The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be an in-person event to be held on Monday 24th 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:
On Monday 13th 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:
Chairman Graeme Huon introduced David with a brief description of his background and history in audio recording in Canada and Australia.
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”.
The next online meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be held on Monday 13th 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:
Increasing interest in analogue tape recording and vinyl records is driving the demand for vintage tape recorders.
On Monday 12th 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
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.
