AES Europe Spring 2022

This panel will look to discuss the essential role audio engineers play in the digital supply chain, and the current practices for capturing, storing and sending metadata, credits, and audio.

This discussion will look to illustrate best practices for audio engineers in a time when increasing amounts of data are being submitted into the industry on a daily basis.

This panel will engage with engineers, producers, production engineers, seconds and production coordinators across different genres and parts of the industry, thereby creating a cross section of contemporary voices to add insight to this crucial aspect of industry growth.

Discussion points:
*Whose job is it to collect the data from recordings?
*What are the best ways to collect credits and metadata in the studio?
*What are the best practices for engineers to collect, store and send audio files? From session files to mastered files.
*Do third party platforms that aid in the collection of data have a role to play in the future of audio management and what is the likely adoption from audio engineers?
*How audio engineers can keep data and audio secure, from fires to firewalls.
*What is DDEX and how does it improve recording metadata going into the digital supply chain?