Meetings & Announcements

Inside the Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media & Technology at IU-Bloomington

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Join members of the Indiana University Radio-TV Services engineering team on a tour of the broadcast and event production spaces at the Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology, located within Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on the IU-Bloomington campus.  The tour will cover how IU Radio-TV supports event productions such as large-scale sporting event video board shows (including a look inside Assembly Hall, one of NCAA Basketball’s most broadcast-from arenas), streaming of university events, as well as student-led streaming broadcasts of Big Ten Network (BTN) sporting events, with special attention on audio systems, intercoms, and our use of AoIP workflows.

When: Wednesday July 24, 2024

Time: 5:30 PM (EDT)

Where: Simon Skojdt Assembly Hall

1001 E 17th St. Bloomington, IN 47408


Register: https://forms.gle/AFF7Zd5YYtbQ2Cge7

416 Wabash Studio Tour

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Christopher Wodock and Mitch Lohman guide us through 416 Wabash, a unique studio where a 7,000 sq. ft. event space doubles as a live room for the adjoined traditional recording suite.  This large expanse provides hard surfaces, varying angles, multiple floors, and 25′ ceilings to allow for near infinite acoustic possibilities. The control room and iso booth, both designed by Haverstick Designs, offer additional recording options.  The tour will cover the space’s design and build, as well as the business model behind the successful dual-purpose facility.

When: Wednesday June 26, 2024

Time: 7 PM (EDT)

Where: 416 E Wabash St. Indianapolis, IN 46204

Register: https://forms.gle/vWJcoiPx2NipgM5a8

A historical look at the famed Starr Piano Company and Gennett Records

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THEN and NOW:  A historical look at the famed Starr Piano Company and Gennett Records, plus a live experience with a state-of -the-art, on-location recording facility and post-production studio by “Master Recordings” of Richmond, IN.

Parking: There is street parking on North A Street both in front of the Museum and the Reid Center.  Additional street parking is on North 11th Street.  If needed there is a parking lot for the Museum, behind the Museum that can be accessed from North B Street from going north on 11th Street.

When: Saturday, April 13, 2024

Time: 1:30-4:45 PM (EDT)

Where: Wayne County Historical Museum – 1150 North A Street, Richmond, IN 47374

Register: https://forms.gle/j6CcTzwueJu4psDF6

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Meeting Report: Open House at Sweetwater Studios

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Meeting Topic: Sweetwater Studios Open House

Moderator Name: Sean Rollins

Speaker Name: Shawn Dealey & Jason Peets, Sweetwater Studios

Meeting Location: Sweetwater Studios, Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Summary

Sweetwater Studios opened its doors to the Indiana Section of the AES and audio enthusiast in the area for a technical tour and discussion of immersive production. The tour began with a look inside the studio’s expansive mic locker, which features well over 100 makes and models, most in pairs or more. From there the group moved into Studio A, the primary tracking room in the facility. The control room features a Neve 5088, a substantial collection of outboard gear, and multiple pairs of stereo monitors housed in a comfortable, creative environment. The adjacent tracking space and two iso booths were set from a recently concluded progressive rock recording session, allowing for a look at the day-to-day recording practices employed at the studio.

After the visit to Studio A, the tour moved to Studio C, an Atmos-equipped immersive editing and mixing suite. While Studio C does a smooth attached booth, its primary use is as an immersive mix room using its 9.1.6 monitoring setup from ATC and Focal. The final stop on the tour was the similarly appointed Studio B. This control room has been the epicenter for Sweetwater Studios’ foray into immersive mixing. Chief engineer Shawn Dealey walked the group through the refinement of his method for Atmos mixing from stereo stems. The group was able to listen to an impressive array of new and released mixes and the opened house ended with a thorough discussion of workflow, tools, and techniques for immersive mixing.

Written By: Brett Leonard

Open House at Sweetwater Studios

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The Audio Engineering Society’s Indiana Section and Sweetwater Studios join forces to present an Open House at Sweetwater Studios! Sweetwater engineers Shawn Dealey and Jason Peets will host this event, open to both AES members and students. They will discuss their individual backgrounds plus answer questions about Sweetwater Studios. Particular attention will be paid to their current approaches to tracking, mixing, and mastering both in stereo as well as immersive audio formats. AES Indiana executive committee members will also be on-site to discuss AES’s mission, membership costs, benefits, and more.

(Please note that Sweetwater’s cafeteria will not be serving food during this time. It is advised that attendees plan on eating either before or after the event.)

When: Sunday, March 17, 2024

Time: 12-4 PM (EST)

Where: Sweetwater Studios – 5501 US-30, Fort Wayne, IN 46818

Register: https://forms.gle/y2VoHs3AZM8tgqhm8