PMC@ AES USA -SF Nov 4th-7th 2010

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PMC@ AES USA -SF

PMC has announce full details of its participation in the forthcoming 129th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society in San Francisco.

In addition to taking its usual exhibition stand (#1307) and making its speakers available for all the audiophile presentations taking place in room 206 during the convention, PMC is also running its successful Masters Of Audio technical seminar program in a dedicated, surround-capable audio demonstration suite (Room 122).

The Masters Of Audio seminar program was a highly successful feature of May’s AES show in London, and the San Francisco sessions promise to go even better, featuring some of the finest engineers, producers and technical experts the audio industry has to offer. Between the seminars, the Masters Of Audio demonstration suite will be used for technical presentations and product demonstrations: the recently launched IB2S-A, IB2 XBD-A and AML2 nearfield monitors will all be present.

Entrance to all of the demos and seminars is free, but there is only space for 50 attendees at any one time, so anyone interested in attending must register for a place at the PMC stand at the exhibition.


Masters Of Audio — The Full Programme

The Masters Of Audio seminars begin at 11am on Friday, November 5 and will run until 3pm on Sunday. The full programme is as follows.


Friday November 5

11am
MixSensei.com launch — Dave Isaac
Thrice-Grammy-winning producer, engineer, artist and author David Isaac
has worked with Marcus Miller, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Luther Vandross, Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston, Prince, Anita Baker, and many other artists. This session sees the official launch of and introduction to his new video tutorial website MixSensei.com - coming soon!. Aimed at the music and audio industry, the site provides a means for Dave and other award-winning engineers/producers and musicians to share their knowledge and tricks of the trade with the on-line community.

Noon
AES Students Recording Critique
Moderated by Ian Corbett and David Greenspan with guest appearances from award-winning engineers. In this non-competitive listening session, students are encouraged to bring their own stereo and surround projects for feedback and comments from the panel and audience.

1.30pm
The Art Of Film Score Mixing — Bobby Fernandez
Multi-Grammy-winning engineer Robert “Bobby” Fernandez presents a case study on film score mixing. As a recording and mixing engineer, Bobby has worked on hundreds of movies, including Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven , Spiderman 2, Flags Of Our Fathers, Master And Commander and many more. Bobby will present a full session from one of his latest movies and will show us what is involved in the process of recording and mixing a movie score.

3pm
Thinking Outside Of The Box, From Inside The Box — David Isaac
Thrice-Grammy-winning producer, engineer, artist and author David Isaaclooks at recording and mixing professionally and creatively entirely within your computer, whether you’re working in your home studio with a small home workstation or out on the road with a laptop.


Saturday November 6

10.15am
Intelligent Dance Music in 5.1 — David Miles Huber
Grammy-nominated producer and million-selling electronic musician David Miles Huber shares insights, in full 5.1 surround sound, into his production techniques and philosophies for making intelligent dance music, with reference to his recent Grammy-nominated project Colabs, and his latest release Parallax Eden.

11.30am
AES Students Recording Critique
Moderated by Ian Corbett and David Greenspan with guest appearances from award-winning engineers. In this non-competitive listening session, students are encouraged to bring their own stereo and surround projects for feedback and comments from the panel and audience.

1.30pm
What Makes it Sound Good? — Darius ‘Deezle’ Harrison
Double Grammy-winning producer Deezle, known for his work with Lil Wayne, Outkast, Mary J Blige and Jay-Z, discusses the process of making a song sound good from a producer’s perspective, whether using artificial sounds or acoustic instruments.


3.30pm
An Olympic Score — Josh Tidsbury & Michael Nunan
Systems Specialist and Post Sound Mixer Josh Tidsbury and Michael Nunan, Post Sound Supervisor and co-producer of the music package for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, discuss their musical work for the Games. Josh will also present some of his latest projects, including the famous Canadian “Hockey Theme” and his award-winning work for movies like Stake Land.


Sunday November 7

10.30am
How To Screw Up A Surround Mix, And How To Avoid It — Crispin Murray
Metropolis mastering technical development mastermind Crispin Murray explains… well, what not to do with a surround mix. He will also provide a selection of some great 5.1 surround mixes which have been mastered at Metropolis — an entertaining hour of music demonstrating how to mix surround well… and not so well!

12.30pm
Bass: Too Much Or Too Little? — Jochen Veith
Every studio has its fair share of acoustic problems. World-renowned acoustic consultant Jochen Veith shares some insights into how to deal with the most common of these, and gives you a better understanding of how to improve your listening and mixing environment. Jochen has designed hundreds of mixing, recording, movie and broadcast studios over the last 20 years, including projects for Coldplay, Metropolis Studios in London, Max Martin in Stockholm, Walt Disney, BMG Ariola, NBC Universal and many more.

2pm
Pure Audio Blu-Ray: The Ultimate Listening Experience — Stefan Bock
Stefan Bock, the owner of the renowned MSM Studios in Munich, will be explaining the advantages of Blu-Ray over DVD and what the medium has to offer the world of pro audio.

For more on PMC’s activities at AES, or to reserve a place in one of the Masters Of Audio seminars, please come to stand 1307 during the AES show.