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Music Production

Insight into Facebook 360’s Audio Set for AES

Facebook teams with audio pros for duo of workshops at AES convention.

New York, NY (October 10, 2018)—A half-day training session in immersive media production using the Facebook 360 platform at the 145th AES International Convention in New York City will cover the end-to-end workflow for spatial audio design and asset preparation of 360 and 180 immersive videos using Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation tools.

This workshop is the result of a partnership between Facebook and the AES to provide hands-on training in 360 audio and video development during AES New York 2018. Led by Abesh Thakur of Facebook 360 and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning mastering engineer and AES past president Andres Mayo, the workshop will be held at the Jacob Javits Center on Friday, October 19.

Audio for Cinema Track Set for Upcoming AES Convention

There will be identical morning and afternoon sessions with enrollment limited to 35 attendees for each session. The workshops complement the immersive audio content in the four-day AES New York 2018 Technical Program, taking place October 17–20.

The workshop will address:

· What is spatial audio? Why is it important for Immersive videos?

· Formats and standards that are accepted on popular delivery platforms such as Facebook, Oculus or YouTube.

· Using plugins in a DAW to author ambisonic mixes that respond to real-time headtracking during runtime.

· Basic setup for live-streaming 360 videos with ambisonic audio.

· Overview of popular 360 cameras and ambisonic microphones that can be used for linear spatial audio design.

Workshop attendees will be required to bring laptops and to download software assets in advance to bring on the day.

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Registration for one of these workshops is only available to convention attendees who are already registered for an All Access convention pass (not Exhibits-Plus) for the 145th Convention valid on Friday, October 19. Preregistration is required; there is an additional registration fee of $50 for AES members and $100 for non-members, covering the specialized assets needed for the seminar. For additional details and a registration link, please visit aes.org/events/145/fb360

Audio Engineering Society • www.aes.org

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