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an era of emerging technologies and music industry practices,
redefining the traditional sound recording studio as well as the roles
of the sound engineer and producer has become part of the changing
landscape.
New hardware and software has allowed the traditional studio owner to
broaden the scope of his/her core capabilities in an effort to deepen
market presence. The studio is more often now directly engaged in the
entire chain of the creation of music, from artist development and
product promotion through to a label-like stake in any potential
profits.
Entrepreneurial spirit combined with initiative and resourcefulness
have brought forth the emergence of the independent recording studio
capable of offering services over a broader range of the audio industry
and beyond.
We refer to this market as the eStudio or Enterprise Studio.
This event is being held in conjunction with the PAL/MIAC show at the Direct Energy Building on May 16 and 17.
 
Toronto AES Seminar 2010
eStudio | The New Enterprise Studio Paradigm
May 16, 17, 2010
Direct Energy Building
Exhibition Place
Toronto
PANEL PRESENTATION TOPICS
1. How do you connect to your client and customer markets?
What is the market? Who is servicing it? Who is selling into it? How
are people selling to market? Where does money flow from?
How are you protecting your intellectual property rights, and those of
the musicians you work with? How does this impact the way in
which you record, eg budget decisions, technologies, methodologies?
Wish List: what would help you in your business, eg less restrictions
on services such as Spotify, more encouragement for innovation through
government support (tax credits, relief that is currently targeted at
larger businesses)
2. What's in your studio? What is your studio facility like?
How do you get it done? What technologies do you use... all in box?
Analog outboard? Samples? etc How do you research new purchases?
Insurance, liability?
Room optimization...... challenges (computer fans, HVAC noise,
electrical interferences, data storage and security, etc), speaker
optimization? Both recording room and control room... or are they the
same room? Do you work remotely? Both?
3. How do you record?
Recording Techniques.... (what does the eStudio enable you to do?) (what do YOU do that we might find interesting?)
4. How You Are Delivering to Your Market?
On-line digital downloading, eg CD Baby, download cards? Streaming
technologies....??? Delivery modes??? CBC - Compression? archiving?
Smart Phones? Blackberry/Olympics? Mastering for streaming
technologies, Spotify, Pandora, compression algorithms.... Internet
radio? Physical sales through retail chain, or
“off-stage” concert sales?
Toronto
AES Seminar 2010 Organizing Committee
Chair: Earl McCluskie (Chestnut Hall Music)
Vice Chair/Sponsorship: Sy Potma (Fanshawe College)
Event Moderator: Robert Breen (OIART)
Presenters: Robert DiVito (Montgomery Sound and Image Studio)
Facilities/Sponsorship: Dave Dysart (HHB Canada)
Audio: Blair Francis (Long and McQuade)
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