Meetings & Announcements

Date: September 20, 2005, 12 pm (noon)
Topic: Discussion of the Electro-Voice Line Array Roadshow
Place: Murat Theater Indianapolis, IN

Why not come to the afternoon session of the Electro-Voice traveling Line Array Roadshow and then join your colleagues for a short meeting of the Central Indiana Section of the AES afterward. We expect the meeting to start around 3:30 to 4:00 PM. It will be held in the theater while the friendly folks from Electro-Voice are striking their demo equipment. I suspect it will be a very interesting demonstration that should spark some good discussion among our members. We hope to see you at the meeting to help us make plans for the future of our organization.

Michael Hayes, Secretary

Date: May 18, 2005, 5:00 PM
Topic: Tour of Scottish Rite Cathedral
Place: Scottish Rite Catherdral , Indianapolis,
650 N. Meridian St. – Indianapolis, IN 46204
Parking in rear off Illinois St.

The section had a tour of the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The tour included the first floor meeting rooms, second floor ballroom and the beautiful auditorium with its new Martin sound system. The upcoming Election of Officers was discussed and will take place during the June meeting.

Date: April 27, 2005, 5:00 PM
Topic: Networking of Audio Devices, Presented by Troy Bomman of Crown Audio
Place: Murat Theater – Egyptian Room , Indianapolis

The section had a presentation by Troy Bomman after the Harmon Professional Roadshow. This was followed by a short business meeting to plan for a new election and outline of future meetings.

Business Notes:

The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 18 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The June meeting will be at Auralex’s new location.

The NAMM show is in July. The executive committee will try to get a few passes for those who are interested.

The CEDIA expo is in September. As in the past, the section is looking to have a group day visit to the expo.

The section will conduct elections at the June meeting.

Date: March 30, 2004, 7:00 PM
Topic: Tour of the Aearo Company and NOVICON noise and vibration measurement facility
Place: Aearo Company’s EARCAL Laboratory, 7911 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN

The Indiana Audio Engineering Society took a unique tour of the Aearo Company EARCAL hearing protection research laboratory and NOVICON noise and vibration measurement facility. This was an opportunity to see a state-of-the-art measurement facility in acoustics and noise control.

The EARCAL laboratory supports the Aearo product lines of EAR and Peltor, two of the most recognized names in hearing protection and communications. EAR invented foam earplugs and introduced them to the world in 1972. Today they offer many hearing protection options including premolded and pod plugs, earmuffs, and Professional Musician EAR® earplugs for those who desire better-sounding hearing protection. The Peltor products include a respected line of high-end earmuffs and electronic and communications products.

The NOVICON facility supports EAR Specialty Composites that provides shock, vibration, and damping solutions plus noise barriers and absorbers for business jets, military tanks and naval submarines, trucks, and PCs, as well as numerous other applications. You will find EAR products in racing and athletic helmets, running shoes, hard drives, and automobiles.

This tour began with a presentation on noise and hearing protection by Elliott H. Berger, Chair of the ANSI S12/WG11 Committee on Hearing Protectors, Past President of the National Hearing Conservation Association, and principal editor of the highly regarded best-selling text, the American Industrial Hygiene Association Noise Manual.

AES was then guided through the EARCAL facility that includes a 113 m3 reverberant test chamber with vanishingly low background noise levels, as well as state-of-the-art instrumentation for hearing protection measurements. We also visited the NOVICON laboratory for demonstrations of sound quality instrumentation and damping measurements, and a presentation of high-speed video recording techniques to evaluate shock-drop isolation testing.

Date: May 19, 2003 at 7:00 PM
Topic: The Modern Pipe Organ: A Fascinating Integration of Technologies
Place: St. Luke’s Methodist Church, 86th and Meridian Street, Indianapolis

Tom Wood, co-founder of Goulding and Wood, Indiana’s only pipe organ builders, will present a discussion about the contemporary pipe organ.  Tom will touch on topics such as: the basic organ pipe, air pressure/pneumatics, digital electronics for control and memory, electronic tone generation, midi application, acoustic considerations and the organ as a total musical instrument.