AES New York 2019
Recording & Production Track Events
AES has always been at the center of the audio recording, production and mastering communities, bringing the top engineers together to share techniques and promote new ideas. From drum programming to mixing tricks to listening rooms. Come learn from the pros, and hear the latest advances.
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Wednesday, October 16th
09:15 - 10:45
Session RP01 Miniature Microphones—Why Are They So Attractive?
Eddy Bøgh Brixen; John Born; Benjamin Nimkin; Ryan Rumery
09:15 - 10:45
Session GA02 Abbey Road Spatial Audio Forum—Music Production in VR and AR
Gavin Kearney; Stephen Barton; Etienne Corteel; Oliver Kadel; Muki Kulhan; Hyunkook Lee; Mirek Stiles
10:30 - 12:00
Session B01 Podcast Production Studios
Romina Larregina; John Storyk; John DeLore; Judy Elliot-Brown; Austin Thompson
10:45 - 12:00
Session IS02 Music Production in Immersive Formats: Alternative Perspectives
Thomas Aichinger; Zachary Bresler; Sally Kellaway; Jo Lord
11:00 - 12:00
Session RP02 Evolution of Album Production from Start to Finish
Terri Winston; Gloria Kaba; Heba Kadry; Simone Torres
13:15 - 14:15
Session AB02 Custom Consoles / Power and Grounding
Owen Curtin; Eddie Ciletti; David Thibodeau
13:30 - 15:00
Session RP03 So Unforgettable—2 Iconic Albums from 2 Non-Studio Spaces
Alex Case; Kevin Killen
13:30 - 14:30
Session SC03 Student Recording Critiques
Ian Corbett
14:45 - 16:15
Session SE03 The Loudness War is Over (If You Want It)
George Massenburg; Serban Ghenea; Gimel "Guru" Keaton; Bob Ludwig; Thomas Lund; Ann Mincieli
15:00 - 16:00
Session SC04 Mix It! Improving Your Mixes and Your Mixing Workflow
Ian Corbett; Cosette Collier; Yuri Lysolvanov
15:15 - 16:45
Session RP04 Spatial Audio Microphones
Helmut Wittek; Svein Berge; Gary Elko; Len Moskowitz; Tomasz Zernicki
16:30 - 17:30
Session SE04 The Making of Sheryl Crow's "Threads"
Glenn Lorbecki; Dave O'Donnell
16:30 - 18:00
Thursday, October 17th
09:00 - 10:00
Session AP02 Optical/Fiber Optic Microphone: When and Why should I Consider Using an Optical Microphone?
Ronald Ajemian; Yuvi Kahana; Moshav Mazor
09:30 - 11:00
Session HH01 Chopped and Looped—Inside the Art of Sampling for Hip-Hop
Paul "Willie Green" Womack; Just Blaze; Breakbeat Lou; Hank Shocklee; Ebonie Smith
10:30 - 12:00
Session RP06 Immersive Music Listening Session: Critical Listening and Recording Techniques
David Bowles; Paul Geluso
10:45 - 11:45
Session RP07 Podcast Production
Elena Botkin-Levy; Chiquita Paschal; Name Withheld; Jenna Weiss-Berman
11:15 - 12:15
Session RP08 Changing Roles In the Audio Industry
Paul "Willie Green" Womack; Ariel Borujow; Ken "Duro" Ifill; Mike Kuz
12:00 - 13:00
Session SC09 Student Recording Critiques
Ian Corbett
13:00 - 13:45
Session AP03 Shame on Us: Phase Is Not Polarity!
Cesar Lamschtein
13:15 - 14:45
Session H03 Rudy Van Gelder: A Legacy in Audio Engineering
Richard Capeless; Thomas Fine; Ashley Kahn; Don Sickler; Maureen Sickler
13:30 - 14:30
Session RP09 The Doppler Gang - A Panel of Pros Discuss the Pros and Cons of Pitch Change
Anthony Agnello; Richard Factor; Alex Case; Bob Clearmountain; George Massenburg; Susan Rogers; Tony Visconti
13:45 - 14:45
Session SE06 Lunchtime Keynote: Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
14:45 - 16:15
Session H04 Spike Jones: Preposterous Precision
Mike Wisland; Arlen Card; Leslie Ann Jones; Emily Taggart
14:45 - 15:45
Session RP10 Tuning the Vocal—Watch, Listen, and Learn
Alex Case; Ian Kagey
15:00 - 16:00
Session SE07 Triple Threat: The Art, Production & Technology of Making Music
Paul Verna; Danny Kortchmar; Steve Jordan
15:00 - 18:00
16:00 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30
Session AP04 Circles of Confusion
Thomas Lund; Sean Olive; Susan Rogers
Friday, October 18th
09:00 - 10:15
Session RP12 Recording and Realizing Immersive Classical Music For, and with, Dolby Atmos
John Loose; David Bowles; Morten Lindberg; Jack Vad
10:15 - 11:45
Session RP13 Platinum Mastering: Mastering Immersive Audio
Michael Romanowski; Stefan Bock; Gavin Lurssen; Andres A. Mayo; Darcy Proper; Mark Wilder
11:00 - 12:00
Session RP14 For the Record: Engineering Prince
Leslie Ann Jones; Lisa Chamblee; Sylvia Massy; Peggy McCreary; Susan Rogers
11:15 - 12:15
Session AR03 Metadata from Creation to Consumption to Preservation
Brad McCoy; Tony Brooke; Maureen Droney; Tony Gervino; Paul Jessop
11:15 - 12:15
Session SE10 How We Make Music—Crossing the Decades from Analog to Digital
Chris Lord-Alge; Danny Kortchmar; Eddie Kramer; Tom Lord-Alge; Dave Way
12:00 - 13:00
Session SC16 Student Recording Critiques
Ian Corbett
13:00 - 14:00
Session RP15 Studio Design for 2070 —50 Years from Now—Dare We Look?
Steve Berkowitz; Jimmy Douglass; Eddie Kramer; Ann Mincieli; David Rosenthal; John Storyk
13:15 - 14:30
Session B14 Telling Stories with Sound: What Can Audio Storytelling Learn from Sound for Picture?
Rob Byers; Lon Bender; Jocelyn Gonzales; Alexa Zimmerman
13:30 - 14:30
Session SE11 Lunchtime Keynote: 1500 or Nothin'
Larrance Dopson; IZ (& Bobby) Avila Brothers
13:30 - 14:30
Session GA14 Just Cause 4 OST: Creative Collaboration
Zach Abramson
13:30 - 14:30
Session RP16 Hybrid Audio: Mixing Virtual and Acoustic Instruments for Media Presentations
Brandie Lane; Noah Taylor
14:30 - 15:30
Session HH02 The Soul of an R&B Mix
Paul "Willie Green" Womack; Prince Charles Alexander
14:45 - 16:15
Session RP17 Platinum Latin Engineers & Producers
Andres A. Mayo; Carli Beguerie; Mauricio Gargel; Andres Millan; Martin Muscatello; Rafa Sardina; Camilo Silva F.
15:00 - 18:00
15:30 - 16:30
Session HH03 Studio Design for Hip-Hop and R&B
David Malekpour; Paul "Willie Green" Womack; IZ (& Bobby) Avila Brothers; Larrance Dopson; Dave Hampton; Frank Hendler; Rick St. Hilaire
16:30 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30
Session AR06 You Mean You Wanted Those Tracks?!: Challenges of Preserving Multitrack Recordings
Jeff Willens; Bryan Hoffa; Kelly Pribble
16:30 - 17:30
Session SE12 The Past Present and Future of the Legendary Quad Building
Prince Charles Alexander; DG; Ricky Hosn; David Malekpour; Carla Springer
16:30 - 17:30
Session RP18 Color in Mastering: The Creative Side of the Discipline
Jonathan Wyner; Adam Ayan; Heba Kadry; Bob Katz; Alex Psaroudakis
16:45 - 17:45
Session RP19 Sound Reproduction on Wheels: How to Serve the Art
Rafael Kassier; Frank Filipetti; Richard King; Alan Norton; Darcy Proper; Mark Ziemba
Saturday, October 19th
09:00 - 10:00
09:00 - 10:30
Session IS09 Producing High-Quality 360/3D VR Concert Videos with 3D Immersive Audio
Ming-Lun Lee; Steve Philbert
10:15 - 11:15
Session AC02 Best Practices in Re-Recording Mixing
Tom Fleischman
10:30 - 11:30
Session IS10 Music Production for Dolby Atmos
Lasse Nipkow
11:15 - 12:15
Session RP20 Live Concert Sound
Terri Winston; Fela Davis; Liz Ip; Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato
12:30 - 13:30
Session SC22 Student Recording Critiques
Ian Corbett
15:30 - 17:00
Last Updated: 20191017
Researcher Josh Reiss has taken a look at some of the 147th papers now in the AES E-Library and commented on a few that piqued his curiosity. See his blog here.
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