Papers & Workshops – AES UK Mastering Conference 2018

The AES UK Mastering Conference welcomes academics, mastering engineers, producers, artists, industry professionals, technology developers and equipment manufacturers to come together and submit abstracts or workshop proposals for consideration on a wide range of topics including:

Mastering past, present & future
Mastering technology & practice
Innovation in audio relating to mastering & post-produciton
Business matters relating to mastering & post-production

Authors are requested to submit a short Abstract. Abstracts of 300 – 500 words will be reviewed for inclusion in the conference programme. After the conference, those presenting papers or eligible engineering briefs will be given the option to prepare a Full Chapter for inclusion in the conference book to be considered for publication with Routledge.

Successful authors will be expected to to submit a Full Chapter of 5-6000 words by 1st November 2018. Full Chapter submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two referees. Chapters must be of high quality, original, and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period.

Abstracts, Briefs and Papers should be submitted by Monday 30th April by email to:

mastering@aes-uk.org

The AES Mastering Group are also welcoming proposals for innovative and interactive demonstrations appropriate to the conference scope. If you are interested in being involved in any way please contact us at the following email address:

mastering@aes-uk.org

The call for papers is published live on the web: https://goo.gl/guJTQv

Conference themes and topics include:

Audio Mastering: past, present and future
Mastering practice: human or artificial intelligence
Innovation in mastering and post production
Music consumer behaviour: the changing psychology and perceived value of mastering
Platforms for dissemination and sending mastered audio (watermarking, DDP etc.)
Mastering & mastering studio technology innovation
Audio engineering: audio and acoustics technology and practice in relation to mastering and post-produciton
Hi-res audio and future music formats
Online mastering, and new trends in mastering
Professional practice and business in mastering