Title: Technical Visit to ATC Loudspeakers
Location: ATC Loudspeakers, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Description: Technical Visit to ATC Loudspeakers (members only) – just a few places remaining.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: Friday 16th July 2010
End Time: 16:15
This technical visit is now full!
A technical visit has been arranged to ATC Loudspeaker Technology in Stroud, Gloucestershire on Friday 16th July, offering AES members a rare opportunity to see first-hand how these very highly regarded speakers are designed and built right here in the UK .
The visit will start at 11:00 and finish around 16:15. ATC are also very kindly providing refreshments and lunch.
ATC is a specialist British manufacturer of loudspeaker drive units and complete sound reproduction systems. They design and manufacture loudspeaker drive units and systems to achieve levels of performance far in excess of the industry norm which is achieved by adopting a thoroughly professional engineering approach to the issue of basic design, materials science and production technology.
The visit will include a tour of the design and production facilities and demonstrations of their products.
The number of places is strictly limited, so book your place early to avoid disappointment.
To reserve your place, please ring Heather on 01628 663725 or email uk@aes.org.
Title: Technical Visit to British Grove Studios (members only)
Location: British Grove Studios, 20 British Grove, Chiswick W4 2NL
Link out: Click here
Description: Technical Visit to Mark Knopfler’s music recording studios.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-02-23
We’ve managed to squeeze in a visit to British Grove Studios that was built by Mark Knopfler as “a monument to past and future technology”. It has two studios. Alongside modern technology, the equipment includes two old EMI mixing consoles: a very rare tube desk from the 1960s like the ones used by George Martin and The Beatles and a later console on which the album Band on the Run was actually recorded. The large console in Studio One is a custom-made Neve 88R, while the console in Studio Two is an API Legacy.
In February 2009, British Grove Studio was the winner of the Music Producers Guild Award for ‘Best Studio’.
The visit is for AES members only and numbers limited. Please email/phone Heather Lane (or use the contact form here, select “membership and general enquiries” option) to reserve a space and confirm availability.
[Note: due to commercial pressures, there is a small, but finite chance, that this visit might get cancelled at the last minute - sorry, but we think the opportunity to visit this great facility is worth the chance! For this reason, it is imperative we get your contact details so, should the worst happen, we can let you know]
Title: Technical Visit: National Film and Television School
Location: NFTS, Beaconsfield
Description: More details to follow
Start Time: 18:30
Date: Thursday 19th November 2009
The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield (www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk) is the only UK film and television school based in its own studios, allowing students to make real films and television programmes in industry-standard facilities. Prominent members of the British film industry who teach at the school include Stephen Frears (The Queen), Brian Tufano (Trainspotting), David G Croft (Shooting Stars, Baddiel’s Syndrome), Lynda Myles (The Commitments) and Nik Powell (Ladies in Lavender, The Crying Game, Little Voice).
Originally called The National Film School, it opened in 1971 following four years of planning to create an institution to train new talent for the British film industry. With a loan from Rank, NFS bought the old Beaconsfield Film Studios in Buckinghamshire – which had previously been home to British Lion Film Corporation and The Crown Film Unit – and refitted it to professional film making standards.
During our evening visit, which a maximum of 30 members can attend, a brief introductory presentation in the school’s digital cinema will be followed by a tour of the studios and sound post-production areas. A film shoot will be in progress in the main studio and the television studio will have a daily magazine show in production. Access should be available to the school’s three new Euphonix dubbing theatres, even though they are in the middle of graduation productions, and to the technical sound hub.
After the tour the group will return to the cinema where Andrew Boulton, Head of Sound Production, will explain in more detail the educational and creative mission of the school from the sound perspective, with a few clips to demonstrate the range of work produced by students, before inviting questions from the audience.
Note that all AES UK technical visits are only open to AES members.
Title: Technical Visit to Pinewood Studios
Location: Pinewood Studios, Iver, Buckinghamshire
Start Time: 16:00
Date: 17 June 2009
