Welcome –

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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 Twitter feed for those who like their Section news and info in 140/280 characters or less.
…… then there’s Instagram for those more visually minded.

Contact the Section here.

June 2023 Meeting Notice: Modern Classical Music Production

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We are going in-person again – and also on-site!

The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be an in-person event to be held on Monday 19^th June 2023 at 7:30pm at the ABC Southbank radio studios.

Alex Stinson, ABC Classical Music Producer, Recording Engineer, and Editor will present on the topic of:

Modern Classical Music Production

Techniques, challenges & workflow

After a brief tour of the ABC Radio studios, Alex will give us a presentation covering his work and career. Topics covered will include

Recording acoustic music from solo instruments to large orchestras
Microphone & mixing techniques
Logistics of running orchestral sessions & recording on location
Post-production techniques
Recording for immersive formats

Preliminary Meeting Notice – June 2023

2023/05/242023/05/24Secretary

The June Meeting is in the final planning stages.

It will be held on Monday 19th June.

ABC Classical Music Recording Engineer, Alex Stinson will describe his work, and update us on the latest orchestral recording techniques.
It will be an on-site meeting at ABC Southbank.

Bookings will be required

Full details will be available in the next week or so.

Meeting Report: April 2023 – Scott Stickland on Collaborative Online Audio Mixing in the Box with DCF

2023/05/012023/05/02Paolo Menolotto

On Monday 24^th April, the Melbourne Section of the AES held our regular bi-monthly meeting.

It was a return to an in-person event at Collarts Wellington St (Collingwood) campus, that was also live-streamed on YouTube.

We welcomed about a dozen members and guests in the Collarts Critical Listening Room and another 7 who watched the live stream to the end.

Audio Engineer and Educator/Musician Scott Stickland presented on the topic of:

Collaborative Online Audio Mixing in the Box:

Presenting a case for the DAW Collaboration Framework

Chairman Graeme Huon introduced Scott with a brief description Scott’s work on the DAW Collaboration Framework (DCF).

Scoot presenting to the group — Scott Stickland – photo Rodney Staples

Scott started by acknowledging and describing the chronology of earlier online audio collaboration technology, starting with ResRocketSurfer (1996)/Rocket Network (1999), JACK/JACKTrip, Source-Connect, Steinberg’s VST Connect Pro and VST Transit/Transit Join/Transit Go, Splice Studio, and then the push for direct streaming into the DaaAW with products like Soundwhale, Sessionwire, ConnectionOpen and Listento and the growth in web-based DAW collaboration platforms, where he commented that web audio is not at the stage of development where they can be used for professional applications.

April 2023 Meeting Notice: Collaborative Online Audio Mixing in the Box

2023/04/012023/04/01Paolo Menolotto

Meeting Notice

We are going in-person again!

The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be an in-person event to be held on Monday 24^th April 2023 at 7:30pm AEST (UTC +10) at the Collarts Collingwood campus.

It will also be live-streamed (technology permitting) on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/AESMelbourneSection

Audio Engineer and Educator/Musician Scott Stickland will present on the topic of: