Business
Jonathan Wyner Begins Term as AES President
Jonathan Wyner started his term as president of the Audio Engineering Society on January 1, 2021.
AES
Business
AES Show A Hit, Will Visit Vegas in 2021
The Audio Engineering Society’s annual convocation vaulted online for a virtual show this year, and will go west to Las Vegas for its 2021 edition in October next year.
Blogs
The Future is Now: Redesigning Pro Sound News
We tell you about everything new in pro audio, so it was time for our monthly magazine to look as current as our content. Now Pro Sound News has been redesigned from top to bottom.
Business
AES Show Continues Show Floor Tradition
The traditional trade show floor exhibition is still a part of this year’s virtual AES Show Fall 2020 Convention.
The Wire
AIMS Partners With AES During First AoIP Summit at AES Show Fall 2020 Convention
BOTHELL, Wash. — Oct. 8, 2020 — The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced that it will partner with the AES at the AES Show Fall 2020 Convention during the industry’s first AoIP Summit. Slated for Oct....
Business
AES 2020: Something for Everyone, Everywhere
The Audio Engineering Society’s 149th Convention will be hosted virtually this year, and to accommodate the online format, the program is being expanded from four days to four weeks.
Post and Broadcast
AES Show 2020 Set Broadcast / Online Track
The AES Show 2020 Convention’s Broadcast and Online Delivery Track will examine key technologies and applications while taking a look back at broadcast history and a look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead.
Business
AES Show Readies Hip-Hop and R&B Track, Events
This year’s AES Show programming will dive into audio engineering and production insights, artistry, and gear behind top tracks from BIPOC artists, producers, and engineers.
Business
AES Announces Results of 2020 Elections
Joshua Reiss will join the Board of Directors as President-Elect, and Marina Bosi as Treasurer-Elect.
Business
AES Virtual Education Mini-Conference Set for Thursday
A COVID cancellation can’t stop the AES’s Education Mini-Conference, which is moving online to be presented for free this Thursday.
Business
AES Names October as Audio Engineering Month
The Audio Engineering Society has declared October “Audio Engineering Month” as it expands its traditional Fall Convention Technical Program and exhibition Showcase into the virtual realm.
Gear and Technology
NTP Launches Penta 721s Audio Routers/Converters
The NTP Penta audio interfacing platform has been expanded with three new models—the Penta 721s, 721s-DNT and 721s-SDI.
Post and Broadcast
Focusrite Pro Podcast Marks One-Year Anniversary
The "Focusrite Pro Podcast" has released nearly 25 episodes in its first year, covering pro audio topics of all sorts with hosts marketing manager/producer Daniel Hughley and global marketing manager Ted White.
Gear and Technology
Sommer Debuts SC-Semicolon Mic & Patch Cable
Sommer’s latest aramid fiber-infused cable is aimed at use in not only concert sound applications but also broadcast and theater use.
Business
AES Virtual Vienna a Vivid Success
AES Virtual Vienna, the Audio Engineering Society’s first online Convention, drew participants from 59 countries.
Business
PAMA Contributes Aid to Live Sound Pros
The Clinic, Crew Nation and the AES each have received a $2,500 PAMA donation to help them in turn aid their constituents during the pandemic.
Business
dCS Expands Legends Award
The dCS (Data Conversion Systems, Ltd.) Legends Award campaign, which began last year, has been expanded to highlight more engineering legends.
Business
AES Readies Virtual Vienna Convention
AES Virtual Vienna Convention will include student recording and design competitions, an Education and Career Fair, Student Delegate Assembly events and more.
Post and Broadcast
Rethinking Podcast Sound Design with APM’s Byers
“We're only scratching the surface” of podcast sound design, says Rob Byers, director of broadcast and media operations at American Public Media.
The Wire
Working Remotely – TransAudio Group Maintains Its Pro Audio Supply Chain Amid COVID-19 Disruption
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of high-end professional audio recording equipment, announces that it is able to maintain near-normal operations amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. Our hours of operation (7am – 4pm Pacific) remain in effect, and all...
