Colorado AES Section Blog

Please join us for our AES-CO "Hang" for May! This time our meeting will be at a studio owned by one of our board of directors, Jeff Merkel's 8 Houses Down (click for more info).

The 46^th International Conference of the AES on Audio Forensics, June 14-16, is just around the corner.  The full program is available online (www.aes.org/conferences/46/) and includes:

·         Over 35 papers and posters from around the world on audio enhancement, authentication, speaker comparison, and more

·         Vendor Exhibition including Conference Sponsors – DAC, iZotope, BCA – and more

·         Keynote presentation on a re-analysis of the famous Watergate 18½ minute gap with Phil Mellinger

·         Workshops include:

o   Forensic Audio Enhancement. Presenters: Eddy B. Brixen (EBB-consult, Copenhagen, DK), Durand R. Begault (Audio Forensic Center, San Francisco, US), Mark Huckvale (University College, London, UK)

o   WinHex for Forensic Audio Analysis – Introduction, Applications, and Scripting. Presenter: Douglas S. Lacey (BEKTEK LLC)

o   Forensic Science and Expert Testimony: Insights and Strategies from the Advocate's Perspective. Presenters: Henry R. Reeve (Chief Deputy District Attorney and General Counsel, Denver District Attorney's Office), Peter Weinberg, PhD (Litigation and Trial Design Consulting, Litigare LLC), Joseph Mathews (Director of Government Relations, Milliman Care Guidelines)

·         Evening events including a Historic Tour of Downtown Denver on Banjo Billy’s bus

·         And a special Pre-Conference Workshop at the NCMF on Forensic Voice Comparison with Dr. Geoff Morrison

Don’t delay, register for the conference at the AES Website and book your room directly with the Warwick Hotel by May 14^th to receive the discounted rate.  Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and the cocktail reception.

And don’t forget the 3-day classes at the NCMF on “Forensic Authentication of Digital Audio” and “Forensic Audio Enhancement” in the days before and after the conference! 

See you there!!!

Jeff M. Smith

AES46 Conference Chair

National Center for Media Forensics

Sonic Sense, Inc is proud to announce another free educational workshop: 
 

Pro Techniques for Mixing in ProTools

May 10th, 2012 at 6pm in Denver, CO.

RSVP by clicking on the image above or going to this link: 


RSVP BY CLICKING HERE. 

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/join/employment/#job99

Backstage Tour of the Cherry Hills Community Church Facility and A/V Systems

Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Address:

Cherry Hills Community Church

3900 Grace Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Scott Nelson, Production Director, will be hosting a backstage tour of the Cherry Hills Community Church (CHCC) at 7pm on Thursday April 26, 2012.  CHCC has nearly 7000 members, a 3500 seat sanctuary, and utilizes state-of-the-art sound reinforcement, A/V, lighting, recording and broadcast technology.  Scott recently completed overseeing significant upgrades to their A/V and lighting systems.  In addition to getting a behind-the-scenes tour, we will also be discussing trends in house-of-worship A/V.

Attendance is free and open to AES members, students and non-members alike, so please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who might be interested.

Details:

Cherry Hills Community Church was started 30 years ago in a small location on Orchard Road. Rapid growth resulted in an immediate move to a former school at Hampden and Colorado Blvd. The church quickly outgrew that location and purchased over 60 acres in the then new community of Highlands Ranch making the move in 1995. The church has a wide demographic of nearly 7,000 members making it a programming challenge each week to reach singles, young families and retired ages as well. While the worship is supported by a contemporary band, the church also includes a 250 voice choir that has recorded two CDs in the last 3 years with the City of Prague Orchestra. Each Easter Cherry Hills takes their main celebration service out to Fiddlers Green with a remote video link back at the church for those that prefer not to brave the elements.

With the current location, and its technical systems, over 15 years old, a major renovation was needed. The completion of renovation of sound, video and lighting has recently taken place. The lighting system now features over 70 robotic instruments and video has fully converted to 16 x 9 with full HD. The audio system is quite unique as it includes a 6.1 surround system in the 3,500 seat worship center. Audio transport is handled by one of the largest installed Optocore fiber systems. Mixing duties are handled by two of the new DiGiCo SD10 consoles and the main speaker system is comprised of Magnetic Audio Devices speakers, based on their planar technology.

Cherry Hills Community Church has a team of full-time technicians, but relies heavily on a crew of capable volunteers. Come tour the facility and meet many on the team responsible of implementing creative worship plans each week.

