We've recently completed work looking into issues surrounding monitoring and regulation of sound exposure and noise pollution due to outdoor events.
The final report can be accessed here: http://www.aes.org/technical/documents/AESTD1007_1_20_05.pdf
The contributors to the group were:
* Chris Beale (SPLtrack, UK)
* Durand Begault (Charles M. Salter Associates, USA)
* Jon Burton (University of Derby, UK)
* Etienne Corteel (L-Acoustics, France)
* Christian Frick (Rocket Science, Switzerland)
* Jim Griffiths (Vanguardia, UK)
* Adam Hill (University of Derby, UK)
* Marcel Kok (dBcontrol, Netherlands)
* Michael Lawrence (Rational Acoustics, USA)
* Bob McCarthy (Meyer Sound, USA)
* Johannes Mulder (Australian National University, Australia)
* Kees Neervoort (Event Acoustics, Netherlands)
* Elena Shabalina (d&b audiotechnik, Germany)
* Andy Wardle (University of the Highlands & Islands, UK)
The aim of this group was to develop a set of recommendations outlining what needs to be done to address the issue of sound exposure and noise pollution due to outdoor events, with an emphasis on practicality and preservation of a good audience experience.
- standards,
- workshops,
- Track and recommend standards development for audio networking
- Assemble and organize workshops and other AES convention activities related to audio networking
- Parametric Multi-Channel/Multi-Object Audio Coding
- Coding of 3D Audio Signals
- Low Delay General Audio Coding
- Combined Audio/Speech Coding
- Work on a next generation ("the Web Edition") of the TC's popular educational tutorial package Perceptual Audio Coders - What to Listen for with an extended artifact inventory, enhanced presentation & playback on mobile devices and PCs, see further down on this page.
- Perceptual evaluation of spatial sound fields
- Multi-dimensional testing and statistics (everything beyond just basic audio quality)
- Head phone testing
- Speech intelligibility
The Technical Committee of Recording Technology and Practices is in continuous communication with the Producer's and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy in several areas.
In the area of Master Delivery Recommendations, we support a best practices document that is released to both the AES and the Recording Academy constituencies.
Other current work includes similar documents relating to high resolution audio and immersive music production.
At this moment the TCMA is providing input for workshops, tutorials, etc. to be held in conjunction with society conventions.
- Whitepaper for Frequency Response, Max SPL and Impulsive Distortion measurement
- Automotive loudspeaker measurements
- Common best practice
- Presented at virtual AES conference along with the Loudspeakers and Headphone TC committee and World Heath Organization on safety and concert sound levels
- Organizing a 4th International AES Conference on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention. Anticipated Date: May 2024
- Organized presentation of World Health Organizations Listen Safe Initiative at Vienna 2020
- Member Michael Santucci AuD lectured the inaugural conference for Mastering Engineers on safe listening and hearing wellness strategies.
- To extend knowledge of audio forensic practice and techniques world-wide
- To identify areas requiring additional research
- To bring together professionals and students in the area of audio forensics
- To encourage publication of papers, and to arrange tutorials, conferences and workshops, within the AES
- To support standards committees on forensic audio via fostering of refereed journal publications
- Cinema Loudness:
Following the initial conclusions of much expert debate and the results of a number of surveys, AES TC-AC is currently bringing together work-in-progress straw-man presentation document that aims to define the problem of inappropriate loudness in cinema with the view to canvas input from key stakeholders and obtain buy-in on what the most effective step-by-step remedies might be in.
- Papers sessions
- Workshops
- Symposiums
- Identify trends