Music Production
Eddie Kramer to be Focus of New Rock Documentary
Legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer will be the focus of an upcoming documentary, From the Other Side of the Glass.
Business
Summer NAMM Cancelled; TEC Award Noms Moved
With Summer NAMM cancelled, the TEC Awards’ nominees announcement has been moved and the Music City Center is readying to become a hospital.
Blogs
Mixing Consoles—Beyond the Capture
Having contributed to the broadcasting of hundreds of live events, Dennis Baxter discusses why digital mixing desks are a TV studio's audio control center
Business
AES Vienna Convention to Move Online
The Audio Engineering Society’s annual European convention, set to take place in Vienna, Austria on May 25-28, has been partially cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Business
NAB Show 2020 Replaced by New Offerings
The 2020 NAB Show will be replaced by NAB Show Express, a “digital experience,” and an enhanced annual NAB Show New York in October 2020.
Events
AES hints at AES Vienna cancellation due to coronavirus; suspends further registrations
The Austrian Government has banned gatherings of more than 100 people
Business
NAMM 2020 Goes Down to the Crossroads
NAMM 2020 hit Anaheim with a blizzard of new products, technologies and educational offerings in January. Here, we take a look back, sizing up what the show meant not merely on the product side, but also in terms of...
Business
Agnieszka Roginska becomes president of AES
"One of my goals in 2020 is to build membership and continue to recognise we are a diverse community"
Business
AES Academy is on a Roll
The Audio Engineering Society’s new Academy initiative, bringing its educational mission to venues and cities around the globe, is off to a strong start in 2020.
Business
Companies to Watch in 2020, Part One
We spoke with dozens of audio industry leaders to compile this year’s list of “Companies to Watch.”
Business
AES to Garner Technical Emmy for AoIP
The Audio Engineering Society will receive a Technical & Engineering Emmy Award for its work with audio over IP.
HOW Sound
AES Worship Sound Academy to Debut in March
The Audio Engineering Society's first AES Worship Sound Academy will place March 10–11, 2020, at the Johnson Center on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, TN.
Business
NAMM 2020 By the Numbers
The annual MI/Pro Audio convocation was a hit by all measurements.
Business
Seen on the Scene: NAMM Show 2020, Day One
Dive into our huge photo gallery of NAMM Show 2020 for all the new products, sights and hoopla of Day One.
The Wire
Metric Halo’s Award-Winning, TEC-Nominated, Game-Changing 3d Technology Presented at Winter NAMM 2020
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: With deep training in both music and physics, brothers B.J. and Joe Buchalter founded Metric Halo over twenty years ago by creating ingenious solutions to the problems faced by audio engineers in the digital age. Adherents to...
The Wire
It’s Award Time for Metric Halo: “AES Best of Show” and TEC Nomination Heralds Metric Halo’s 3d Interface Technology for Both New and Existing Interfaces
SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA: Brothers B.J. and Joe Buchalter and their team of engineers have been hard at work for years perfecting the “3d” connectivity-technology in support of Metric Halo’s new and existing ULN-8, LIO-8, ULN-2, and 2882 interfaces, and...
Studio
Manhattan-based Man Made Music chooses PMC monitors for studio facilities
Man Made Music was established over 20 years ago by award-winning composer and producer Joel Beckerman
Business
AES: Back in the New York Groove
By Clive Young. With classes packed, an exhibit floor filled with the latest gear and a beat-heavy keynote address by hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, the AES Convention opened in style in October.
Recording
Bob Ludwig Receives dCS Legends Award
The ongoing awards are co-curated with the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing.
Gear and Technology
Austrian Audio Debuts OC818 Microphone
New mic produced by ex-AKG team sports optional wireless control.
Gear and Technology
PSN’s Best of Show Award Winners: AES 2019
Pro Sound News has announced its Best of Show Award winners for AES New York 2019.
Gear and Technology
Zylia Adds to 3D Audio Portfolio
The Zylia ZR-1 portable recording device and 6DoF VR/AR development kit were unveiled at AES.