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The deadline to register for the Student Recording Competiton is tomorrow Sunday May 1st at the end of the day.  The competition is taking place at the 140th AES Convention in Paris France.

Attendants at the convention can submit to any one of the four following categories:

• Category 1 – Traditional Acoustic Recording
• Category 2 – Traditional Studio Recording
• Category 3 – Modern Studio Recording & Electronic Music
• Category 4 – Sound for Visual Media
  
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• To register for the competiton click here https://secure.aes.org/events/competitions/?ID=25 

For rules and more info click here www.aes.org/students/awards/recording/

 Robin Lobel has been researching and developing innovative technologies for the broadcast and media industries for years as a freelancer, ranging from 3D to video to audio algorithm and software solutions.

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Daniel Shores is a three-time GRAMMY® Nominee (two for Best Surround Sound Album, one for Best Engineered Classical Album) and has recorded, mixed and mastered albums accounting for 17 GRAMMY® Nominations and 1 Latin GRAMMY® win. Shores served as the head of the Sono Luminus record label from 2006–2014 and continues to serve as the label’s head engineer. In addition to Sono Luminus, Shores has engineered albums for Bridge Records, Naxos, RCA Red Seal, Koch, Hannsler Classics, Delos, and the Steinway and Sons Record label, accounting for well over 140 albums.

In his time at Sono Luminus, he has engineered over 25 surround sound releases on Pure Audio Blu-Ray, making Sono Luminus  the first U.S. label to release albums in the format. In 2015 Daniel began working in immersive audio and now has 5 Blu-Ray releases which include an Auro-3D stream, again, the first for an American label.

In addition to his duties at Sono Luminus, Daniel has served as an adjunct professor in the Music Production Recording Technology department at Shenandoah University in Winchester,  Virginia since 2009. There he has taught location recording techniques in the remote recording practicum class as well as classes  on surround sound and recording systems. 

 Peterson Goodwyn began building his own audio gear in 2008 for one simple reason: he couldn’t afford to buy it. In 2011 he founded DIY Recording Equipment with the vision of making excellent audio equipment affordable and accessible to anyone who was willing to pick up a soldering iron. Since then, DIYRE has enabled thousands of musicians and engineers to build their own equipment, through hundreds of DIY tutorials, designs, and blog posts.

DIYRE website

There is only one week left to register for the Student Recording Competiton, taking place at the 140th AES Convention in Paris France. The deadline is Sunday May 1st.

Attendants at the convention can submit to any one of the four following categories:

• Category 1 – Traditional Acoustic Recording
• Category 2 – Traditional Studio Recording
• Category 3 – Modern Studio Recording & Electronic Music
• Category 4 – Sound for Visual Media
  

To register for the competiton click here https://secure.aes.org/events/competitions/?ID=25 

For rules and more info click here www.aes.org/students/awards/recording/

Register for the competiton

Jim Anderson is an internationally recognized recording engineer and producer of acoustic music for the recording, radio, television, and film industries. He is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations for recordings and broadcasts. Jim’s recording “Modern Cool” won the Grammy for Best Surround Album at the 55th Grammy Awards and his recording “Sixteen Sunsets” was nominated for Best Surround Album at the 56th Grammy Awards.

A graduate of the Duquesne University School of Music in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jim has studied audio engineering at the Eastman School of Music and Sender Freies Berlin. During the 1970s, he was employed by National Public Radio and, since 1980, Jim has had a career as an independent audio engineer and producer. He has been a frequent lecturer and speaker for the AES and master-class guest faculty member at leading international institutes. He is a professor of recorded music with the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and was the department’s Chair from 2004 – 2008. 

He has served as Vice President for Eastern Sections of the AES, chaired the New York City Section of the AES and was Chair of the 119th135th AES Conventions. In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the AES and was also the President of the Audio Engineering Society, 2008-2009., 123rd, 131st, and

 Big Bear Audio is a high end audio design house based in London, founded by AES UK Vice Chairman Charlie Slee. Focusing on both pro and consumer audio products, Big Bear Audio designs and manufactures analogue electronics tools for the professional and audiophile.

Big Bear Audio website