AES Columbia, Student Section

AES Meeting - Officer Elections - 5/10/201

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:26:31 -0400

AES Columbia will be holding its last meeting of the semester ON FRIDAY, May 10th!

We will be holding officer elections for President, Vice President, Media Manager & Secretary. If you are interested in running please have a short presentation ready when you come to the meeting. We will also be discussing the March AES Student Summit to St. Louis, as well as AES’s plans for Manifest. We will also be going over general AES membership information, reviewing potential opportunities for students, and will be opening the floor for any questions or suggestions. Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come.

Meeting Information:
May 10th, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

AES Columbia, Student Chapter is the principle student group in the Audio Arts + Acoustics department and functions as the liaison to the local Audio Engineering Society (AES) Chapter. The group is committed to bringing together students with a mutual interest in audio technology. Through regular meetings, students have the opportunity to interact with other audio students at all levels of study, in effect networking with their potential future colleagues, employers, or employees. Any student enrolled at Columbia College with an interest in audio may join the group and attend AES events. Planned events often incorporate guest speakers such as local professionals, industry leaders, and audio innovators. Other possible monthly activities include critical listening sessions, student project presentations, equipment evaluations and comparisons, and audio facility tours.

You can connect with us via social media, including:

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AES Meeting - 5/3/2013

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:29:54 -0400

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting THIS FRIDAY, May 3rd!

We will be discussing plans for future events. We will also be going over general AES membership information, reviewing potential opportunities for students, and will be opening the floor for any questions or suggestions. Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come.

Meeting Information:
May 3rd, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

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AES DIY Meeting - 4/19/2013

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:13:35 -0400

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting this Friday, April 19th!

This will be a DIY DAY. Be ready to bring your soldering iron, projects. If you do not have a soldering iron, we have access to some that you can borrow. We will also have the equipment for students to make their own XLR Cables. To create an XLR Cable, please bring $10 to cover the cost of the materials.

Otherwise, bring your own projects(broken cables, microphones, pedals, electronic toys) anything you might want to open up and try to solder. That is the audio experience! Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come

Meeting Information:
April 19th, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

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AES Columbia - Symphony Center Tour - Monday April 15th

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:21:59 -0400

Backstage Tour of Symphony Center

Monday April 15

10:00am-12:00pm (arrive no later than 9:50am in Symphony Center lobby, or join AES Group at 9:30am in 33 E. Congress lobby)

Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan Avenue

Join us for a rare backstage tour of the acoustically magnificent home of the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by one of the acousticians responsible for the recent redesign of Orchestra Hall.

A group will leave from the 33 E. Congress lobby at 9:30am to walk to Symphony Center. If you travel separately, plan to convene no later than 9:50am at the Symphony Center lobby in order to participate in the tour. Latecomers will NOT be able to join.

AES Meeting - 4/5/2013 - Circuit Bending Presentation

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:07:37 -0400

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting THIS FRIDAY, April 5th!

This will be a short meeting as we have a special presenter Roth Mobot! Roth is a local Electronic Artist who specializes in circuit bending and creating experimental instruments/ sounds! We will also be discussing plans for future events. Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come.

Meeting Information:
April 5, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

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AES Meeting - 3/8/2013

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:26:28 -0500

AES Meeting - 3/8/2013

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting THIS FRIDAY, March 8th!

We will be discussing plans for future events. We have a student listening sessions coming up on March 12th (students bring in audio for discussion, feedback, and review) We will also be going over general AES membership information, reviewing potential opportunities for students, and will be opening the floor for any questions or suggestions. Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come.

Meeting Information:
March 8th, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

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AES DIY Meeting - 2/22/2013

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:46:00 -0500

AES DIY Meeting - 2/22/2013

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting this Friday, February 22nd!

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come

Meeting Information:
February 22, 2012 @ 3:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

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Volunteer Opportunity Available to AA+A Students

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:54:00 -0500

AA+A Students (ideally 6) wanted to make audio recordings at the 2013 Creative Chicago Expo

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/creative_chicagoexpo.html

The Creative Chicago Expo connects Chicago’s creative community with resources they need to thrive, through two days of Keynote presentations, Workshops, Vendor exhibits that offer professional development expertise from top local and national providers. Fri 3/1 and Sat 3/2, between 10am-4pm.

What you’ll need to do…

Six students will be using Zoom recorders (we’ll provide them) to record a total of 32 Workshops over 2 days: Fri 3/1 between 10am-4pm and Sat 3/2 between 10am-4pm
4 concurrent “tracks” a day with 4 workshops each, over 2 days: 32 workshops.
Full program at: http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/articles/2012-creative-chicago-expo
Someone else will have set up the necessary microphones and will be operating the mixing console.
You will be connecting the Zoom recorder directly to the desk, setting up the overall recording level (and individual channels if you connect to an “aux out” rather than a “main out”), and will be monitor occasionally during a recording for any level adjustments if/as needed.
You will be using any DAW and application to cut and save individual audio files per presentation (one uncompressed (wav/aiff), and one compressed (mp3)), labeled for easy pairing with each presentation.

What you’ll get!..

One Year membership in EARS (Engineering and Recording Society of Chicago), and an EARS t-shirt!
This is a community that any Chicago aspiring sound engineer will benefit from. Look them and their events up at: http://www.ears-chicago.org/

$50 symbolic honorarium for your participation, paid by AA+A.
We will have an Audio Arts + Acoustics department booth (with some flyers/cards/banners) which you can use as your base to socialize with each other and with the wealth of Expo participants and EARS members!

Those interested please contact AA+A Chair, Pantelis Vassilakis at pvassilakis@colum.edu by Tuesday, 2/12. He will then provide additional details and a contact with the EXPO.

AES Columbia's First Meeting of the Semester!

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:44:00 -0500

AES Columbia’s First Meeting of the Semester!

Welcome back, audio enthusiasts.

Columbia’s Audio Engineering Society (AES) will be having its first meeting of the 2013 Spring Semester! Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers and engineers should join us. Any student who is enthusiastic about audio is welcome.

Meeting Information:
February 8, 2013 @ 3:00PM
33 E. Congress, Room #618

Tape and Digital in the Studio: An Evening at Wall2Wall

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:42:00 -0500

AES Columbia and Wall2Wall Studios present…

Tape and Digital in the Studio: An Evening at Wall2Wall

On Dec 5th, 2012, AES Columbia will visit Wall2Wall Studios for a special event examining the merits and drawbacks of tape recording in the digital age.

Dan Dietrich, adjunct faculty member at Columbia College and owner of Wall2Wall Studios, has invited us to visit his facility for an opportunity for to observe the inner workings of a professional recording studio. Attendees will also gain insight into the unique nature of recording to tape, as well as recording to pro tools then back to tape, and recording to pro tools using a high end tape plug-in. There will also be catering generously provided by the studio. Students who are interested in attending this event should register toAEScolum@gmail.com. Please be aware that space for this event is limited (~20 people) so please RSVP in a timely manner!

Information:

December 5, 2012 @ 7:00PM-10:00PM

Location: Wall2Wall Recordings

Event Address:

Wall2Wall Recording

676 N. Lasalle Street

Chicago, IL 60605

AES DIY Meeting - 11/30/2012

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:32:42 -0500

AES DIY Meeting - 11/30/2012

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting this Friday, November 30th!

This will be a general meeting and a DIY DAY. We will be discussing the plans for next semester as well as soldering. Be ready to bring your soldering iron, projects. If you do not have a soldering iron, we have access to some that you can borrow. We will also have the equipment for students to make their own XLR Cables. To create an XLR Cable, please bring $10 to cover the cost of the materials.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come

Meeting Information:
November 30th, 2012 @ 2:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=278926520977

Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/aescolum

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AES Meeting - 11/9/2012

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:00:12 -0500

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting THIS FRIDAY, November 9th!

We will be discussing the Sennheiser mic event we held yesterday, as well as discussing plans for future events. We have some new ideas to bring up and talk about including student listening sessions (students bring in audio for discussion, feedback, and review) We will also be going over general AES membership information, reviewing potential opportunities for students, and will be opening the floor for any questions or suggestions. Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come.

Meeting Information:
November 9th, 2012 @ 2:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=278926520977

Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/aescolum

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AES Sennheiser Microphone Demonstration

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:15:00 -0400

Audio Engineering Society (AES)

Columbia Student Chapter

In Association with the Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics

Presents

Sennheiser Microphone Demonstration

Come join us for a hands-on microphone demonstration with Sennheiser representative, Chris Spahr.

SUBJECTIVE – Listening comparison and discussion of analog and digital microphones, featuring a studio performance by Columbia student Carl Horne.

OBJECTIVE - Then we will select and test the frequency response of a few of the microphones in the Acoustics Lab (LL01).

Great opportunity for networking with fellow AES members, AA&A students, and audio engineers. All are welcome.

