Oct 07, 2007

Some quick notes from AES:

• Always good to see people like Bob Crowley and Michael Chiriac. Microphones were definitely on the agenda.
• Lots of interesting portable recorders on the floor. I feel in love with the Korg MR-1 digital recored - 1-bit recording, 20 GB harddrive, what's not to like? - until I saw the fine print: continuous recording is limited to 6 hours. Too bad.
• Blu-Ray is spectacular. I've seen the in-store demos, but there were a few expo exhibits that really showed how good Blu-Ray can be. Wow
• Bob Crowley introduced me to Tad Rollow who in turn introduced me to David Josephson. Two things came out of my conversation with David: 1) I'm seriously considering NVLAP accreditation, and 2) I may join the AES SC-04-04 working group.
• Scott Pizzo from EAW was at the Loud Technologies both and I was able to thank him again for his company's generosity.
• Microtech Gefell has an interesting array of products, including a digital microphone preamplifier for measurement mics.
• I had a great conversations with Noland Lewis of ACO Pacific and Jim Weir of Brüel and Kjær about their flagships products (SLARM and the B&K 2250). These guys get it.
• Ethan Winer confirmed to me that the RealTraps has officially discontinued their Soffit Traps product. Too bad, but business is business.

And in closing, here is a little music video that Mercenary Audio put together to introduce Crowley and Tripp's new El Diablo microphone:

(If you're reading this through my RSS feed, you'll have to click through to see the movie.)

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