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BOSTON AUDIO SOCIETY
"June" Meeting
May 31, 2009 SUNDAY
***Note Time and Date and Place***
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: Room 114, Durgin Hall, University of Massachusetts
Lowell, South Campus. Lowell MA
Featured Guest: Alex Case
Topic: Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential
of Recording Studio Effects.
Alexander Case is touring the country educating
all on the art of effectively altering recorded sound. While touring,
he is busily maintaining a full teaching load in the University's
Sound Recording Technology program. His newest book (412 pages + 135
figures) is filled with tips on how to make a good recording sound
great. A few of those items he suggests modifying are --Amplitude,
Equalization, Compression & Limiting, Time Effects, Pitch Shift,
etc. For our lecture, Alex has selected compression. He will demonstrate
the positive effects of compression and how it can enhance playback.
Alex will supply attendees with an abstract of his talk. Much more
compression detail is available in his book. Autographed copies of
his new book will be available. The meeting will take place in the
Main Recording and Critical Listening Room. The super room was designed
by Bob Alach (Alactronics). Bring along your favorite CD.
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DIRECTIONS to UMass Lowell
From the Boston Area:
Take I-93 north from Boston and exit onto I-495 West. At the
Rte 3 interchange look for the Lowell connector. Follow it and
take the Industrial Avenue exit. Go right at the stop sign at
the end of the off ramp and proceed to the rotary. Take the
first right off of the rotary onto Industrial Avenue. The first
traffic light is at the intersection with Chelmsford Street
(Route 110). Proceed straight across. Industrial Avenue becomes
Stevens Street at this intersection.
Follow Stevens Street for approximately
1.8 miles and turn right just after the bright yellow house
at the stop sign onto Middlesex St (may be no sign or sign for
Chandler Square). (Stevens street continues for 1 more block
and reaches a dead end). Go less than .5 miles and turn left
at the 4-way stop onto Wilder (a convenience store is on the
right). Proceed a short distance on Wilder to the traffic lights
at the intersection with Broadway. University of Lowell's South
Campus is ahead to the left.
Continue on Wilder. Durgin Hall is the
last building on your left before the end of the road at the
intersection withPawtucket. Park behind Durgin, or, if it is
full, there are larger lots at the corners of either Broadway
and Pawtucket or Broadway and Wilder. You can park in Faculty
parking spaces on Sundays. The meeting is in room 114.
Please visit the UMass website for detailed directions:
To get to UMass Lowell: www.uml.edu/maps/directions.htm
To get to the South Campus and Durgin Hall: www.uml.edu/maps/south.htm
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The rapidly-becoming-famous
BAS Headphone Test Article is now available in the
BASS VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4, on Page 17, available
HERE
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Foster's
Test Bench !
by Alvin Foster ! Click the logo: |
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Visit our PODCAST
PAGE for:
The LIVE video podcast of our meetings,
Archived video of past meetings (only one so far!),
and Audio Podcast interviews by Alvin Foster |
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There is a supplemental and further
explanation addendum paper to the E. Brad Meyer / David Moran
paper published in the September, 2007 issue of the AES
Journal. That page, which documents the experimental protocol
and audio systems/source material is here:
www.bostonaudiosociety.org/explanation.htm
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is a Power Point Presentation of the lecture given by Dr. Barry
Blesser at the March 2007 Meeting. The Meeting page synopsis is
HERE; the
Power Point Presentation (as a web page) is HERE |
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Some earlier BASS
issues, previously available only directly by mail, are now
available online, on the BAS SPEAKER page, HERE
Show your appreciation
for the immense amount of dedicated work that went into both
the original writing, gathering, editing and printing, PLUS
the more recent scanning and conversion to PDF format, by joining
the Society, HERE !
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A L L O
F F S I T E L I N K S O P E N I N T
O A N E W W I N D O W
- AND FOR CONVENIENCE -
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President's
Message
June 2009
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1. The Berlin
Philharmonic has announced its new Digital
concert Hall, by which anyone with access to the internet (high
speed) can "attend" live concerts at the Philharmonic — each
and evey performance is to be broadcast using state-of-the-art technology.
"It is a wonderful feeling to be able to welcome far more people to
the Philharmonie" says chief conductor sir Simon Rattle. Tickets are
149 euros for the season, 9.90 each.
2. From the Rocky Mountain Fest audio show: The
Colorado Audio Society helps to sponsor our annual audio show each October,
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (www.audiofest.net).
A few weeks ago, we were all saddened with news of the untimely passing
of CAS member and RMAF director, Al Stiefel. Al's wife and RMAF co-director,
Marjorie Baumert, has now taken full charge of running RMAF and has asked
that I contact fellow audio clubs and societies to aid in the selection
of a manufacturer deserving of the Al Stiefel Legacy Room at this year's
Audio Fest. This gracious offer of an exhibit room at no cost reflects the
interest and devotion that Al held in promoting the audio industry and all
its participants. Marjorie is requesting nominations for a worthy manufacturer
who may not have the means to exhibit this year or perhaps an individual
or organization that has a great product that would greatly benefit by achieving
a foothold through an RMAF appearance.
If you or your members would like to provide a nomination,
please e-mail Marjorie at info@audiofest.net with your nomination and include
a short description of the owner or organization with contact information
along with your reason for the nomination. These entries will then be reviewed
and researched to arrive at a selection.
I appreciate your time and assistance in this matter
and hope that we can meet you at Audio Fest in October.
President, Boston Audio Society
email me HERE
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There is a posting of an ABX article, The Digital Challenge
by Stanley P. Lipshitz HERE
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again, for 2009, here's a very useful calendar of audio/related events,
with kudos to any and all who put this list together: www.stiernberg.com/events.html |
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