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— Moderator Jonathan Wyner and panelists Eric Boulanger, Bob Ludwig, and Herb Powers to discuss the state-of-the-art and the future of Mastering at 5:00pm EDT —

The AES Show Fall 2020 Convention will again feature the popular Platinum Mastering Panel, this year featuring special guests Eric Boulanger (The Bakery), Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering) and Herb Powers in a discussion moderated by AES Show Co-chair / AES President-Elect Jonathan Wyner (iZotope / Berklee College of Music). Panelists will be addressing the state-of-the-art in and the future of Mastering technology and techniques, with a special focus on artist relationships, communication and collaboration. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 28 at 5:00pm EDT and is open to all AES Show All Access registrants. 

Visit AESShow.com to find out more about additional the AES Show Platinum Panel Events, Partner Showcase, Technical Program and much more happening during Audio Engineering Month. Showcase registration is free for AES Members, while non-members can register for just $25, or for free with a VIP promo code from one of the AES Show Partners (special thanks to AES Show Fall 2020 Convention Platinum Partners Amazon Devices, Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Genelec, NTP Technology (DAD, Penta), and The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing). For everything AES Show 2020 has to offer, including the Platinum series and the rest of the comprehensive Technical Program, All Access Registration starts at just $149 for AES Members and $99 for AES Student Members.

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— Electronic music pioneer and neo-classical recording artist Suzanne Ciani will offer a unique, immersive live listening experience for AES Show attendees —

The AES Show Fall 2020 Convention will feature a quadraphonic livestream performance by recording artist and electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani on Wednesday, October 28 at 8:00 PM EDT. The event will be livestreamed from Envelop in San Francisco and will feature Ciani performing a solo Buchla modular synthesizer concert rendered as a binaural stream to be experienced by listeners utilizing standard headphones.

Throughout her career, Ciani has worked to bridge the gap between art and technology, and in her electronic performances, she has pioneered the use of quadraphonic sound to create immersive spatial experiences, with sound moving through space at the core of her performance aesthetic. For this performance, Ciani comes full circle from a live Buchla 200 quadraphonic performance at the Audio Engineering Society in New York on December 2, 1975. 

While current circumstances prevent a live performance, Envelop in San Francisco is partnering with the AES to present an event using the Envelop Stream platform, an online collective listening space that shares live-streamed spatial audio events. Using Envelop’s spatial audio technology with regular headphones, Envelop Stream creates a 3D experience of sound that transcends any location. 

Ciani is a five-time GRAMMY® award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist who has released over 20 solo albums including Seven Waves, and The Velocity of Love, along with a landmark quad LP LIVE Quadraphonic, which restarted her Buchla modular performances. Her work has been featured in films, games, and countless commercials as well. 

Registration for the event can be found here. AES Show Fall 2020 Convention All Access attendees can watch the livestream for free using the promo code to be provided in the October 28 Daily-ish Convention newsletter.

Visit AESShow.com to find out more about AES Show Special Events, Partner Showcase, Technical Program and much more happening during Audio Engineering Month. Showcase registration is free for AES Members, while non-members can register for just $25, or for free with a VIP promo code from one of the AES Show Partners (special thanks to AES Show Fall 2020 Convention Platinum Partners Amazon Devices, Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Genelec, NTP Technology (DAD, Penta), and The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing). For everything AES Show 2020 has to offer, including this week’s comprehensive Technical Program, All Access Registration starts at just $149 for AES Members and $99 for AES Student Members.

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The Audio Engineering Society has announced exciting content and user experience updates to its extensive library of video and streaming media presentations. Gathered from years of AES conventions and conferences along with oral history projects and the AES Legends video series, the destination site is brimming with a wealth of information and inspiration. Yet more new videos are in production and will be uploaded, year-round. The new AES Live: Videos portal offers AES members over 365 videos of exclusive content in over 30 browsable categories, in a format designed around the user. Access is available now for AES Members, and current non-members can join for as little as $125 ($50 for currently enrolled students).

Check out the new AES Live: Videos collection and let us know what you think - https://aes.digitellinc.com/aes/ 

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— AES initiative focused on promoting audio product development education is set to host free online session to discuss supply chain and sourcing in the audio industry —

The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI), an initiative of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) that is committed to furthering the knowledge and skills of professionals involved in the development of audio products, will present the free webinar “Changes and Opportunities in Supply Chain and Sourcing – The Changing Global Dynamics, Managing Suppliers, Planning Your Options” on August 26, 12:00 Noon Eastern Daylight Time (9:00 AM Pacific). Registration for this free event is available at https://tinyurl.com/APEI-AES-Sourcing1. 

This will be the introductory event in APEI’s Supply Chain and Sourcing education pillar - one of APEI’s six foundational foci. In this webinar, Mike Klasco, CEO, Menlo Scientific and APEI’s chair of its Supply Chain and Sourcing education pillar, will address the methods, practices, economics and politics of the hardware, software and development services that go into every audio product produced. “Long-established relationships, trustworthy suppliers that know what we want and need, are losing their position as viable vendors,” explains Klasco. “Where do we go from here?”

