Elections!

It’s election season at AES this Wednesday! A list of the roles within the club is posted here. Please prepare a 2-3 minute speech detailing why you are a good fit for the role you are planning to run for. Notify Eugene, the club president, if you are running for a role at ejr5510@psu.edu. Even if you are not running, you can still join in the vote; we want to hear everyone’s voices. After voting, it will be a social meeting, listening to music and watching a short music documentary.

Recording Training

On Wednesday 1/19, join PSU AES, in HUB 134, as we introduce some of the gear we have on loan (dynamic mics, condenser mics, audio interfaces, mic stands, pop filters). We’ll cover the basics of your signal chain, gain staging, setting up your DAW, and the basics of recording guitars and vocals, along with other instruments.

“The Role of Audio Engineers” with Lenise Bent”

Join the Penn State Audio Engineering society on Thursday, February 11th @ 6pm EST via Zoom (password – psuaes) for a seminar with Lenise Bent, professional audio engineer. Lenise will explain how social skills are valued just as much as technical skills. The key to a successful recording session resides in the interaction between the artist and the engineer. She will also share from her own experiences to describe what you need to succeed in today’s audio industry. There will also be a Q&A!

RSVP Here!

Bio – LENISE BENT has a long career as an audio engineer, honing
her skills on many iconic records including “Aja” by Steely Dan and
“Breakfast in America” by Supertramp. She is the first woman
engineer to receive a platinum album for Blondie’s “AutoAmerican”
album which includes “The Tide is High” and the very first hit rap
song with music, “Rapture”. Lenise is a long-standing member of the Audio Engineering Society,
the Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy and a
voting member of NARAS. She is also a proud member SoundGirls,
Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), Women in Music, the prestigious
Hollywood Sapphire Group, The Blues Foundation, IASA
(International Association of Sound Archivists) and ARSC (Assoc. of
Recorded Sound Collectors) and on the board of directors for music
nonprofit Worldwide Musicians United.

View on OrgCentral – https://orgcentral.psu.edu/event/6888658

SP2021 Kickoff!

On behalf of the exec board, I’d like to welcome everyone to a new semester (yay…)!
We’ll be having our kickoff meeting this Thursday (1/28) at 6pm via Zoom. Come meet the rest of the exec and check out our plans for the semester!
Also, we’ll have a room during tomorrow’s virtual involvement fair from 11-2 – feel free to stop by and say hi or send any interested friends our way!
Zoom link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/95778798194 (password – psuaes) (this link is for both
meetings and the involvement fair)

See you Thursday,

PVC Speaker RSVP + Jack Feinberg stratitis seminar

Just a reminder of some of our events this week!
  • PVC Speaker build – RSVP by 5:00 this FRIDAY! 
    • Link to order form here
    • Build sessions will occur 6:00pm Tuesday, November 10th via Zoom with an extra day Tuesday, November 17th for those who don’t finish the 10th.
    • Each kit will be $40
      • Payable with cash or check – reply to this email if you have questions about other payment methods
      • if we can order in bulk, we may be able to lower the price a bit!
      • Kits will be assembled w/ gloves and masks on in a sanitized environment to be Covid-19 compliant! 
      • If you’re on campus we’ll drop the kit off or have a place for you to pick it up (probably 213 VAB) – if you’re off campus, we’ll ship it! 
  • Jack Feinberg Stratitis seminar – this Wednesday @ 6pm! 
    • Stratitis is a phenomenon that occurs when guitar pickups are non-uniformly magnetized, adding multiple dissonant frequencies to each string and negatively impacting sound.
    • Wednesday, October 21st at 6PM EST via Zoom – link here (passcode: Bowie)
    • A flyer is attached to this email.

As per usual, fill out this interest form, join our GroupMe and roster on OrgCentral! To stay more up to date, add this Google Calendar as well.

AES October – first build and Jack Feinberg

Happy to announce this month we’ll be completing our first build, a PVC speaker!
  • Build sessions will occur Tuesday, November 10th with an extra day Tuesday, November 17th for those who don’t finish the 10th.
  • Each kit will be $40
  • RSVP by 5:00pm Friday October 23rd here.
Additionally this month USC professor Jack Feinberg will be giving a talk on stratitis
  • Stratitis is a phenomenon that occurs when guitar pickups are non-uniformly magnetized, adding multiple dissonant frequencies to each string and negatively impacting sound.
  • This seminar will take place Wednesday, October 21st at 6PM EST via Zoom.
Finally, thanks to everyone who came to our session with Andres Mayo – you can find a recording here.
As per usual, fill out this interest form, join our GroupMe and roster on OrgCentral! To stay more up to date, add this Google Calendar as well.

10/5: Andrés Mayo

Hello AES Members!

On behalf of the eboard, I’d like to thank everyone who attended our seminar with Adam Hill last thursday. A recording can be found here:

Next week (Monday, October 5th) we’ll be hosting an interview-style seminar with mastering engineer and former AES president Andrés Mayo.

If you are interested, please join us at 6pm (EDT) by following this link! We’d also be very grateful if you could RSVP for the event by filling out a short form (< 1 minute).

We hope to see you all there!

PSU AES