There's still time for us to tell you all about some of the wonderful sponsors that we have this time around to support our Student Recording Competition and give away a few prizes for the lucky finalists. Expect to see some awesome giveaways by these generous companies!
iZotope is a research-driven audio technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Its award-winning products and audio technologies are used by millions of people in over 50 countries, from consumers to musicians to major film, TV, and radio studios. Some of the diverse clients include musical giants like BT, Depeche Mode, and RZA of WuTang Clan; radio stations like Boston's iconic WGBH; and TV programming like CBS's Survivor, the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, the World Cup broadcast, and the GRAMMY awards. Through an extensive licensing program, iZotope technology is also directly integrated into products made by industry-leaders such as Adobe, Avid, and Sony; video games from companies like Harmonix and Ubisoft; as well as a growing number of mobile phone applications.
Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2012
Participants of the Student Recording Competition get their work reviewed and scored by one amazing group of well-known recording professionals, a.k.a. Judges. Here they are, one by one.
RICHARD KING
CAT4 - SOUND FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Richard King holds a bachelor of music from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1987), and a master of music with a major in sound recording from McGill University (1991). After 15 years with Sony Music Studios in New York and a successful independent recording business started in 2007, Grammy award-winning recording engineer Richard King has a new position as associate professor at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal. He continues his freelance recording work, on a smaller scale, with Sony Classical, Decca, EMI, Nonesuch, and various film companies such as Fox Searchlight and Paramount. He is the audio consultant to the David H. Koch Theatre, which houses the New York City Ballet and City Opera. Richard is a frequent AES panelist, and he workshops with various university level recording programs on a regular basis.
Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2012
It's time for us to tell you all about some of the wonderful sponsors that have pleged support for our new and improved Student Design Competition. Expect to see some awesome prize giveaways by these generous companies!
Blue Microphones designs and creates a line of studio recording microphones that are separated into two series: the Bottle series and the Application series.
Blue Microphones also designs and creates professional-quality USB microphones, including the multi-pattern USB mic, the Yeti and Yeti Pro, the world’s first USB and XLR microphone combining 24 bit/192 kHz digital recording resolution—the highest digital resolution on the market—with analog XLR output.
Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2012
It's time for us to tell you all about some of the wonderful sponsors that have pleged support for our new and improved Student Design Competition. Expect to see some awesome prize giveaways by these generous companies!
Texas Instruments serves the world’s most innovative electronics companies, helping them develop new ideas that change the way we live. By providing semiconductor technologies that promote greater power efficiency, enable more features, enhance performance and deliver more value, TI expands the possibilities every day for how we learn, connect, grow and discover.
With the broadest range of innovative analog chips on the market and impressive line of digital devices, TI helps 90,000 customers tackle design challenges so they can create and deliver high-quality electronic products to their own customers. From analog-to-digital converters to industry-standard op-amps to state-of-the-art DSP chips, Texas Instruments provides audio designers with the tools they need to build the best equipment.
Posted: Friday, October 19, 2012
Student Design Competition
Sunday, October 28, 9:00 am — 10:30 am (Room 132) at the 133rd AES Convention in San Fransico.
Come see some awesome hardware and software projects at the new and improved Student Design Competition!
The three Graduate-level and three undergraduate-level finalists of the AES Student Design Competition will present and defend their designs in front of a panel of expert judges. This is an opportunity for aspiring student hardware and software engineers to have their projects reviewed by the best minds in the business. It's also an invaluable career-building event and a great place for companies to identify their next employees.
Judges: John La Grou (Millennia Media), Dave Collins (Dave Collins Mastering), Bill Whitlock (Jensen Transformers), Sean Hill (Apple)
Watch the SDC promo here.
Posted: Friday, October 19, 2012
There's still time for us to tell you all about some of the wonderful sponsors that we have this time around to support our Student Recording Competition and give away a few prizes for the lucky finalists. Expect to see some awesome giveaways by these generous companies!
"Earthworks is a New Hampshire, USA based company that is dedicated to quality and sonic excellence. Each Earthworks product is made with great care, meticulous attention to detail and a strong emphasis on quality. We pride ourselves in making only the very best in professional audio equipment and it is all made right here in the USA."
Posted: Friday, October 19, 2012
Participants for the Student Recording Competition get their work reviewed and scored by one amazing group of well-known recording professionals, a.k.a. Judges. We've still got one more!
JIM KAISER
CAT3 - MODERN STUDIO RECORDING
Jim Kaiser is an Educator at the College of Entertainment and Music Business at the Belmont University. He also has vast experience in the recording and mastering fields, being the current Director of Technology at MasterMix studios in Nashville.
Jim serves the AES as Past President and has been a member since 1983!
Posted: Friday, October 19, 2012
The Student Recording Competition
The SRC is a student event that is a highlight at each convention. A distinguished panel of judges participates in critiquing finalists of each category in an interactive presentation and discussion
Detailed schedule:
Part 1
Saturday, October 27, 5:30 pm — 6:30 pm (Room 133)
Judges: Lora Hirschberg, Shawn Murphy, Richard King
Part 2
Sunday, October 28, 3:30 pm — 6:30 pm (Room 133)
Judges: David Bowles, Martha de Francisco, Ulrike Schwarz
Judges: Jim Anderson, Brandie Lane, Glenn Lorbecki
Judges: Mark Rubel, Stephen Webber, Jim Kaiser
The top three finalists in each category, as identified by our judges, present a short summary of their production intentions and the key recording and mix techniques used to realize their goals. They then play their projects for all who attend. Meritorious awards are determined here and will be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly Meeting (SDA-2) on Monday afternoon. The competition is a great chance to hear the work of your fellow students at other educational institutions. Everyone learns from the judges’ comments even if your project isn’t one of the finalists, and it's a great chance to meet other students and faculty.
Get the rules here: www.aes.org/students/awards/recording/reccomp_rules.cfm
Watch the SRC promo video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUZfBypU8ls
See you in San Francisco!
Posted: Friday, October 19, 2012
SDA-1
Friday, October 26, 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm (Room 132) at the 133rd AES Convention in San Fransico.
The first Student Delegate Assembly (SDA) meeting is the official opening of the Convention’s student program and a great opportunity to meet with fellow students from all corners of the world. Candidates for the next SDA Officer will be introduced, and the finalists for the Student Recording Competition and the Student Design Competition will be announced. All student Convention events will be discussed. Come introduce yourself and your AES student section!!
SDA-2
Monday, October 29, 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm (Room 132) at the 133rd AES Convention in San Fransico.
The official closing of the Convention’s student program. At this meeting the students will elect a new SDA Vice Chair. Each recognized AES student section in the North & Latin American Regions will cast one vote. Awards and prizes will be presented for the Recording Competition and Design Competition. Plans for future student activities at local, regional, and international levels will be summarized.
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2012
On Sunday, October 28, 1:30 pm — 3:30 pm (Room 130) at the 133rd AES Convention in San Fransico.
Education Forum
"What Kinds of Studios Are Built for Education?"
What kinds of studios and facilities are built for education? Five noted educators from diverse programs will share the decision-making process that informs the construction of various college level facilities. How do curriculums and pedagogy prescribe construction and equipment choices? Or does this too-often work in reverse when existing space and budget limitations dictate how and what will be taught? Quick presentations will be followed by a moderated open discussion among educators, manufacturers, students, employers, and anyone with a stake in the next generation of audio professionals.
Moderator:
John Krivit
New England Institute of Art - Brookline, MA, USA; Emerson College - Bay State College
Panelists:
Bill Crabtree
Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, TN, USA
David Greenspan
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, USA
David MacLaughlin
Parsons Audio - Estero Florida
John Scanlon
Expression College for Digital Arts - Emeryville, CA, USA; IllGenetics - Castro Valley, CA, USA
Terri Winston
Women's Audio Mission - San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2012
