THE OFFICIAL Published by AES and Pro Sound News & Mix magazines • Day 1 Edition SHOW DAILY SERVING THE 143RD AES CONVENTION • OCTOBER 18-21, 2017 JACOB K. JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER, NEW YORK, NY +AES MOBILE APP Download the 2017 mobile app for exhibitor listings, schedules and more. Alex Case Achieving Maximum The Road Lauds AES For AES Ahead For IP ‘Innovating By Clive Young lectures, tech tours and far more. Networking It’s been two years since the One of the top draws every annual AES Convention was year is the Opening Ceremonies. By Steve Harvey Aggressively’ held in New York City, so audio Taking place in Room 1E15/16 There are few areas of the pro By Strother Bullins, pros have been waiting patiently at 12:30 PM, the event honors audio world now untouched by As outgoing AES President Alex to spend four days getting their AES members who have made IP networking, and the program Case explains it, the Society’s fill of everything to do with pro outstanding contributions to the and exhibits at this year’s Con- past year has been one of hard sound. This year’s theme, “Maxi- AES in research, scholarship and vention reflect that. Meanwhile, work, innovative growth and new mum Audio,” is apt, as this week publications. This year’s ceremo- behind the scenes, standards excitement. Collaborative AES finds the Jacob Javits Convention nies will be capped with a keynote committees are working hard to efforts have materialized in such Center packed to the max with by Professor Edgar Choueiri of ensure that products from diverse Alex Case on page 38 gear, workshops, panels, papers, Max AES on page 38 IP Networking on page 35 +NE W FOCUSRITE +SAFEGU ARDING +THE SPECTRUM on the | inside PRO DIVISION Page 10 AUDIO HERITAGE Page 18 CRUNCH COMETH Page 32 480MHz 490MHz 500MHz 510MHz 520MHz 530MHz 540MHz 550MHz INTRODUCING AXIENT ® DIGITAL S OLVE THE SPECTRUM SQUEEZE. Don’t let the limits of the spectrum de ne the size of the sound. Axient Digital delivers 184MHz of tuning bandwidth, Quadversity™ antenna diversity, and up to 47 active channels per 6-MHz TV band, for impeccable audio every time. Learn more at shure.com/axientdigital VISIT US AT AES BOOTH 514 © 2017 Shure Incorporated AD3950EN_Axient_Digital_Stadium.indd 1 10/4/17 12:00 PM DAY 1 EDITION | THE AES DAILY 3 Clive’s Live A-T Ships New AT5047 Cardioid Sound Picks Condenser Mic By Clive Young BOOTH 422 Audio-Technica is now Audio-Technica’s AT5047 Cardioid The AES Convention sometimes gets shipping its new AT5047 Car- Condenser Microphone a bad rap as a “recording show,” but dioid Condenser Microphone. nothing could be farther from the The most recent addition to coupled output, the microphone truth. You can’t swing a microphone A-T’s acclaimed 50 Series (which maintains a constant load output Roger Daltrey-style around here with- also includes the AT5040 vocal impedance, even when capturing out (A) hitting something dealing with microphone and AT5045 instru- sources at extreme SPL, resulting live sound, and (B) getting thrown out. ment mic), the AT5047 is a pre- in a stable relationship between Herewith top picks for live sound pros mier studio microphone that the mic and a mic preamp or con- to check out today: features the same capsule as the sole input. AT5040 but with a transformer- The AT5047 features four AUDIO ENGINEERING WITH HEARING coupled output and optimized rectangular two-micron-thick dia- LOSS—A PRACTICAL SYMPOSIUM electronics. It is equally at home phragms, which function together Get to Room 1E10 at 9 a.m. sharp capturing instruments and to provide a combined surface to catch all of this panel of pros dis- vocals. Boasting an exceptionally area twice that of a standard one- cussing hearing loss, focusing on prac- wide dynamic range—the wid- inch circular diaphragm. Discrete tical ways to keep working in audio est among all Audio-Technica components have been carefully engineering despite damaged hearing microphones—the AT5047 cap- selected and optimized for maxi- or tinnitus. tures the full, expressive charac- mum performance and compat- ter of a sound source, no matter how loud or how ibility with a wide array of microphone preamps DIVERSITY TOWN HALL soft. And since it is equipped with a transformer- and console inputs. Taking place 9:30 a.m. in Room 1E15/16, this event will introduce the recently formed AES Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which aims to develop a membership of the AES Yamaha Unveils MMP1 Studio that will best reflect the demographics of working audio professionals. Monitor Management System Among the experts on-hand will be Karrie Keyes, executive director of BOOTH 624 Yamaha Corporation of America, including Dolby Atmos, Auro3D and NHK SoundGirls.org and longtime monitor Professional Audio division, is launching the 22.2. Also, eight cue outputs and two talkback engineer for Pearl Jam. MMP1 Studio Monitor Management System. systems between the control room and booth With advanced audio routing capabilities and allow easy communication between multiple art- RF AND TV SPECTRUM—THE POST DSP features that are ideally suited to config- ists and directors. Additional features such as AUCTION UPDATE ure and manage monitor environments from cough mute, cough mute override and studio RF pros have endured RF woes in stereo up to complex immersive audio con- speaker auto-mute are also provided enabling recent years, and the recent 600 MHz figurations, the MMP1 will play a major role in microphones to be muted from external control- spectrum auction didn’t make life any music and post-production studios around the lers via GPI and GPO, with current status moni- easier. This panel of experts will spell globe. toring available via the MMP1 Editor software or it all out in terms of spectrum matters, The heart of the MMP1 is a 40x36 Moni- iPad App. FCC regulations and how things may tor Matrix to monitor source mixing that sup- The Yamaha MMP1 is scheduled for release in be changing in the near future. ports formats from Stereo to Immersive audio, November 2017. DEMO ROOMS Yamaha’s The exhibit floor is exciting, but if MMP1 Studio you want to really dig deep into a piece Monitor of gear or hear that PA full-throttle, Management you need to head to the demo rooms. System Most manufacturers’ demos start on the hour or half-hour, so make sure to check them out. 4 THE AES DAILY | DAY 1 EDITION ShowNews Jones to Deliver Heyser Lecture Award-winning recording engineer and pro- discography and filmography, including those ducer Leslie Ann Jones of Skywalker Sound moments when focusing on the right detail is delivering the Heyser Memorial Lecture at has both sustained and enriched her storied the AES New York Convention. The Heyser career.” Memorial lecture will take place on the opening Leslie Ann Jones has been a recording and evening of the convention, October 18, from mixing engineer for more than 35 years. She 6-7:30 p.m. Jones will also be featured during has received four GRAMMY Awards and has the 143rd International AES Convention in the been nominated multiple times (in categories special event presentation “Bearing Witness: including Best Engineered Recording, Non- The Music of Star Wars—Archiving Art and Classical; and Best Surround Sound Album) Technology,” on day two. The Heyser Lecture and is a popular presenter, panelist and mentor is part of the Special Events schedule, open to at AES conventions and events. Additionally, all convention attendees. she is a past Chair of The Recording Acad- “Almost any superlatives applied to Jones emy’s Board of Trustees. She serves on the and her decades of work would be understate- Advisory Boards of Institute for Musical Arts, ment,” says AES Technical Council Chair Ex’pression College for Digital Arts, G.A.N.G. Francis Rumsey. “Her lecture, fittingly titled (Game Audio Network Guild) and is an Artis- ‘Paying Attention,’ promises to take attendees tic Advisor to the new Technology and Applied Leslie Ann Jones on a fascinating, educational and inspirational Composition degree program at the San Fran- retrospective of the sessions leading to her vast cisco Conservatory of Music. Audio History Library Strother’s Picks: Diversity & History & Museum Showcases By Strother Bullins represented groups, as well as students and Vintage Gear As the Audio Engineering Society continues young audio professionals working in newer BOOTH 650 As AES New York 2017 opens its to broaden, deepen and diversify, the pro- music genres and/or audio fields.” doors, the Audio History Library & Muse- gram for its 143rd Convention is more excit- Next, at 2 p.m., I plan to check out an um’s Lou Manno invites all attendees to ing than ever. First off, it’s solid proof of our intriguing look at, arguably, music produc- visit Booth 650. tribe’s growing circle. And secondly, it seems tion’s most famous disruptive technology, This year, the AHL&M will display the to underscore the Society’s admirable ability MIDI, in Tutorial and Workshop TW03, world’s first amplifier (mechanical) by West- to prepare for the surprises of the future by “Disruption: MIDI—Machine Learning, ern Electric (circa. 1900), the world’s first better understanding the technological twists Looking Back and Looking Ahead.” The event earplugs, the world’s first straight-line track- and turns of our past. promises to look back at MIDI’s history in ing tonearm, tin-foil from the world’s first Today, October 18, at 9:30 a.m., the Con- order to better understand what is happening recording machine by Édouard-Léon Scott vention kicks off with SE01, a Diversity Town now in the fields of AI, machine learning and de Martinville of Paris (created 17 years Hall introducing the recently formed AES deep learning, and how it promises to affect before Thomas Edison) and much more.