of our industry.

 
 

Saturday, October 20, 10:45 am — 12:15 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE15 - Platinum Mastering—Past, Present, Future: Changes in Audio Mastering Technology/Aesthetics

Presenters:
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc. - Portland, ME, USA
Andres A. Mayo, Andres Mayo Mastering & Audio Post - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ron McMaster, Capitol Studios Mastering - Hollywood, CA, USA

The world of mastering changed dramatically in the past 10+ years due to two facts:

—Music production became a global business, with modern productions involving far more virtual collaborations than physical meetings
—Streaming changed the rules again and led artists to produce singles, much more than entire albums.

So now, mastering just one song for a producer on the other side of the world that you will never meet in person became regular business. How do mastering engineers face these completely new challenges? How do they stand up in the myriad of mastering studios worldwide offering similar services in online platforms? What are the new parameters to consider in order to be competitive?

 
 

Saturday, October 20, 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

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Special Event: SE16 - Lunchtime Keynote: Please Make My Job Easier

Presenter:
Greg Wells, Producer, mixer, songwriter - USA

What makes a device an intuitive tool instead of a burdensome product you have to deal with to try and get the results you are looking for, for your creative project? Some tools inspire artists, engineers or producers to do or try new things, others can make your life difficult.

Multiple GRAMMY-nominated producer, musician and mixing engineer Greg Wells (Adele, OneRepublic, Keith Urban, Katy Perry, Twenty One Pilots) addresses this topic from both a creative and technical standpoint in this keynote address

 
 

Saturday, October 20, 2:45 pm — 3:45 pm (1E15 +16 SE)

Special Event: SE17 - Cracking the Creative Process

Presenters:
Michael Beinhorn
Frank Filipetti, The Living Room - New York, NY, USA

An exponential evolution of innovative recording technologies together with seemingly unlimited access to recorded music has generated an amazing era of music creation and consumption unlike any in history. However, with all this emphasis on technology and so much less on individual expression, we feel that something essential is getting lost in the process. Join Frank Filipetti and Michael Beinhorn for a frank, no-holds-barred conversation about the creativity crisis … and how to crack it.

 
 


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