Lets close out 2024 and celebrate with AES Boston colleagues and the audio community.  Partners and family welcome.

This has been a special year.  This will be the 17th and last AES Boston event in 2024. So many amazing experiences,

learning opportunities and most importantly connections - well worth a toast!

Huge thanks to our sponsor - Powersoft, who have made this year a success.  And also to our hosts at Elm St Taproom.

Please consider making a donation, so that we can continue to do what we do.

LOCATION:  Elm St Taproom, 256 Elm St. Somerville, 02144 (Davis Sq)

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:  Red Line to Davis Sq.

PARKING INFORMATION:  There is street parking throughout Davis Sq.  There is a lot at 44 Day St

FOOD/DRINK:  AES Boston will provide appetizers. Elm St Taproom also has a full food and bar menu.

Hope to see you there!

Morty Tarr has over 30 years’ experience in Electrical Engineering. Morty graduated Cornell University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics, and a minor in Electrical Engineering. He continued his studies at Tufts University in Electrical Engineering.

Tarr has extensive experience in the fields of video, audio, test and measurement, networking and wireless (primarily WiFi and Bluetooth). More recently, from 2006 to 2015 Tarr led a team at Bose responsible for advanced development for a $2B business. He set the direction for the group and for technology strategy spanning wireless, digital, analog, and system architecture across multiple product lines.

Prior to Bose, he worked for LTX developing GHz test systems, Octave Communications developing conference call bridges, and Avid Technology. Prior to Avid, at Data Translation, he created the first 24 bit resolution A/D for a PC for Chromatography applications, and then led the team that developed the first Media 100 video editing system.

In 2015 he started MTarr Consulting LLC and developed multiple products for consumer, medical, and system control applications. Tarr currently has 20 patents and has spent most of his professional career developing first-in-class products. Innovative ideas and new concepts come naturally to him.

Click here to register for the event.

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The Audio Engineering Society - Boston Section and the Museum of Science are thrilled to present "Immersive Audio at the Hayden Planetarium." Join us for a special screening of God, Science, and Our Search for Meaning on Wednesday, September 4th at 5:00 PM at 1 Science Park, Boston, MA. 

Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the Planetarium Technician and a guided tour of the Sound Studio led by the Sound Designer.

RSVPs are required, and space is limited.

While a donation with your RSVP is appreciated, it is not required. Your generous support helps us continue our important work in serving the audio community!

Special thanks to our friends at Powersoft.

Join Matthew Azevedo (Retrubition Body), modular synths, and a 30" subwoofer at the intersection of hearing and feeling.

Performance followed by tech talk / Q+A

https://retributionbody.bandcamp.com/

RSVP link:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/89374c2e-2c5b-4a34-a908-2905023a37b4

THURS 7/18 @ 6PM

FOUNDRY • 101 ROGERS ST CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142

From early days with dBX (the ‘B’ is for Blackmer) through tech work for Electric Lady Studios, The Cars, and Boston (the band), to designing world class recording studios, Michael Blackmer has always been as creative as he is technically proficient. In this unique presentation Michael will share prototype audio and musical equipment with names like the Germainiator, Peaqualizer, Photonic Mic Limiter, and Ovary-Z. The evening will feature demonstrations, views inside the circuitry, and schematics made available to the audio community.  

Refreshments and snacks served. RSVP required to attend.

This webinar is complimentary to AES members and non-members.

This webinar is hosted by the AES Technical Committee for Automotive Audio

This is an encore presentation of an invited paper that was presented at the 2022 International Conference on Automotive Audio.  

The design of driving sounds for electric vehicles (EVs) has rapidly evolved in recent years. Both technical and design requirements have led to development of complex systems with dozens of loops, organized into multiple layers and busses, and controlled with individually configured playback logic. This has resulted in many challenges, with the focus increasingly shifting away from engineering towards the design process and efficient workflows. In this webinar, we’ll deconstruct an advanced driving sound to unveil its fundamental sonic elements and illustrate how these components are structured and routed for optimal performance. We’ll delve into the control logic behind these components, enriching the experience with dynamic behaviors that are less predictable, while also incorporating appropriate triggers for integrated chimes and UX sounds.

Presenters:
Jasper de Kruiff:

Jasper de Kruiff is creative director and co-founder of Impulse Audio Lab, a creative sound and engineering agency with a strong focus on audio innovation.

Jasper holds a Master Degree of Science in Industrial Design (Hons.) from the Eindhoven University of Technology. After finishing his graduation project at BMW in 2013, he stayed with the Munich based manufacturer for two years to work on sound design strategy and qualitative assessment methods for the first generation of electrified vehicles.

Recognizing the growth potential of the emerging field of automotive sound design, he co-founded Impulse Audio Lab in late 2014. Here he has spent the last decade combining his life-long passions for music and design crafting innovative audio experiences for electric vehicles of leading OEMs around the globe.

Moritz Melber:

Moritz is a sound designer and engineer, currently working at Impulse Audio Lab in Munich, Germany. 

While still studying at the University of Applied Sciences in Stuttgart (B.Eng.Audiovisual Media), Moritz had the opportunity to help design the sound user experience for the first generation of Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles from 2017 to 2020.

From 2018, he studied film sound design at the Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg in Ludwigsburg. Beside film projects, Moritz continued to work on the topic of sound design for electric vehicles. He completed his diploma at the Filmakademie in 2022. His thesis deals with the development of an interactive sound design environment for electric vehicles and the transfer of the principles of film sound to electric driving sound. In Autumn 2022 Moritz then joined Impulse Audio Lab to continue working in this area. 

Following in 2023, he had the chance to contribute to talks on EV driving sound and related research conducted at Impulse Audio Lab at the German Tonmeistertagung and the Aachen Acoustics Colloquium. At Impulse Audio Lab, Moritz conceptualizes, prototypes and creates interactive audio applications with a strong focus on HMI and EV driving sounds. With the background in audio engineering, film sound and UX, his passion lies at combining these fields to create exceptional audible user experiences and shape the future sound of electric vehicles

Hosts:
Yu (Dewey) Du – TCAA-NAS, 2022 Conference Papers Chair
Samira Mohamady – TCAA-NAS, 2022 Conference Papers Vice Chair

6:00-7:00:  Tours of production studios (designed by Lou Clark) and refreshments. Tours of Mapparium (a unique and beautiful acoustic space).

6:55:   Gather in Welcome Hall and walk to the Church.

7:00-7:30:   Aeolian-Skinner Organ demonstration/discussion with Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church.

7:30-8pm:   Additional tours of studios

Directions: https://www.christianscience.com/find-us/visit-the-mother-church/directions

Parking:  Parking will be free/validated at the Christian Science Plaza garage, located at 235 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115