SBE Chapter 40

Linear Acoustic, Inc

Control of audio loudness in TV Broadcasting

Linear Acoustic

As usual, our luncheon will be at Sinbad’s just south of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero near the foot of Mission St. No-Host Bar is from 11:30 am to 12:30 p.m., and lunch is at 12:30. Everything winds down at 2:00 p.m. Cost is $22.00, which includes coffee and iced tea. Parking at Sinbad’s is free, but please do plan to tip the attendants.To make reservations call Paul Black at 925-827-9511 before Tuesday the 28th at 2:30 p.m. and leave a message.

Howard Mullinak from Wheatstone will be discussing their new E-Square Audio over IP system.

The Wheatstone E=SQUARE Audio-Over-IP architecture is a new second-generation studio facility audio routing and mixing system. E-SQUARE uses Gigabit protocol, greatly simplified setup, and only embedded processing (no PCs required for operation).

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Disaster Recovery

Christina Thomas from Digital Broadcast will be speaking on Disaster Recovery.  She will be discussing ways to continue broadcasting from off-site should your station be unable to continue on-air functions.

As usual, our luncheon will be at Sinbad’s just south of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero near the foot of Mission St. No-Host Bar is from 11:30 am to 12:30 p.m., and lunch is at 12:30. Everything winds down at 2:00 p.m. Cost is $22.00, which includes coffee and iced tea. Parking at Sinbad’s is free, but please do plan to tip the attendants.To make reservations call Paul Black at 925-827-9511 before Tuesday the 24th at 2:30 p.m. and leave a message.

Penteo’s Stereo to 5.1 Conversion Process

Polarity Post, San Francisco, limited seating available.  Details at the AES SF website.

Al Kovalick “A Brief History of the Second”

The SMPTE San Francisco Section is trying a new meeting venue this month. On Thursday, January 29, they’re gathering at the Blue Pheasant Restaurant in Cupertino for Al Kovalick’s presentation, “A Brief History of the Second”, which will include time-keeping, measurement, and distribution methods for media and broadcast applications.

Details at the SMPTE San Francisco section website.

How do I monitor in surround: How do I make my little lousy sounding room sound good and work?

Scott Esterson of Genelec will talk about Genelec’s new DSP Series Speakers that will equalize your room and compensate for both video latency from the monitor and time of flight issues due to speaker placement. Also he will go over proper placement techniques.
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