Location: Brucker Hall at Fort Myer 400 McNair Rd, Fort Myer 22211
Moderated by: Michael Ducassoux
Speaker(s): Greg Simon and Brian Glasscock from Sennheiser
We welcome you all to the Washington DC Section AES meeting at Brucker Hall on Fort Myer on April 25 to present:
Other Business: Topics for the AES meeting: We are looking for folks interested in running for AES DC Section officers. If you are interested in running, the positions available in the DC Section are Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Please email [email protected] to let us know what you would like to run for and we will get you on the official ballet. If you have any questions about the opportunities as an AES DC Section officer, please do not hesitate to email and ask. We also invite anyone interested in joining a committee to stay after the meeting for a few minutes just to exchange information and come up with a plan moving forward for the rest of this calendar
Posted: Sunday, April 7, 2019
Location: Sirius XM 1500 Eckington Place NE Washington, DC 20002
Moderated by: AES DC Section and SBE Chapter 37
Speaker(s): Steven Savanyu from Audio Technica
Our next AES/SBE meeting is on a subject that all of us deal with at one time or another: The selection, placement, mounting, and mixing with microphones. Whether for a live event, sound reinforcement, broadcast studio design, a recording session, or a video conference; we are challenged with bringing excellent and clear sound to our facilities and products.
Perhaps we take for granted the physics of how a microphone actually functions. Which type will give me the result I want? How best to isolate a single instrument in a concert setting? How to accentuate incident and suppress reflective sound?
Nothing more affects psycho-acoustical perceived quality of a video, film, recording, or live event more than accurate and well-defined sound. And nothing affects that perceived quality and value more than effective microphone selection and placement.
SBE Chapter 37 has the pleasure to host Steven Savanyu, Education Director at Audio Technica, a large manufacturer of microphones. Steven brings us his famous Microphone and Wireless portable workshop road show. Mr. Savanyu has a penchant for clear and precise explanation of the most esoteric and technical aspects of transducer physics and technology. He is an adjuct Professor of Audio for Video at Kent State University.
This event is useful not only for aspiring novices to broadcast and recording, but also for seasoned professionals; as there is always something new to learn with new technology and products. This is a hands-on event, with practical examples for us to see and hear.
The meeting will be held at Sirius XM headquarters in Northwest DC (NOMA). Tours of the Sirius XM facility take place after the presentation. We greatly appreciate their help in hosting our meeting. This is a joint meeting of the local DC SBE and AES chapters.
A bite to eat will be served Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 PM. We'll discuss a tiny bit of Chapter 37 business about 6:45 PM and begin our presentation about 7:00 PM. Please RSVP before Noon March 11th by dropping an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know if we should expect you for dinner!
Other Business: -April 25th meeting with Sennheiser to be discussed -As mentioned at the meeting we are looking for folks to step up and run for leadership roles in the DC Section of AES - it is a great opportunity to work with a wonderful AES Community in a different capacity. At the April meeting, we will hold the elections for section officers as the current officers' terms are coming to an end. If you or someone you know is interested, please let us know so we can begin to create the ballot. Officer roles in the DC Section are Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Email [email protected] if you are interested in running.
Posted: Saturday, March 2, 2019
Location: Alexandria, VA
Moderated by: Michael Ducassoux
Speaker(s): Jim Pace, Sanken Microphones
Jim Pace will present "Modern Physics in Microphone Technology," where he’ll be covering modern and innovative techniques as it applies to capsule design and configuration and their related benefits and applications.
The event will take place in the Seminar Room at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, VA. Parking is available in the parking garage located directly across from the hall.
Doors will open at 6:15PM for light food and socializing. (Please email [email protected] to RSVP so that we can get an accurate food order.) The AES meeting will begin at 7:00 and Jim's presentation begins at 7:15.
Topics to be discussed at the AES meeting:
We would like to thank Jim Pace and Sanken Microphones for sponsoring February's event!
Rachel M. Schlesinger Hall can be found at 4915 East Campus Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311
Other Business: -Announcing the Joint AES SBE meeting Tuesday March 12, 6:30pm at XM radio, Northeast DC. This meeting features Steven Savanyu, Marketing director Audio Technica (Cleveland, Ohio) who will give one of his famous MICROPHONE AND WIRELESS workshops. -ELECTIONS for AES DC Section Officers. At the April meeting, we will hold elections for section officers as the current officers' terms are coming to an end. If you or someone you know is interested, please let us know so we can begin to create the ballot. Officer roles in the DC Section are Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Email [email protected] if you are interested in running. -Announcement for the April 25 meeting where we are going to be featuring a VR and Ambeo Audio Workshop with Sennheiser.
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019
Location: National Public Radio Headquarters 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 (at the corner of L Street)
Moderated by: Michael Ducassoux
Speaker(s): NPR
PROGRAM:
Many of you have heard us talking about a tentative event at the new NPR facilities downtown- finally we were able to get everything locked in for the opportunity to tour this wonderful facility.