In this webinar, Klasco will be joined by two highly experienced guests – Dave Lindberg (CEO, DB Enterprises HK, Ltd.) and Dan Digre (President at MISCO Speakers, Oaktron Aerospace, and Warkwyn Labs, Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul). Together they will address the challenges in the supply chain caused by the rising cost of goods from China, the tariff wars, Hong Kong’s struggles, and the dynamics of the global pandemic. The emergence of new suppliers in Asia and what part of the audio business can brought back home will also be explored in detail.

“Over the last few decades we have all grown complacent with sourcing our products, or at least most of our components, from China,” explains Klasco. “But running away to Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and other countries won’t help much as the key parts vendors for Southeast Asia (and beyond) are still in China. And those countries are all finding themselves bathed in the first waves of brands exploring their supply chain options. For sure, there are options, but it is going to take a lot of work getting through these times. Manufacturers cannot expect that samples will come from new vendors as quickly as they were used to back in the good old days," adds Klasco.

The webinar will be followed by a live Q&A session with all three presenters.

The Audio Product Education Institute will also host sessions across three days of the AES Show Fall 2020 Convention in October. Presentations will span all of APEI’s educational pillars: Interactive Voice Con; Supply Chain and Sourcing; Modeling and Measurement; Product Management; The Legal World; and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Early Bird registration rates are available through August 31 at AESShow.com.

Webinar details:

“Changes and Opportunities in Supply Chain and Sourcing

The Changing Global Dynamics, Managing Suppliers, Planning Your Options”

August 26, 12:00 Noon Eastern Daylight Time (9:00 AM Pacific)

Platinum Sponsor – Menlo Scientific

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/APEI-AES-Sourcing1. 

APEI Presenters:

Mike Klasco, APEI Committee Member and CEO of Menlo Scientific, Richmond, California, a consulting firm for the loudspeaker industry. He is a graduate from New York University, with postgraduate work in signal processing, and he holds multiple patents licensed or assigned. For the past 35 years, Klasco has worked on countless R&D projects for large and small companies. Klasco specializes in materials and fabrication techniques to enhance audio performance.

Dave Lindberg is the CEO of DB Enterprises in Hong Kong and an experienced professional in business and project management, working with brands and technology suppliers in Asia.

Dan Digre is the President of MISCO Speakers, Oaktron Aerospace, and Warkwyn Labs, from Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul. MISCO, a proud Minneapolis Speaker Company, is an OEM manufacturer of loudspeakers and audio systems for a variety of professional and commercial markets including aircraft, medical, gaming, alarms, home audio, car audio and pro audio. Warkwyn is an acoustic R&D company that designs and tests loudspeaker drivers and loudspeaker systems for the professional and consumer marketplaces. They operate an independent acoustic measurement lab in North America and offer Klippel analysis for transducers and systems developed in-house and elsewhere. Warkwyn is also the North American Sales Agent for Klippel equipment and support.

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 — Known for her use of cutting-edge technologies in production and musical applications, Heap will expound upon her current projects and her aim to help music makers regain empowerment and visibility in both virtual and actual worlds —

The Audio Engineering Society has announced that audiological innovator Imogen Heap will present the featured Marquee Event: “An Intimate and Compelling Journey into the Amazing World of Imogen Heap” at the upcoming AES Show Fall 2020 Convention, discussing her career as a composer, engineer and producer. Known for applying the latest audio technologies and interfaces for ultimate creative expression and control in the production and performance of her musical compositions, Heap’s work has garnered awards and honors, including multiple GRAMMY® Awards and three honorary doctorates. This featured presentation will take place during the first-ever “Audio Engineering Month” this October, as the AES Show expands to cover four full weeks of virtual audio excellence and culminates during the last week of October with the Technical Program. Find out more about this and other events and register now at AESShow.com.

Heap is known not only by fans of her music, but also to the audio and tech industries as a pioneer in applying imaginative new technologies to her performance and audio production capabilities. She continues to build her unique sound, while also encouraging others to utilize and create new modes of audio expression through projects such as “music gesture ware” MI.MU gloves, as well as The Creative Passport, a digital ID and data solution for music makers. Her own projects include releasing under-the-skin hits such as “Hide and Seek” and a children’s single titled “The Happy Song,” composing music for the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child theatrical production and even creating an AI for herself. Imogen is an artist’s artist, an entrepreneur, and a mother who has lent her talents to projects from artists including Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Jeff Beck, Nitin Sawhney, and Jon Hopkins.  

Find out more about upcoming Audio Engineering Month and AES Show Fall 2020 Convention virtual events at AESShow.com. Early Bird registration pricing is available through August 31.

Sample some of Imogen Heap’s work on her website, imogenheap.com.

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Throughout its work over the past 70-plus years, the AES Standards Committee has sought to unify and educate the audio engineering community and related industries in achieving the highest levels of art and science, possible. In its continued efforts, and with a keen eye on the growing diversity and inclusion efforts within the Audio Engineering Society, the AES Standards Committee has begun a project to update terminology in AES Standards, and throughout the industry, where that terminology may be culturally insensitive.

Use of the terms "master" and "slave" are specifically being examined, but others may be as well. This is a general issue for all products, systems, architectures, and standards that have used those terms heretofore. Please visit the AES Standards News Blog for further information on the topic. Comments can be submitted to [email protected].

The AES recognizes the great work of audio innovators, developers and practitioners everywhere, inclusive of all backgrounds and interests and hopes that you will join us in achieving the highest possible standards for everyone involved.