Tuesday November 6, 2012

2:00-5:00pm

33 E. Congress (LL Control/Studio B)

Cost: FREE!

AES DIY Meeting - 10/26/2012

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:09:13 -0400

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting this Friday, October 26th!

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come

Meeting Information:
October 26th, 2012 @ 2:00PM
Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=278926520977

Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/aescolum

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AES Meeting- 10/12/2012

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:45:23 -0400

AES Columbia, Student Chapter

In Association with the Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting Friday, October 12th!

AES Columbia will be holding its next meeting THIS FRIDAY, October 12th! We will be going over our plans for the rest of the school year, including special guests, and facility tours! We will also be going over general AES membership information, reviewing potential opportunities for students, and will be opening the floor for any questions or suggestions. Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers, and audio engineers should join us.

Any student who is interested in audio is welcome to come.

Meeting Information:

October 12th, 2012 @ 2:00PM

Location: 33 E. Congress (Room #618)

You can connect with us via social media, including:

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=278926520977

Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/aescolum

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AES Student Chapter Meeting: DIY and Election Day

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:07:48 -0400

Just a reminder that this upcoming Friday (September 28th), AES will be holding its first DIY Days of the 2012-2013 school year in room 618 of the 33 E. Congress building (per usual). Additionally, this will serve as election day for the nominees interested in taking up positions as officers for the Fall semester.

We ask that as many of you try to be there in order to have a fair election. This will include meeting the nominees, hearing their opinions on why they think they’d be good for the spot their running for, as well as the actual voting process. It should hopefully last only a half hour at the most and you’re not required to stay for the actual DIY Days portion of the meeting (though we definitely welcome you to do so).

Speaking of which, even if you don’t have some broken piece of gear that needs some tearing apart or troubleshooting, we offer the following: for $10, you can assemble and keep your own 20 foot XLR cable. We’ll even show you how to do it! Don’t worry if you have no soldering experience or knowledge of electronics, we’ll hold your hand through the whole process. Not only is it a good deal, but a great learning experience as well.

That’s all for now, hope to see you folks at the DIY Days/Election Meeting.

AES Columbia's First Meeting of the Year!

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:37:01 -0400

Welcome back, audio enthusiasts.

Columbia’s Audio Engineering Society (AES) will be having its first meeting of the 2012-2013 school year! Students who are interested in networking with their fellow AES members, officers and engineers should join us. Any student who is enthusiastic about audio is welcome. Refreshments will be provided.

We will be filling open officer positions at this meeting. If you are interested in being an officer for AES Columbia, email us at AEScolum@gmail.com.

Meeting Information:
September 14, 2012 @ 2:00PM
33 E. Congress, Room #618

AES 133rd Convention | Student Recording Competition officially open! Upgraded rules...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:21:59 -0400

AES 133rd Convention | Student Recording Competition officially open! Upgraded rules available

One of our main educational events at any AES show is the Student Recording Competition, where students present their current work as future professional engineers of music and sound design.

Check out our new and improved guidelines for Category 4: Sound for Visual Media, and read our updated format requirements for surround submissions. The new rules also include suggestions for the length of your audio tracks and written report. Read the full policies to learn how you can maintain the exceptional quality and continued integrity of SRC judging by keeping your work anonymous and free of influencing clues.

As usual, there is a tremendous group of Judges for each category. Even if you are not a participating finalist, you will still want to hear what they have to say. The full line up which includes some of the best ears in the industry will be unveiled soon. Sponsors are lining up to award some really awesome Prizes for the winners.

Feeling unsure about how to prepare written documentation about your recording? We have uploaded into our AES SDA blog some impressive material from past SRC winners just to give you an impression of how you should present yours (it’s not a template so you shouldn’t copy it really, just draw some inspiration from it). See here!

AES 133rd Student Recording Competition deadline is October 1st, 2012.

Sign up for the Competition here (register to the Convention first)

Click here for more information

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Skywalking: An Intimate Conversation of Art, Audio & Audacity

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:03:35 -0400

Join EARS!

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:58:00 -0400

“The Engineering And Recording Society of Chicago (EARS) was founded in 1986 as a not-for-profit organization, and an independent trade association - professional guild that is dedicated to the advancement of excellence in audio production. Recording engineers, studio owners, musicians, students, and pro-audio representatives meet monthly to discuss techniques and issues facing the recording industry. Visit www.ears-chicago.org.”

EARS Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ EARS-Engineering-And-Recording -Society-of-Chicago/434458785530