To mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Melbourne Section of the Audio Engineering Section we have just prepared a history of the Section, its formation, and activities.
It is available on this website, and is made up of three sections:
The broad overview: https://aesmelbourne.org.au/section-history/
The Regional Conventions (1984-1996): https://aesmelbourne.org.au/conventions/
and
Historical Meeting Notices: https://aesmelbourne.org.au/historical-meeting-notices/
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.
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.
We have just added another subject to our “Quiet Achievers” section of the Audio History page.
Our Section Chair Graeme Huon has had a long and diverse career in audio/acoustic engineering design.
You can learn more about his journey here:
https://aesmelbourne.org.au/huon-quiet-achiever/
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:
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.