REGISTRATION:
Although we can welcome visitors that do not register, because our friends at NPR and AES are providing a light dinner and parking, a fairly accurate count is necessary for planning group sizes, tour intervals, and to prepare enough food.
We would appreciate your RSVP by August 17th at [email protected].
Please indicate in the RSVP if you will need parking, as NPR is giving us parking as long as we provide them an accurate list of who will be utilizing the parking facility.
Membership is NOT a requirement for the event. If you do not RSVP and still want to attend, that is OK, however we will NOT be able to provide parking at NPR for your tour.
Posted: Friday, August 10, 2018
Location: Denizen’s Brewing and Ott House Audio - Meet at Denisen’s lower level tap room - 1111 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 East West Highway https://denizensbrewingco.com/
Moderated by: Mike Ducassoux
Speaker(s): Cheryl Ottenritter, Creative Director at Ott House Audio and Rob Carman of DC Color
*** Joint SMPTE DC Section/SBE Chapter 37/ AES June 2018 MEETING NOTICE *** 6:45-7pm General Presentation 7-9pm Pre-determined sized groups will be guided through the Ott House Audio and DC Color (co-located) studios, a fully employed, comprehensive post facility. Meet at Denisen’s lower level tap room Silver Spring, MD 20910 East West Highway https://denizensbrewingco.com/ As part of an end to end standard through transport and final consumer delivery on multiple platforms, Atmos is a singular system capable of producing all deliverables from mono through stereo and 5.1, to immersive and personalized audio. Dolby Atmos is by far the most popular system for producing content for Blu-Ray, today’s and next generation digital broadcast, gaming, and virtual reality. in recent years, Atmos has moved beyond the world of cinema and into the frantic arena of live TV. The company has mainly looked at creating more realistic experiences in sporting events like soccer matches, racing, and the Olympics.. https://www.sportsvideo.org/2018/04/24/nhra-takes-the-racing-lead-with-dolby-atmos/ We have the pleasure and fortune to have Cheryl Ottenritter of Ott House Audio and Robbie Carman of DC Color along with Dolby Laboratories co-sponsoring this year’s annual DC area professional association meeting. In summary, will get a tech talk as well as a hands-on and practical demonstration of the Atmos product in action. We will see immersive and personalized sound post-production integrated with post color grading, and a demonstration of Dolby Vision HDR and how it is rendered and referenced to each particular display device in actual use. REGISTRATION: Although we can welcome visitors that do not register, because our friends at Dolby Laboratories are providing a light dinner (and some local beer samples), a fairly accurate count is necessary for planning group sizes, tour intervals, and to prepare enough food. We would appreciate your RSVP by June 19th. There are boxes to check for organization affiliation. Membership is not a requirement for the event www.eventbrite.com/e/smpte-dcsbe-chapter-37aes-joint-june-2018-meeting-registration-463753... DIRECTIONS & PARKING: The Silver Spring metro is a ten minute walk. Here is a link to a time lapse video of the path from the station to the studio:https://vimeo.com/222861355 This page has a map of the location:https://otthouseaudio.com/connect/ Please do not park in front of the building at 1111 East West Highway in one of the (only four) available parking spaces. There is ample and close by parking at the Montgomery County Kennett Street municipal garage, one block south of the meeting location. Parking charge is reasonable (75 cents per hour) and necessary only until 7 pm: https://www.silverspringdowntown.com/go/kennett-street-garage-garage-9
DATE:
Thursday, June 21, 2018
TIME:
5:30pm Social, networking and refreshments (sponsored by OTT House Audio and Dolby Laboratories)
6:15pm-6:45pm SMPTE/SBE/AES Business Meeting
LOCATION:
Denizen’s Brewing and Ott House Audio
PRESENTERS:
Cheryl Ottenritter, Creative Director at Ott House Audio
Rob Carman DC Color
PROGRAM:
We are continuing in the tradition of an annual triple engineering group meeting again this June. Last year we were fortunate to have a well-attended presentation from Dolby Laboratories on the next generation broadcast audio AC-4 delivery standard. This year Dolby is coming through for us again to present and show in practice the ATMOS content creation product that is becoming the standard of surround and immersive audio workflow. https://www.dolby.com/us/en/brands/dolby-atmos.html
Denizen’s Brewing and Ott House are located next to each other. The rear patio of the Denizen’s downstairs tap house has a stairway leading up to the studio.
Other Business: Joint SMPTE DC Section/SBE Chapter 37/ AES June 2018
Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Location: 7014 Westmoreland Ave, Ste 7, Takoma Park, Maryland 20912
Moderated by: Mike Ducassoux
Speaker(s): Doug Fearn, George Hazelrigg, Geoff Hazerigg
We are very excited about out next meeting, at Tonal Park (formerly Airshow) in Takoma Park on April 26 at 6:30 PM.
The Program is entitled
"Classic Recording Techniques for a High-Resolution Future
(and why it matters to you).”
