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130th Recording Competition Judge: Alex Case

130th Recording Competition Judge: Alex Case

Alex Case will be judging entries in the category "Modern Studio Recording". Come listen to this expert offer valuable feedback at the Recording Competition finals in London!

"Alex U. Case is an Associate Professor of Sound Recording Technology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. With degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Music, and Acoustics, Professor Case has dedicated his professional life to the study of aesthetics, perception, signal processing, electro-acoustics and room acoustics for loudspeaker-mediated art and information.

His research and professional activities focus heavily on the technical foundations, creative motivations, and aesthetic merit of recording and signal processing techniques used in multitrack production. Case is a widely published author, with over 100 articles appearing in multiple journals and industry trade publications. He has written the authoritative guide to audio signal processing in multitrack production, entitled Sound FX – Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects, published by Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier Science. The new book, Mix Smart - Pro Audio Tips for Your Multitrack Mix, will be out mid-2011.

Case is a committed educator. In addition to his undergraduate and graduate teaching, Case has given many invited lectures and master classes across the U.S. in such prestigious programs as Berklee College of Music, Emerson College, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University, Penn State, New England Institute of Art, New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Hartford, and internationally at institutions including the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, Fermatta Academy of Music in Mexico City, McGill University in Montreal, SAE Institutes in Milan and Paris, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China.

The Audio Engineering Society is central to Case’s career. He serves the Awards Committee, Education Committee, and Membership Committee, and has served the Convention Planning Committees in New York and San Francisco. He has been a featured speaker and panelist for multiple regional meetings, and instructed several standing-room only tutorials at AES International Conventions in Europe and the U.S. Case is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, serves as Chair of Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics, and has been an invited contributor of more than a dozen papers."


Posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011

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