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#sonicmeet Xmas Boozeup 2013

It's time for our annual Christmas bash!

Come and spread some seasonal cheer with us at the Strongroom Bar, just off Curtain Road, Shoreditch on Thursday 12th December, with prizes for all.

>One lucky person will be going home with the grand prize. Last year Paul Frost took home a synth courtesy of Rob Papen and Time+Space, while everyone else went home with t-shirts, magazines, USB keys, and everybody's favourite; the API keyring. This year we'll be going bigger and better, with gifts from Audio Damage, Focusrite/Novation, Shure and Time+Space, with over £1,000 of giveaways.

So come, be merry, drink Strongroom dry, and enjoy Christmas with us. Remember to follow the twitter @sonicmeet for event updates.

#sonicmeet #shoreditch #Strongroom

#sonicmeet 8: Red Dog Music

Friday 15th November 2013, 7pm

16 Bromell’s Road, London SW4 0BG (above the London School of Sound).

Ahoy!

#sonicmeet is back with a bang, and testing a new kind of venue: a brand new pro audio showroom in London called Red Dog Music. Seeing equipment at studio sonicmeets has proven so popular that we want to stir chatter and geekery to a new level with a full showroom of kit.

As usual, there will be beer - just mind where you rest it, yeah?

It's a two minute walk from Clapham Common tube on the Northern Line.

Follow our Twitter feed @sonicmeet for event updates. See you there!

#sonicmeet #red dog music

#sonicmeet 7: Resonance FM

We've got a #sonicmeet event coming up tonight, but our usual domain name has been down since last week which means people visiting sonicmeet.co.uk weren't being directed to this blog.

It's no problem; everyone on our mailing list has been sent the details, but it's probably worth posting linking Twitter folk directly to this blog so they can share it with audio-loving friends.

Where: Resonance FM, 144 Borough High Street, SE1 1NF. THe nearest tube is Borough. Look for the red postbox outside Costa Coffee and go to the gate just off the street.

When: Wednesday July 10, 7:30 − 9pm (with more beer at the nearest pub straight after, probably).

Enjoy: Iranian beer at £2 a bottle, according to Resonance' Fari Bradley.

That's all you need to know. Go forth and enjoy.

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#sonicmeet #resonance fm #meetup #london

#sonicmeet 6: Liverpool Parr Street Studios

Venue: Parr Street Studios, 33-45 Parr St, Liverpool, L1 4JN

Date: Saturday March 9

Time: 7pm - late

Sonicmeet is breaking out of London again, and this time we're heading north to one of the most exciting music hubs in the country: Liverpool.

Parr Street Studios will play host at this event, which is a huge honour. Some of the best-known artists in history have recorded there (Coldplay, Stone Roses and the Verve to name a few) and it's full of great equipment, some of which engineer Tony Draper will demo for the curious.

Besides a tour of these legendary studios, we'll be drinking upstairs in the beautiful Attic Bar until around 9:30, when we'll head into the wild and continue our adventure in town.

Remember to follow @sonicmeet for live updates on the night (perfect for venue changes or if you get lost).

Here's a map to the studio. If you have a sat nav, it's easy to remember that Parr Street Studios is literally on Parr Street. