Meeting Report: February 2023 – David Hudson on Restoration of Vintage Studer A80s

2023/02/182023/02/20Paolo Menolotto

On Monday 13^th February, the Melbourne Section of the AES held our regular bi-monthly meeting.

We welcomed about 30 members and guests via Zoom.

Former Studios 301 Engineering Manager and local AES Section Committee Member David Hudson presented on the topic of:

Restoration of Vintage Studer A80s –

for a new life in a new century

Chairman Graeme Huon introduced David with a brief description of his background and history in audio recording in Canada and Australia.

David Hudson describes his career path that led to the Studer A80s (photo Rod Staples)

Following an Acknowledgement of Country (David was presenting from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula – home of the Bunurong First Nations people), David described his early experiences with audio recording in Canada. He recounted that his first example as a pre-teen in 1961 was a Voice of Music VM-700 “Tape-o-Matic” machine his elementary principal father frequently brought home from his school. David also mentioned his early electronic experience in designing a photocell relay for a school Science Fair which saw him go all the way to the national competition, and he also mentioned his amateur radio interests at age 15. He then went on to recount his time in the 1970’s as a musical performer with the group “Hudson Carr Poole”/”Marilyn Hudson Carr & Poole”.

February 2023 Meeting Notice: Restoration of Vintage Studer A80s – for a new life in a new century

2023/01/23Paolo Menolotto

Meeting Notice

The next online meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be held on Monday 13^th February 2023 at 7:30pm – via Zoom.

Former Studios 301 Engineering Manager and local AES Section Committee Member David Hudson will present on the topic of:

Restoration of Vintage Studer A80s –

for a new life in a new century

Increasing interest in analogue tape recording and vinyl records is driving the demand for vintage tape recorders.

photo of two Studer A80s and one Studer A810

February 2023 Prelim Meeting Notice

2022/12/202022/12/28Secretary

Our February meeting is planned for Mon 13th February.
Mark the date!

It will be a Zoom session, where David Hudson will regale us with tales of his adventures in restoring and format converting a couple of Studer A80 machines: a 1/2″ 4-Track MR MK II converted to 2-Track MK IV, and a 1-inch C-format video layback recorder converted to 8-Track MK IV.

I am sure it will be a most interesting evening, and of immense value to anyone who has an interest in keeping vintage analog hardware operating in these modern times.

Further details will be posted in the new year.

Meeting Report: December 2022 – John Kean on Loudness for Streaming Audio

2022/12/192022/12/20Paolo Menolotto

On Monday 12^th December, the Melbourne Section of the AES held our regular bi-monthly meeting.

We welcomed about 30 members and guests via Zoom.

Leading radio broadcast technologist and Chair of the AES Technical Group on Audio Loudness for Streaming, John Kean presented to us on the topic of

AES’ Development and Promotion of Audio Loudness Techniques

for new audio delivery platforms

Chairman Graeme Huon introduced John, who started his presentation with an explanation of the reality of inconsistent audio loudness across various streamed audio sources accessed on the same device – content such as music, podcasts, radio streams and virtual assistant responses. He explained how that issue was the catalyst for the development of the AES TD1008 Technical Document on this subject.