AES Student Blog

The Student Recording Competition has been open for the last few weeks and entries from all over the world have started to come in - but there's still time for you to join in!! We might even give it a few extra days so if you thought you'd better not enter because you might not make it before the deadline, this is your chance to do the right thing and register.

In case you haven't noticed, all of the mighty Judges have already been introduced here in the AES SDA blog, so go and find for yourself who are the stars that are going to be looking at your work. All of the awesome sponsors have been lined up and we will let you know all about it next week, when we introduce one by one in the blog aswell. We have some other surprizes up our sleeves too.

So remember, sign up for the Competition here
https://secure.aes.org/events/133/studentCompetition.cfm

Get the rules here: www.aes.org/students/awards/recording/reccomp_rules.cfm

Watch our brand-new SRC promo video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUZfBypU8ls

If you're feeling uninspired about your written documentation, here are some guidelines
www.aes.org/students/blog/2012/9/more-documentation-examples-teresa-kunz
www.aes.org/students/blog/2012/8/aes133-san-francisco-student-recording2
www.aes.org/students/blog/2012/8/aes133-san-francisco-student-recording

In case of doubt or just about in any situation, feel free to drop us a line here: [email protected]

See you in San Francisco.
The Student Delegate Assembly Team

Want to have your hardware or software design critiqued by Hutch, masterbrain at Manley Labs and Rupert Neve Designs? Submit your Design Competition entry by Oct. 1st!

W.C. "Hutch" Hutchison

Hutchison has worked in the music industry for 40 years, gaining experience in musical instrument repairs and modifications, front-of-house mixing for touring stadium acts, record production and engineering, and instruction. Hutch has worked with Electric Lady, Unique, and Soundworks Studios. He has consulted with SSL and Focusrite and designed equipment for Manley Laboratories and Rupert Neve Designs.

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. Here they are, one by one.

STEPHEN WEBBER

CAT3 - MODERN STUDIO RECORDING

Stephan Webber is an american record producer, engineer, session player, music director, studio designer, recording artist, and DJ, as well as an Emmy Award–winning composer. He is the author of Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ, the first book to teach the turntable as a musical instrument, and has had appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR’s All Things Considered, CNN Live, and The Mitch Albom Show. Stephan has written articles for the Mix, Remix, Electronic Musician, Audio Media, and Pro Sound News magazines, and also holds experience in installing studios in L.A., Nashville, Boston, and Hawaii.

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. Here they are, one by one. 

SHAWN MURPHY

CAT4 - SOUND FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Shawn Murphy is an American sound engineer who has won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for another two in the same category. He has worked on over 330 films since 1983. In 1993 he was given de Academy Award for his work in the movie Jurassic Park. Shawn was also nominated for Best Sound in 1989 for the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and in 1999 for the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace movie.

Student Recording Competition Deadline is October 1st! Watch our promo video to learn about this awesome opportunity!

Want to have your hardware or software design critiqued by Bill Whitlock, President of Jensen Transformers? Submit your Design Competition entry by Oct. 1st!

Bill Whitlock

Bill Whitlock has been president and chief engineer of Jensen Transformers since 1989. His prior analog circuitdesign jobs include Capitol Records-EMI, laser light show producer Laserium, and console-maker Quad-Eight. He's presented numerous papers, tutorial seminars, and master classes at AES conventions and local sections, SynAudCon workshops, and universities, including MIT in 2007. His writings include three chapters in Glen Ballou's Handbook for Sound Engineers, training manuals for NSCA, InfoComm and CEDIA, and numerous trade magazine articles. He holds four patents, including the InGeniusR balanced line receiver IC. He's a Life Fellow of the AES and a Life Senior Member of the IEEE.

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. Here they are, one by one.

LORA HIRSCHBERG

CAT 4 - SOUND FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Lora Hirschberg is mixer and sound designer at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California. She has won an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for movie Inception as well as BAFTA Award for Best Film Sound for the same movie. She was nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing of miniseries Hemingway&Gellhorn and Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for The Dark Knight.

Her numerous credits include many great movies like Ice Age, The Avengers, The Horse Whisperer, Titanic, Rio, and many more. 

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. Here they are, one by one.

MARK RUBEL

CAT3 - MODERN STUDIO RECORDING

Mark Rubel will be judging entries in the Non-traditional Multi-track Recording category.

Since 1980, has has made about 1,000 recordings at his Pogo Studio in the center of The Center of the Universe (Champaign IL), where he has recorded Hum, Alison Krauss, Rascal Flatts, Adrian Belew, Melanie, Luther Allison, Henry Butler and many others, including work for RCA, Capitol, Warner, Jive/Zomba, etc.

Looking for the brightest minds in the audio world? Best students and young professionals? No place will have more of them assembled than the 133rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society to be held October 26-29, 2012 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA.

The Career Fair will feature several companies from the exhibit floor. All attendees of the Convention, students and professionals alike, are welcome to come talk with representatives from the companies and find out more about job and internship opportunities in the audio industry.

One of the main reasons to attend AES conventions is the opportunity to make important connections with your fellow educators from around the world. Institutions offering studies in audio (from short courses to graduate degrees) will be represented in a "table top" session at the Education Fair. Information on each school's respective programs will be made available through displays and academic guidance. There is no charge for schools/institutions to participate.

The combined Career and Education Fair will take place on Saturday October 27 from 12.30 am to 02:00 pm. Check the main AES 133 Convention page for an up-to-date location!

Click here to sign up your institution for the Career Fair.

Click here to sign up your institution for the Education Fair.

Meet long-time mastering engineer and audio design consultant Dave Collins, who will be judging submissions for the Student Design Competition. Another great reason to enter!

Dave Collins

Dave Collins has been a mastering engineer for more than 20 years.  In 1989 he joined A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood California where he became chief engineer of the mastering department. In 2004, Dave opened his own studio, Dave Collins Mastering Inc, and has since worked on albums by Black Sabbath, Madonna, Linkin Park, Bruce Springsteen, and more.

A long-time lover of music and Hi-Fi, Collins has also been involved with the design, modification, and manufacture of professional audio products as well as serving as a consultant to industry.

Collins is married to EveAnna Manley of Manley Laboratories.  They reside in Altadena California with their two dogs in a 100 year old craftsman house that will someday be fully restored. Someday.