2010
Last updated Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Audio Engineering Society Atlanta Section
Presents the
6th Annual Audio Workshop for Students
Saturday, September 18, 2010
8:30am-5:30pm
(Lunch Provided)
Turner Studios
1050 Techwood Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
To reach Turner from the MARTA Midtown Transit Station:
Walk west for approx 1/2 mile, turn right onto Techwood Dr and walk to top of hill. Turner Broadcasting is on the left.
This workshop is intended for high school and college students who have career goals in the audio industry. Students will attend four classes held throughout the day followed by a panel discussion on careers in audio. The classes will cover fundamental topics necessary for a solid foundation in audio production. Topics to be covered include:
• Pro Tools Fundamentals taught by Michael Wynne
• Mixing Fundamentals taught by Ed Seay
• Fundamental Microphone Techniques taught by Jeff Brugger, Arno Baars & Bob Gillespie of Turner Studios
• Critical Listening taught by Jim Anderson of Jim Anderson Sound
All classes will be taught by audio industry professionals in the facilities of Turner Studios. The deadline for registration is Saturday Sept. 11th and space is limited. Due to Turner Security requirements, all attendees must be pre-registered.
Registration Fees (deadline September 11):
AES Student members - $25
Non-members - $35
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For more information, contact secretary@aesatl.org
Thanks to the following companies for their support of this event:
Atlanta Institute of Music
Atlanta Pro Audio
Comprehensive Technical Group (CTG)
ProMedia Training
TechRep Marketing
Turner Studios
Audio Engineering Society Atlanta Section
Presents
Bill Whitlock
President & Chief Engineer
Jensen Transformers, Inc.
Monday, September 27, 2010
6:30pm
(Refreshments Provided)
Comprehensive Technical Group
2030 Powers Ferry Road
Conference Center, Suite 190
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Bill's presentation will cover the challenging topic of Proper Grounding Techniques and will include insights to:
The W/W/W/W/W & H of Faraday shields.
Audio for video cables (common shields, no shields, unbalanced video + unbalanced audio, etc.)
Braided shield vs foil/drain wires.
"Star quad" audio cables; the advantages and disadvantages.
Common mis-uses of audio and video transformers that do NOT solve problems.
When and how to to use M.O.V.'s the right way.
Why "SCIN" and "pin 1" problems are separate and how to address them.
This meeting is open to all.
THANKS TO
Comprehensive Technical Group
for hosting and sponsoring this meeting!
And thanks to Phil Cartier of Audio Envelope for organizing this meeting.
2010 Upcoming Meetings
September 18: 6th Annual Student Workshop
September 27: Bill Whitlock on Proper Grounding
October 2: Audio from A to Z All-Day Seminar in conjunction with SMPTE
October 15: Live Sound Workshop
December 13: Annual Holiday Gathering
Past Meetings
June 5, 2010: The Art & Busine$$ of Game Audio
December 14, 2009: 6th Annual AES/SBE/SMPTE Holiday Gathering, Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro, Atlantic Station 
November 14, 2009: 2nd Annual Sound for Worship Workshop
September 19, 2009: 5th Annual Student Workshop
August 3, 2009: Jim Anderson On Jazz Recording www.jimandersonsound.com
June 22, 2009: Fox Theatre Moller Pipe Organ tour with Joe Patton
February 21, 2009: All Day Workshop on Project Management (in conjunction with Atlanta SMPTE)
February 2, 2009: "Get In The Mix 2009"
December 8, 2008: 5th Annual AES/SBE/SMPTE Combined Holiday Gathering
October 18, 2008 - Sound for Worship Workshop
September 20, 2008: 4th Annual Audio Workshop for Students
May 20, 2008: Dolby Loudness (in conjunction with SBE Atlanta Chapter)
March 25, 2008: Live Sound - Obstacles and Opportunities
December 10, 2007: Annual AES/SBE/SMPTE Holiday Gathering
October 15, 2007: DSP Monitoring by Genelec
September 8, 2007: 3rd Annual Audio Workshop for Students
June 11, 2007: "The Fate of Wireless After 2009" presented by Luis Guerra of Shure - PDF files below
White Spaces Presentation
Feb 2009 FCC Facts
FCC White Spaces Industry Statement
April 29, 2007: Telarc Recording at Atlanta Symphony Hall
March 12, 2007: Grounding, Shielding and Interface Tutorial by Bill Whitlock of Jensen Transformers
February 19, 2007: Tour of the Gibson Guitar Factory, Nashville, TN
January 18, 2007: Discussion on Broadcast Processing and Level Control Focusing on Dolby's Dialnorm Technology, in association with Atlanta SBE
December 11, 2006: Annual Holiday Gathering
September 16 , 2006: 2nd Annual Student Workshop Click for photos from the workshop
June 19, 2006: Jim Anderson presents "The Art of Jazz Recording" Jim's Powerpoint Presentation from the meeting
May 14, 2006: Atlanta Braves game and tour of Turner Field A/V Systems
February 20, 2006: Studer Vista 8 Audio Console
December 12, 2005: Annual Holiday Gathering
November 12, 2005: Moog Music Tour
November 3, 2005: HD Surround for Music and Broadcast with Mike Sokol of Fits & Starts Productions. Co-sponsored with Atlanta SBE.
September 2005: Audio Workshop for College and High Schools Students
August 2005: Family lake outing at Lake Hartwell, SC
June 2005: Axia Audio, in conjunction with Atlanta SBE, presented by Kirk Harnack of Telos
May 2005: Acoustic Workshop with Russ Berger and Jeff Szymanksi
Extra special thanks to Jason McCullough and Adam Neal for arranging our meeting location for this event. Thanks guys!
March 2005: Bruce Bartone of Genelec on Surround Speakers and Space
February 2005: Jeffrey Riedmiller of Dolby on Broadcast Loudness and Digital Audio Levels (Combined AES, SMPTE, SBE)
December 2004: Combined AES, SMPTE, SBE Holiday Celebration
November 2004: Combined AES, SMPTE, SBE meeting at Pesa Switching Systems, Huntsville, AL
September 2004: Network Audio Systems for Broadcast Part 2, in conjunction with the AES Technical Committee on Network Audio Systems
August 2004: Audio lake outing at Lake Hartwell, SC
April 2004: Network Audio Systems for Broadcast, in conjunction with the AES Technical Committee on Network Audio Systems
February 2004: Russ Berger at Patchwerk Studio
December 2003: Annual Holiday Gathering
October 2003: The Fox Theatre's "Mighty Mo" Pipe Organ
July 2003: Denon Plant Tour
April 2003: "Top Ten Grounding & Signal Interconnection Myths" with guest speaker Bill Whitlock, President of Jensen Transformers
April 2003: Behind the Scenes Sound tour of the sound system for Cirque du Soleil's Varekai production
February 2003: Behind the scenes of The Lion King
October 2002: Surround Workshop
June 2002: Yamaha DM2000 Digital Audio Console
April 2002: "The Art of Mixing Jazz" with Jim Anderson
February 2002: Protools HD at GPTV
December 2001: Holiday Social at Einstein's
October 2001: Audio Precision at GPTV
May 2001: Crawford Communications Facility Tour
There is no fee to attend most section meetings (unless otherwise indicated) and they're open to everyone with an interest in professional audio
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