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Meeting Notice February 2021 – Charlie van Dongen

2021/02/052021/02/05Secretary

The next online meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be on Monday 15th February 2021 at 7:30pm.
Bookings are required for distribution of the Zoom meeting details. Book using the form below

Charlie van Dongen of Involve Audio will present on the topic:

From loudspeakers to listeners

– the complete surround sound chain

The end to end surround sound reproduction chain has always had difficulties with loudspeaker placement and aiming, listener sweet spot restrictions, the effectiveness of listener envelopment and with listener immersion. Attempts to improve the listener experience have resulted in new recording and playback formats that have offered some degree of improvement but were often incompatible with existing equipment.

Seasons Greetings from AES Melbourne Section!

2020/12/212020/12/21Secretary

The AES Melbourne Section joins in wishing you all the best for the festive season, as we all look forward to a better 2021.

Meeting Report: Nov 2020 – Fabio Marraccini on Online Jamming

2020/11/142021/04/18Secretary

On Monday November 9^th, the Melbourne Section of the AES held a Zoom call for our regular bi-monthly meeting, with a strong attendance of more than twenty members and visitors.

Vice-Chair Paolo Menolotto introduced Fabio Marraccini to talk on the topic of online music jamming and rehearsals.

Fabio started his presentation with an explanation of the difference between online jams – where playing together using low latency connections is emphasised for spontaneity – and remote collaboration – where the recording quality and synchronization are paramount, so it’s often individuals playing alone to a reference or click-track.

Fabio describing online jamming technology – Screenshot courtesy of Rod Staples

Planning for 2021 Meeting Calendar

2020/11/102020/11/10Secretary

Following a successful transition to online meetings during the 2020 lockdown, your Committee is well progressed in the planning for 2021.

We expect some restrictions to continue into 2021, so the online Zoom format will continue for now.

When in-person gatherings of our type are again permitted we will revert some of our meetings to our traditional format.
We have found the online format does have some benefits, so in the future we are planning to offer a mix of both in-person and online meetings.

Stay tuned for details on our next event – planned for February.