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February 2016
Listening Party at Coast Mastering
Sign up for the San Francisco Audio Engineering Society's February listening party. This is our first visit to Michael Romanowski and Piper Payne's new location at the Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley. There are two rooms, stereo and surround sound, where we'll listen and discuss your projects. You should bring a stereo or surround recording to share: it can be something you've previously done or a work in progress. This is a good opportunity to get feedback if you…
Find out more »SSL Broadcast Truck Event
The Solid State Logic Broadcast truck will be open for tours at Cogswell College Wednesday Feb 10, 2016. The tour will bring small groups through for a demo and brief discussion, between 6:00 and 9:00 pm. San Francisco Audio Engineering Society Members are invited to drop by for a tour. You'll find the truck in the parking lot at Cogswell College's new San Jose campus. The SSL Broadcast Equipment Demonstration Vehicle is a custom designed mobile unit which replicates a…
Find out more »April 2016
Real Industry LIVE! Silicon Valley
Two events in one: AES Members and audio professionals are invited to the media technology industry professional networking meetup, following Real Industry: LIVE! Silicon Valley. Be part of a group of 150+ industry leaders in the audio and video technology sphere. Network in a unique and low-key environment with other professionals of all levels - from Universal Audio, Jaunt VR, Dolby, Adobe, Sennheiser, Pandora, and more. You’ll also meet some of the freshest university talent entering the industry. Students and…
Find out more »May 2016
Audio Engineering Society Swap Meet and Mixer
Spend a Sunday afternoon buying, selling or browsing great audio gear and instruments with other Bay Area audio professionals, and come hang out at our AES networking patio plaza mixer, where you can mingle with other local audio and music industry professionals. 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 no commissions. Sellers are signing up and starting to send in…
Find out more »Gear Available at the Swap Meet 5/1/16
Still room for more sellers! Fill out the form here to book a selling space. If you are just looking for a ticket to attend, those can be bought online at Brown Paper Tickets or at the door. Sellers are signing up and starting to send in their lists of gear available for the May 1 Audio Swap Meet. We will update the list as more details are submitted and would be happy to host a wish list as well,…
Find out more »May Listening Party
Our last listening party at Coast Mastering was so popular, we're repeating it on Monday, May 2, again at Michael Romanowski and Piper Payne's new location at the Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley. There are two rooms, stereo and surround sound, where we'll listen and discuss your projects. You should bring a stereo or surround recording to play: it can be something you've previously done or a work in progress. This is a good opportunity to get feedback if…
Find out more »East Lake Music Festival
The San Francisco Audio Engineering Society section is sponsoring two workshops on audio production at the Eastlake Music Festival on Saturday, May 28th. The Eastlake Music Festival is a not-for-profit free festival on the shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, open to all ages. This year's musical line-up includes Picture Atlantic, David Gans, Bear Lincoln, Sal's Greenhouse, David Harness, Jamming Nachos, Hip Hop for Change and Tumbledown House. Note: We've been offered an AES information table in the Music Maker…
Find out more »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…
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