Middle Tennessee State University AES Student Section Blog

“The AES Student Recording Competition is a unique opportunity for student attendees of AES International Conventions to receive feedback and recognition for their audio production work. Each school may submit only TWO entries per competition category. Students are expected to submit competition mixes that represent their best final mixing efforts without additional mastering. Judges frequently criticize student mixes for excessive peak limiting and inadequate dynamic range. Therefore, contestants should resist the temptation to maximize loudness to the detriment of tonal balance and musical dynamics.”

            Category 1- Traditional Acoustic Recording

            Category 2 – Traditional Studio Recording

            Category 3 – Modern Studio Recording & Electronic Music

            Category 4 - Sound for Visual Media

            Category 5 - Remix

 Eligibility
To participate in the AES Recording Competition, you must:

• Be a current Student Member of the Audio Engineering Society. Join at aes.org/join. Please note that fees vary by region.
• Engineer the nominated recording while you are a student affiliated with a college audio program.
• Be selected by your faculty advisor as one of the two representative / group for your school in a competition category.
• Register for a 4 day ALL ACCESS BADGE for the Convention Technical Program.
• Submit your recording and documentation electronically according to the submission guidelines prior to the deadline.
• Attend the convention in person.

Please Read in Order to be Considered!

Students wanting to be considered for the AES Student Recording Competition in New York should upload their prospective mixes to the RI server Class Hand-In folder "AES Mix Critique" by WED, Sept 9/12 at 5pm in a folder with their names and category clearly identified as follows [Categorynumber_lastnamefirstname]. A read-me doc should be required with contact info and some background on the recording and mix, including performance and production credits and associated course number, etc.  

Please go to the AES Student Recording Competition Rules page for more detailed notes regarding eligibility and requirements. http://www.aes.org/students/awards/recording/,

Official deadlines are Sept 16 for Categories 1-4 and Sept 23 for Category 5.

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