Meeting Report: June 2023 – Alex Stinson on Modern Classical Music Production

2023/06/242023/06/27Paolo Menolotto

On Monday 19^th June, the Melbourne Section of the AES held our regular bi-monthly meeting.

It was another in-person event held at ABC Melbourne’s Southbank Studios.

Alex Stinson, a senior ABC Classical Music Producer, Recording Engineer and Editor welcomed a capacity group of twenty members and guests for a short tour of the venue’s music facilities, starting at the main orchestral recording space, the Iwaki Auditorium (Studio 355), moving through the other production facilities and recording spaces, and ending up at Studio 356, where he presented to us on the topic of:

Modern Classical Music Production

Techniques, challenges, and workflow

Photo of Alex Stinson in the Iwaki Auditorium — Alex describes the process of recording in the Iwaki Auditorium – Photo Rod Staples

Alex described their approach to classical music recording, starting with a description of the process of orchestral recording, and then moving on to recording smaller ensembles, duets and solo pieces.

Preliminary Meeting Notice – August

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Our next meeting is being planned for Monday 14th August.

It will be via Zoom

There will be a short AGM at the beginning of the meeting (Reports, Election of Officers and Committee) – then Oscar-winning Film Location Mixer Ben Osmo (Mad Max:Fury Road, Strictly Ballroom, Dead Calm, The Sapphires, etc) will present on his work, experiences, and the current technology of film-sound.

Further details and bookings will be available closer to the date.

June 2023 Meeting Notice: Modern Classical Music Production

2023/05/272023/05/31Paolo Menolotto

We are going in-person again – and also on-site!

The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be an in-person event to be held on Monday 19^th June 2023 at 7:30pm at the ABC Southbank radio studios.

Alex Stinson, ABC Classical Music Producer, Recording Engineer, and Editor will present on the topic of:

Modern Classical Music Production

Techniques, challenges & workflow

After a brief tour of the ABC Radio studios, Alex will give us a presentation covering his work and career. Topics covered will include

Recording acoustic music from solo instruments to large orchestras
Microphone & mixing techniques
Logistics of running orchestral sessions & recording on location
Post-production techniques
Recording for immersive formats

Meeting Report: April 2023 – Scott Stickland on Collaborative Online Audio Mixing in the Box with DCF

2023/05/012023/05/02Paolo Menolotto

On Monday 24^th April, the Melbourne Section of the AES held our regular bi-monthly meeting.

It was a return to an in-person event at Collarts Wellington St (Collingwood) campus, that was also live-streamed on YouTube.

We welcomed about a dozen members and guests in the Collarts Critical Listening Room and another 7 who watched the live stream to the end.

Audio Engineer and Educator/Musician Scott Stickland presented on the topic of:

Collaborative Online Audio Mixing in the Box:

Presenting a case for the DAW Collaboration Framework

Chairman Graeme Huon introduced Scott with a brief description Scott’s work on the DAW Collaboration Framework (DCF).

Scoot presenting to the group — Scott Stickland – photo Rodney Staples

Scott started by acknowledging and describing the chronology of earlier online audio collaboration technology, starting with ResRocketSurfer (1996)/Rocket Network (1999), JACK/JACKTrip, Source-Connect, Steinberg’s VST Connect Pro and VST Transit/Transit Join/Transit Go, Splice Studio, and then the push for direct streaming into the DaaAW with products like Soundwhale, Sessionwire, ConnectionOpen and Listento and the growth in web-based DAW collaboration platforms, where he commented that web audio is not at the stage of development where they can be used for professional applications.