By Mel Lambert. A recent Motion Picture Sound Editors' seminar entitled Star Trek--The Sound Show enabled a packed audience in Los Angeles to hear how the complex soundtrack evolved in the hands of its talented sound crew.

By Clive Young. For a few years now, Continuum Books has been publishing 33 1/3, a cool series of pint-sized paperbacks, each one dedicated to exploring a notable album of the last few decades. Weighing in at nearly 70 volumes now, the ongoing string of books blithely skips around between the usual rock critic faves (Prince, Velvet Underground, Ramones); meat n’ potatoes classic rock (Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin); Baby Boomer singer/songwriters (Neil Young, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell); and Brooklyn hipster touchstones (Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, Pixies). [Full disclosure: I wrote a book for Continuum a while back, but not a 33 1/3; they won’t let me near 'em, actually.]

by Clive Young. New York--Pro Sound News posted live 'tweets' to Twitter all throughout the AES Convention, bringing you the latest news, chat and observations in 140 characters or less, direct from the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. In fact, we even tweeted the day before the convention (you can find those tweets here); from then through the end of AES four days later, we knocked out around 100 tweets, many with photos from the show floor, all of which you can find below.

by Steve Harvey. The annual AES Convention provides the single best opportunity for busy working professionals to get up to date with the latest technology advancements and product releases. With a dense schedule of papers sessions, workshops, panel discussions and other events, it can also be a major learning experience.

by Clive Young. Live sound companies have spent the last few years assessing where they stand, figuring out how to make the most of what they already have today. As the economy starts to rebound, however, SR pros are beginning to look towards tomorrow, charting strategies to come out of the recession ahead of the pack. For many Northeast regional sound providers, next month's Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York City will be a crucial factor informing their decisions during the economic recovery.