Meetings & Announcements

Central Indiana Section Sets Schedule Of Events For 2011

The Central Indiana Section of the Audio Engineering Society is pleased to announce that a schedule of events has been set for 2011.

Meetings will be held on the third Thursday of every other month (guest availability permitting), with the exception of the summer season, in which more flexibility will be exercised if additional meetings are held.

2011 Meeting Schedule

  • January 27 (rescheduled due to guest availability)
  • March 17
  • May 12 (rescheduled due to guest availability)
  • September 15
  • November 17

Specific meeting topics are still being finalized and will be announced in the coming month so stay tuned for further details! However, at this point we can safely say that the schedule will hold numerous educational lectures and technical tours.

Additionally, if you have suggestions for topics in the coming years feel free to contact us.

2010 Section Survey — Results

Question 1: As an AES member, please rate the activities in order of importance and/or value to you (1st, 2nd 3rd, etc.).

Question 2: How often would you most likely be able to attend Section meetings?

Question 3: What is your preference for day/evening of the week?

Question 4: What general Section activities are of the most interest to you (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)?

  • Tours of area facilities (businesses, manufacturing, broadcasting, concert halls, recording studios, stadiums/arenas, worship facilities, etc.)
  • Presentations by manufacturers that highlight the technology, design and other criteria
  • Guest speakers – a variety of topics
  • Hands-on opportunities/demonstrations/training with equipment
  • Workshops – perhaps an occasional Saturday morning (or afternoon) session with a more structured plan (seminar, lecture, etc.)
  • Networking and social opportunities
  • A mix of all the above

Question 5: Primarily for those with full-time jobs – would your company consider allowing you to leave work early (say 3:30p or 4:00p), with pay (as a professional growth activity) to attend an AES event/meeting that were to begin by 4:00p or 4:30p?

Yes: 62.5%
No: 37.5%

Question 6: What is the best time for a meeting?

Late afternoon (4:00p, 4:30p or 5:00p): 25%
Evening (7:00p or 7:30p): 75%

Question 7: To what extent is travel to/from AES Section meetings a concern for you?

Question 8: What mileage/time factor (one-way) is reasonable?

Question 9: Would an occasional meeting in other locations (Ex., Bloomington, W Lafayette, Muncie, etc.) be reasonable for you to attend?

Yes: 94.74%
No: 5.26%

Question 9b: OR, should all meetings be in the Indianapolis metro area?

Yes: 10.53%
N0: 89.47%

Question 12: If, occasionally, we were able to provide live streaming for a meeting, would you be able and/or interested in watching and/or participating?

Yes: 90%
No: 10%

Question 12b: OR, is an in-person meeting generally the best experience?

Yes: 81.25%
No: 18.75%

Meeting Report — October 14, 2008

Date: October 14, 2008 7:00 PM
Topic: Roundtable Discussion of Recent FCC Wireless Microphone Regulations
Business: Discussion regarding possible future meeting topics.
Place: ESCO Communications, 8940 Vincennes Circle – Indianapolis, IN

This was a roundtable discussion by various members of the AES and the SBE regarding the current status of the change to Digital Broadcasting in February 2009 and its expected effect on the use of wireless microphones.

Meeting Report — November 7, 2007

Date: November 7, 2007 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Topic: REVIEW OF EARLY CONSTANT-DIRECTIVITY HORN DEVELOPMENT, TEF MEASUREMENTS, AND THE NEARFIELD PAPER
Place: ESCO Communications, 8940 Vincennes Circle – Indianapolis, IN

Don Keele has worked in the sound industry since his first engineering job, starting with Electro-Voice:1972, Klipsch: 1977, JBL:1978-1984, Crown International: 1985-1991, Audio Magazine: 1990-2000, and Harman since 2000. Keele has two BS degrees in EE and Physics, and graduated from Brigham Young Unversity with an MSEE with a minor in acoustics.

He worked on EV’s line of large-format constant directivity horns the HR9040, HR6040, and HR4020, JBL’s first series of Bi-Radial horns the 2360, 2365, and 2366, and JBL’s 4430 and 4435 Bi-Radial Studio Monitors, the 2404 tweeter, and the 4660 defined-coverage loudspeaker system. In 2005 he joined the Harman corporate R&D group working under Floyd Toole after working for four years at the Harman/Becker Automotive Systems division in the advanced technology development group. Currently he is back at Harman/Becker working in the “Simulation and Virtual Acoustics” group. He holds three patents and has five pending.

Don is a fellow of the AES and also got to kiss Charlize Theron in 2002 when he received a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for work he did on JBL’s Cinema constant directivity loudspeakers.