This is not an official AES event. 

Sonic Sense, Inc is proud to announce a free educational workshop: Solutions for Worship Audio April 9th, 2012 at 6pm in Denver, CO.

Featuring Doug Gould, a 26 year veteran of the music industry, who has been in upper management and technical direction for companies like Shure, Tascam and Emu.

Sonic Sense, Inc 1500 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 3H Sheridan, CO 80110

Some of the topics that will be covered are: • Utilizing the Presonus StudioLive line of consoles for live recording and internet streaming. • Integrating Apple's iPad and iPhones with the Presonus StudioLive consoles. • An in depth lesson on how to record up to 32 channels of audio for virtually immediate

upload to the web. • How to improve a room and optimize a sound system without a budget. • Advanced solutions for wireless mics and monitors.

We are proud to have Doug Gould as one of the speakers for this event. Doug is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on worship sound and microphone applications and is a respected author and faculty member for Integrity's Seminars4Worship, Christian Musician Summits, Worship Arts Technology Summit, School of Audio for International Worship Institute, Worship Together Live events, and more. Doug has over 26 years of experience in management roles with companies like Shure, Tascam and E-mu Systems, and was instrumental in bringing artists such as Chris Tomlin, Israel Houghton, Paul Baloche, David Crowder, Charlie Hall, Mercy Me, and Jeff Deyo into the Shure Artist Relations Program.

The program will also include C.J. Lewis. C.J. a freelance keyboard player/producer and technologist with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. As principal of Digital Revolution Marketing, CJ is the regional product representative for Presonus, Mogami, Genelec and many others.

Please RSVP as soon as possible, space is limited. RSVP's and any questions can be directed to Justin Long at 303-753-0201 or [email protected].

Every attending organization will also be entered to win a free custom sound system evaluation from Marc Nutter and Preson Smits of Sonic Sense, Inc (a $900 value). Marc and Preston have done system design and installations for church from 200 seats to 5,000 seats and have years of experience in system design.

There will also be individual product give-aways such as Presonus’ Studio One 2.0 Pro Software, a Presonus AB22VSL interface, T-Shirts, door hangers, etc.

We at Sonic Sense are committed to an expanding schedule of events and classes. Please let us know if you would like to join our email list.

 Join the Colorado Section of AES at our March "Hang". 

What: AES-CO Hang and Open Mic at the Walnut Room

When: Wednesday March 21. 7:30 Hang, 8:30 Open Mic

Where: The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205

(http://www.thewalnutroom.com/)

Price: Free (no cover)

We hope to see you there!

 See below for information about PAID internships at the Aspen Music Festival. 

 Greetings and Happy Holidays!

Registration and Paper Submission has opened for the AES Conference on Audio Forensics and can be completed through the website at http://www.aes.org/conferences/46/.  

The conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, from June 14-16, 2012. 
Important dates:

•  January 20, 2012:            Abstract/Précis Deadline for Papers

•  February 1, 2012:            Acceptance Notification

•  March 28, 2012:               Full Paper Submission Deadline

•  April 1, 2012:                   Early Registration Ends. 

Register now to save $50

In a special offering, the NCMF will be holding two Classes on Audio Forensics in the days immediately before and after the AES Conference.

•  Forensic Authentication of Digital Audio, June 11-13, 2012. Registration $1,100

(Deadline for registration: June 4, 2012)

•  Forensic Audio Enhancement, June 18-20, 2012. Registration.$900

(Deadline for registration: June 11, 2012)

These classes will meet in person at the NCMF at 1800 Grant Street, Suite 225, Denver, CO, 80203 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm each day.

Graduate level university credit will be given upon successful completion. Space is limited.

For registration information please contact NCMF Administrative Manager Leah Haloin at [email protected] or (303) 315-5852.

Have a Happy New Year!

Jeff Smith, M.S.

Chair, AES-CO

Chair, AES TC-AF

Assoc. Dir., NCMF

The AES would like to forward you information about this non-AES event being held next week: 

Sennheieser/Neumann Event at Colorado Sound Studios

When:

Tuesday, Dec. 6th from 4-7PM   

Where:

Colorado Sound Studios  

3100 71st Ave.  

Westminster, CO  80030  

303-430-8811 

www.coloradosound.com   

What:  We'll be listening to a variety of Sennheiser and Neumann  analog and digital mics and True Systems mic preamps on a few  different sizes of the new Neumann monitors!