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Welcome –

Secretary

Welcome to the AES Melbourne Section site.
Here you will find information about the section, useful audio-related articles and links and information about past and forthcoming meetings.

The aim is to provide useful information for students and professional audio practitioners alike.

Join the AES!

We are a local Section of the international (New York-based) Audio Engineering Society. Membership of the AES includes all benefits associated with the local Melbourne Section.
You can find out more and join online at –
https://aes2.org/aes-membership-overview/

If you want to check out our activities, there’s our Facebook page.
  …  and our LinkedIn page for those who hang out there.
…… then there’s Instagram for those more visually minded.

Contact the Section here.

A Celebration of our first 50 years

Secretary

Join us for our 50th Anniversary Dinner

In December, the AES Melbourne Section will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Section.

We are hosting a 50th Anniversary Dinner at Club Ringwood on Monday 9th December at 7:30pm to mark this momentous occasion.

Tickets are available at https://www.trybooking.com/CWVVL
(bookings required – see below for prices)

In December 1974, encouraged by AES International V-P (Stephen Temmer, Gotham Audio NY) a group of Melbourne audio professionals – designers, manufacturers, recording engineers/producers, broadcasters, and equipment dealers, gathered together to form the Melbourne Section of the New York-based Audio Engineering Society.

Members and Officers of the AES Melbourne Section (1974)



The Section became a powerful force in the Melbourne audio industry, with many local pioneers first presenting their breakthrough technologies at the Section’s meetings and Conventions.






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Meeting Report: 1st October 2024 – Maton Guitars Tour and The Art of the Luthier

Paolo Menolotto

Members and guests of the Melbourne Section gathered at the Maton Guitars factory where Patrick Evans, Manager, Product Design, Development and Speciality Projects conducted a tour of their manufacturing facility and spoke to us on:

The Art of the Luthier.

Following an introduction by Section Chair Graeme Huon, Patrick gave us a brief rundown of the history of Maton. He related how founder Bill May and his brother Reg started making guitars in a single car garage in Thornbury in 1946.  In the late ‘40s they moved to a purpose-built factory in Surrey Hills, where they stayed for the remainder of Bill’s career. On Bill’s retirement in the mid ‘80s his daughter Linda and her husband Neville bought the business. Patrick related how Bill still kept coming into the factory after retirement, going downstairs to work on a double bass.

That double bass is still on display in the foyer of the current factory.

Patrick Evans, in the reception area of Maton Guitars, stands in front of a selection of Maton Guitars displayed behind glass
Patrick Evans introducing us to the Maton story
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Preliminary Meeting Notice: Mon 9th December – Celebrating 50 Years of AES Melbourne Section

Secretary

The Melbourne Section of the Audio Engineering Society was established in December 1974.

Members and Officers of the AES Melbourne Section (1974)

We are planning a celebratory dinner on Monday 9th December to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this important event.


It will be held at Club Ringwood, Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood.


It will feature good food, memories, and an opportunity to socialise with like-minded people.



Further details will be available shortly, including price and booking information.