Salt Lake Community College students who are members of the
Audio Engineering Society took home an award and rubbed elbows with
rock-n-roll’s finest technicians October 9-12 at AES’s 137th convention
in Los Angeles.
More than 15,000 people and 307 exhibitors and sponsors
packed the Los Angeles Convention Center for four days, during which SLCC
student Ryan Moody was awarded the Silver Medal in the Student Design
Competition for his “MIDI Dance
Sensors.” Moody’s Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) sensors stacked
up against designs from undergraduates at four-year schools from around the
country. The MIDI sensors convert physical movements of dancers into MIDI data
that can be sent to a computer for triggering specific computer-generated
musical events like playing a note, chord or sample playback.
SLCC students who participated at the convention are
enrolled in associate of applied science tracks for the Music Recording
Technology and Media Music programs. Instructors Steve Sue and Thomas Baggaley
accompanied students Nicole Darner, Chase Tweed, Brooke Cummings and Ryan Moody
to the convention, where they met and learned from industry legends like Alan
Parsons, Geoff Emerick (The Beatles), John Storyk (Jimi Hendrix) and Fleetwood
Mac producer Ken Calliat.
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