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June 2016
Insights on Music for Film: Mark Willsher at Fantasy Studio
Join us for our June 22 meeting with Mark Willsher, at the new Fantasy Film Center, in Berkeley. Seating is limited, reservations required, book your tickets here using the password Film6 The Program Using examples from middle-earth and small local productions, Mark will discuss practical considerations for getting an orchestral score recorded and delivered in today's world of instant turnarounds and rarely "locked" picture - offering insight gained from his broad experiences as both a music editor and scoring mixer.…
Find out more »August 2016
Annual Meeting: David Bowles on Surround with Height Channels
Microphone Array for Recording Music in Surround-Sound with Height Channels In the past few years, sound recordings with spatial audio have moved from the realm of theoretical research to the actuality of physical and digital releases in the market. At present, three Blu-Ray disc formats utilize a traditional 5.1 surround-sound recording, with an added 4-channel layer of height channels. David Bowles will discuss how to capture vertical localization effectively within this release format, utilizing existing research on hearing localization and…
Find out more »Summer Listening Party at Coast Mastering
Special Emphasis on Sound Design Projects AES San Francisco is returning to Coast Mastering for a summer listening party on August 16, with Michael Romanowski, Piper Payne and Jessica Thompson. In addition to traditional music engineering and producing, we'd like to hear from sound designers, nature recordists, sound artists, and Musique Concrete creators. We've got two rooms--stereo and surround, to play and discuss what you bring, in a relaxed environment. What's new at Coast? Since our last visit, both studios…
Find out more »November 2016
Music Expo SF 2016
The San Francisco Audio Engineering Society section is partnering with Music Expo SF, in the annual conference for music makers, returning to Ex’pression College, Emeryville on Saturday, 12th November 2016. Music Expo SF is open to anyone interested in the art of music making; professional and semi-professional musicians, songwriters, music producers, audio engineers and DJs as well as music students and educators. This year the event is offering more workshops, master classes, artist keynotes, product demos and networking opportunities, for…
Find out more »Fall Listening Party
Bring out your sounds, for our final listening party at Coast. Let’s close out the year with your sounds designs, recordings and songs, whole and segments, polished tunes or works in progress. Whether it’s abstract, musique concrete, nature sounds or traditional music, we welcome sound creators and music makers of all flavors to share your work in our small listening party environment. AES San Francisco is returning to Coast Mastering for on Monday, November 14, with our hosts Michael Romanowski,…
Find out more »May 2017
Universal Audio: Behind the Curtain in Studio 610
Description: The San Francisco Audio Engineering Society is getting a special tour in the famed Studio 610 at the Universal Audio campus, where many of their famous, world-class UAD audio products are born, with host Flip Osman. About the Host: Flip Osman is the Senior Software QA Engineer for the UAD platform at Universal Audio. He is the primary lead on tours of Studio 610 and overseas many of the projects related to the development and final stages of release of…
Find out more »July 2017
Audio Restoration and Repair
Program: We live in a noisy world! Learn about audio repair technology, aesthetics and practice from the experts. We will spend some time talking about how to approach de-noising and repair, to break down what sort of tools exist and how they work, and to include tips about how to use them. Panel: Jonathan Wyner (Education Director iZotope, professor - Berklee College - M Works Mastering) Jessica Thompson (Mastering and Restoration Engineer; Archiving Specialist,Coast Mastering) Moderated by Michael Romanowski, Chief…
Find out more »Demystifying Mastering
Description: Mastering has evolved greatly since the days of analogue recording! Learn about uncovering the art and craft of audio mastering from the experts. From the tools we use to the practices we deploy - everything is on the table, as we take a deep dive into this discipline. With Jonathan Wyner (Education Director iZotope, professor - Berklee College - M Works Mastering) Michael Romanowski (Chief Engineer, Coast Mastering) Jessica Thompson (Mastering and Restoration Engineer; Archiving Specialist,Coast Mastering) Coast Mastering…
Find out more »Audio Engineering Society Gear Swap Meet
George Petersen holding the Altec 1567A TUBE 5-input mic mixer he sold at the AESSF 2016 Audio Swap Meet Spend a Saturday morning buying, selling or browsing great audio gear and instruments with other Bay Area audio professionals at our summer swap meet, on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Airship Laboratories in Richmond. Hosted by the Audio Engineering Society, this is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit, community event for music and audio industry professionals. All transactions are 100% buyer to seller, with…
Find out more »August 2017
Surround and Beyond: Discussion and Listening Party
Bring out your surround, 5.1, quad and other immersive audio, whether it’s sound designs or songs, whole and segments, polished tunes or works in progress, to share and discuss at the AES San Francisco immersive listening party at Michael Romanowski's Coast Mastering on Friday, August 11, 2017. This event is focused on immersive audio, with a guided discussion on surround technologies. We’re asking attendees to bring a recording to share, preferably in a surround format, although stereo recordings for those…
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