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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y S U M M E R 2 0 1 9 27 AES DUBLIN The Audio Engineering Society International Pro Audio Convention was held in Dublin this past March at the beautiful Dublin Convention Center. There were a number of great presentations, along with numerous vendors. The International Conference tends to be a bit smaller than those held in the US, so it is much easier to get a chance to talk to people. CIRCLES OF CONFUSION A panel of experts including Jamie Angus-Whiteoak, David Griesinger, Thomas Lund, Mandy Parnell, and Bob Katz had a lively discussion about monitoring situations. Each had a unique perspective and framed their presentations in different ways. EMOTIVE SOUND DESIGN IN THEORY & PRACTICE A pair of back- to-back presentations discussed emotion in sound design. Thomas Görne gave the first lecture about psychoacoustics and styles of sound design. He was followed by Anna Bertmark, who showed examples of her work on several films and discussed her approaches to design. This was an excellent pairing in programming; I hope the AES does more of this! EXHIBITORS Of the exhibitors, the Genelec room had a constant flurry of activity, showing immersive demos all three days on their new S360 high- SPL two-way studio monitors and 'The Ones' series of compact coaxial three- way models. These were configured and calibrated using Genelec's GLM software, which allows an entire monitoring system to be optimized for any acoustic space. OTHER VENDORS INCLUDED Focusrite Pro, Nugen, PreSonus, PSI, Rupert Neve, Sonosax, and Sound Particles. JW/RAMPS SOUND PARTY @NAB: The JW Sound party for 2019 moved across the street to a new location at Gordon Biersch. As usual, a good time was had by all, especially Dermot Penny, who won two tickets to the 2020 CAS Awards! The JW/Ramps Sound party. Allen & Heath displaying some consoles CAS Awards ticket winner Dermot Penny with Jeff Wexler CAS