NBS Ends as University Minds Are Expanded...
Hello, friends! After an extremely busy week, I'm now back at home, able to reminisce about the last few days in New York, presenting at the NBS-AERho convention. In short, this year (like the past several) proved to be a truly exciting, enlightening, and wonderful experience. Having conducted multiple seminars on everything from Photoshop CS4 to Production Premium, Audition 3 for Broadcast and even a separate class on how to 'teach' CS4 (entitled, "Shortcut to Brilliant Futures") the feedback and responses were overwhelmingly positive (with lots of praise and thanks) but also very telling...both students and faculty want to know more about CS4; and the more (training/tips-tricks) we can give them, the better! And clearly, being there in person, shaking a hand and interfacing with the attendees---that's what really 'solidifies the deal' (as was told to me by several of the students and faculty).
A brief look at my final session; many taking notes; many still standing
This was most evident in my Audition for Broadcast class, where I took the students (and attending professors) through 75 minutes of intense 'Digital Audio' 101/102, covering basics in great depth (and getting my full 'audio-geek-mode' into high-gear!) Setting compressors, using Analyze Statistics, understanding RMS Normalizing vs. Peak Normalization, reading meters...it was fab, and extremely well received. Naturally, I topped off the session with some more advanced audio restoration techniques, and you had a standing audience at the close. With many great questions, contact info shared, and new Twitter followers, it further proved that the Adobe communities continue to grow, to evolve, and our presence (on the road), at events like these, truly makes all the difference.
I once again have to thank all of the organizers of NBS-AERho (you know who you are), and I do want to congratulate the winners of the Suite raffle (yes...we donated both a Design & Production Premium Suite, along with a copy of Audition 3). Let the great content start flowing...
Until next time,
Blog on.
Comments
Hey Jason - very cool site - and very happening updates (like the rickenbacher one too!!) i am a drummer songwriter - and I have to say I am a little disappointed in how little online think tanking is going on for Audition. I know of only a small handful of sites that are staying up to date with user friendly tips etc...why don't you arrange for me to get an endorsement (upgrade from 2.5 to 3 for free) and I'll do some online tuts or something...FYI - I know you have been to Berkely so you would respect I have had experience at Paisley Park, Ardent, Wisselord - and have been in music my whole life - my band was signed to Warner Bros when Nirvana hit - we were immediately forgotten...I am currently working on a licensing deal for my stuff and releasing my first album - which is done in Audition...I have a producer friend in Nashville using Protools and he keeps asking me 'how you doing that?"...I tell him - Audition is a big part. I have also had endirsements from Vic Firth and Gibralter in the past - but am not really a 'drummer guy'per se..
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Hi David! Well, thanks for the comments. Indeed, I'm trying to keep Audition 'out there' and 'in the limelight' as much as I can. As you may have seen here, there are quite a few 'technical' posts regarding Audition on here; but the real resource for online Tips, etc. would be my Adobe TV series with Karl Soule, "Short & Suite". Last season, I covered all kinds of topics, from visual audio restoration, mixing, mastering, stereo/mono processing, batch encoding, and much more. If you haven't checked 'em out already, please do and let me know what you think. I'll ping you offline and we can chat some more. All the best. --JL
Posted by: david | April 8, 2009 6:28 AM
working my way through short and suite - very cool stuff!
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Hey David. Glad to hear you're enjoying S&S! New season coming *very* soon. Stay tuned, and all the best. ---JL
Posted by: david | April 14, 2009 12:08 PM