136th AES Convention Gets ‘Happy��; Sound Design Tony Noms Announced

Today's Top Story - 04.29.14 136th AES Convention Gets 'Happy' » Closing today after four days of imparting pro audio innovation upon its attendees, the 136th Audio Engineering Society Convention kicked off Saturday, April 26, at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center in Berlin, Germany, with a variety of offerings, including a keynote speech by Wieslaw Woszczyk of McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, that made its points with help from Pharrell Williams' ubiquitous "Happy." Read More » Today's News Sound Design Tony Noms Announced » Memphis Dawls Return to Ardent » ESP Takes On All of SurgeX » Music Biz Panel Announced » Today's Featured Blog 'Whale' Creates Immersive Audio Art of the Self By Clive Young Audio and art have always gone hand in hand, and as technology has advanced, the realms of possibility have only broadened. But while we often delight in seeing technology used to create something otherworldly that we've never seen before—say, video games or the latest special effects blockbuster—Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Sonia Li has been making her name by creating art that explores and interprets the natural world around us through experiential technology. Her latest art installation is Whale, which she describes as "an interactive multichannel sound installation strongly rooted in humanity." Read More » Quote of the Week "When they first told me about this, I thought, that's too many tequilas, a bar napkin and a Sharpie talking!"—Scott Rodgers, on an all-star drummer concert featuring 12 drum kits and 140 mics. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!

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