Location: Zoom, From Seattle WA, USA
Moderated by: Luke Pacholski - AES PNW Committee
Speaker(s): Eddie Ciletti - Manhattan Sound Technicians Inc.
Today's audio engineer covers a rather wide demographic – in age and aesthetic – ranging from those who are actively recording and mixing to archivists. The "active" include those who primarily rely on musicianship (classical and jazz), to those who use the recording environment as a creative tool. The "active" groups range from obsessing about sonic accuracy to pushing for as much sonic color as possible. The archivists are coping with a shortage of technical expertise and medium degradation (analog and digital tape being the primary examples).
From a technician's perspective, each client's needs – and budget – are unique. It becomes necessary for the technician to ask a range of questions, not the least of which is, "What is your budget window?" Unlike auto repair, which for a modern vehicle is fairly predictable in terms of price and turn-around, audio technology ranges from the repairable to the disposable and within that, reviving vintage gear is akin to classic car restoration. Aside from expertise, repairs are typically labor intensive. We have gotten used to "affordable" gear, built by robots, from countries that do not have the same "protections" in terms of labor and environmental laws. And, if the gear was made in this century, chances are good the manufacturer will not provide documentation.
Subjects to be covered include but are not limited to:
RSVP required (via EventBrite) for the Zoom URL.
See https://www.aes.org/sections/pnw/ for the EB link and additional information about the meeting.
Posted: Friday, November 18, 2022
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