Featured presenters are: Doug Fearn, George Hazelrigg, Geoff Hazerigg
Here is a link to the history of D.W.Fearn. It references the arrangement between Doug, Geoff and George: http://dwfearn.com/wp/
Tonal Park's website is: http://tonalpark.com/
Food will be provided for the event, please RSVP to [email protected] so that we can provide enough food for all.
Posted: Sunday, April 8, 2018
Location: 400 McNair Road Arlington, VA
Moderated by: Mike Ducassoux
Speaker(s): Tim Metzinger
We welcome you all to the February Washington DC Sections AES meeting at Brucker Hall on Fort Myer.
Tim Metzinger will give a presentation on Audio Networking and Dante covering Network Audio and Networking Concepts, Dante Network Audio, Use Cases, Demonstrations, and Best Practices and Recommendations
Following the presentation we will tour the facility of the "Pershing's Own" to see and hear their studios and performance spaces at Brucker Hall.
For instructions on how to get on base at Fort Myer, please go to the following link (PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT AHEAD OF TIME).
http://www.usarmyband.com/…/joint-base-myer-henderson-hall-…
On this page you will see a link to a PDF under the NON_DOD section, please print the PDF and fill it out before you come to the meeting (if you forget, you can fill it out on site, it will just delay your entrance on base). When you get to the Hatfield Gate entrance, you must present a valid ID, and the printed form and tell the guard you are there for the AES event at Brucker Hall (they are aware that we will be there that day and will be expecting you). At that time, the guard may perform a quick search of your vehicle. Once complete you can continue on to Brucker Hall, here is a map of the base to assist.
http://www.usarmyband.com/plan…/directions-to-fort-myer.html
Parking is available across the street from Brucker Hall. While getting on base sounds involved, the base deals with guests regularly and they aim to get you through security as quickly as possible. If you have any concerns or questions please email Mike Ducassoux at [email protected]
We promise this whole security stuff sounds more involved than it really is- if you have any questions just reach out!
The meet and greet/food will take place at 6:30. Following that will be our AES meeting, followed by Tim's presentation and then the tour of Brucker Hall hosted by the engineers of the "Pershing's Own".
Food will be provided for the event, by AES. If you plan to attend the meeting, please email [email protected] to let us know for an accurate food count. It will also help us in letting the security team know roughly how many folks they can expect the night of. You can also just say you will attend through the Facebook event that we have created, whatever is convenient for you.
Other Business: For the AES meeting, We will discuss things ahead for our meetings in April, June, and the rest of the year. We invite anyone interested in joining a committee to stay after the meeting for a few minutes just to exchange information and come up with a plan moving forward for the rest of this calendar year. Have new ideas for AES, your leadership would love to hear from you about them and figure out a way to make them happen.
Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Location: WTOP, 3400 Idaho Ave NW (Parking in the Giant lot)
Moderated by: Mike Ducassoux
Speaker(s): Troy Jensen, CTS-D Sr. Market Development Specialist, Shure Incorporated
●High Channel Count with Shrinking Spectrum●Diversity in Frequency Ranges●Aesthetic Demands That Compromise Wireless Operation●Minimizing Visual Impact●Getting the most out of Axient Digital with Wireless Workbench 6
Dinner will be provided, courtesy of SKMac
In order to plan for dinner, we ask that you please
RSVP to [email protected] by December 5th. Thanks!
Other Business: Leadership is looking for volunteers to join the committee to help plan future meetings, meet and greet opportunities (to grow membership), and ways to connect our professional and student sections in the year ahead. We welcome your suggestions and comments for webpage content and meeting topics that will help serve your needs and interests. If you would like to become a member of the committee, contact Mike Ducassoux (DC Section Chair) directly. AES members can contact Mike through the AES-website member database.
Posted: Sunday, November 26, 2017
We have initiated two specific efforts to improve AES-DC section support:
A group of volunteers who serve as AES-DC section web-masters to develop and maintain this AES-DC section webpage; and meeting coordinators who devise meeting topics, make arrangements for featured speakers, and investigate sites for section meetings.
Our webmaster volunteers are working to make this webpage a useful and dynamic link to the AES-DC section. They are also working to distribute email notifications to all of you who are members, and to 'friends' of the AES-DC section (those who are not yet members, and those who share our interest in audio).
Our meeting coordinator volunteers are expected to work with other groups such as the Acoustical Society of America DC Chapter (ASA-DC), the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers DC section (SMPTE-DC), the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), and other professional and academic organizations. We plan to coordinate with AES student chapters to enhance the educational value of our section to all.
Our work is just beginning, so your patience will be appreciated. In time we will contact you directly with meeting notices and other information. We have many ideas, but as always, welcome your suggestions and comments for webpage content and meeting topics that will help serve your needs and interests.
If you would like to be part of any of our efforts, contact me directly. AES members can contact me through the AES-website member database.
Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013
