AESLA - April 2012 - Featured Speaker

Our next AES-LA monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday April 24^th, 2012 at 8:00 PM at the Sportsmen’s Lodge Event Center, 12833 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604 (at the corner of Ventura Blvd. and Coldwater Canyon).  The optional pre-meeting dinner is at 7:00 PM.  The topic is "Broadcasting the LA Philharmonic Live in HD 5.1 from Caracas, Venezuela" presented by Marc Genin of Gearhouse Broadcast and Fred Vogler of Vogler Audio Media.  Meetings are free and are open to everyone including students, non-members and guests.

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This presentation will consist of the following two parts covering both the gear and the audio:

Part 1:  Marc Genin, Managing Director of Gearhouse Broadcast will discuss how they built a custom flypack made of aircraft composite to support the unique live broadcast of a 2000 strong orchestra and chorale from Caracas, Venezuela in HD and Dolby 5.1 for the LA Philharmonic conducted by their charismatic  Maestro, Gustavo Dudamel.  This flypack, consisting of two tractor-trailers full of equipment from the 14 HD cameras and 48 microphones to the satellite uplink gear, had to be flown into Caracas from the U.S. for the broadcast.  This presented many challenges that had to be overcome while working in “the world’s most dangerous country”!  Marc will discuss these challenges and share footage of the broadcast along with photos of the build and transportation.

Part 2:  Fred Vogler, owner of Vogler Audio Media and front-of-house mixer for the LA Philharmonic will discuss the many challenges he had to overcome while capturing and mixing the audio for this unique event, which was broadcast to 450 theaters nationwide in crystal-clear HD with 5.1 surround sound.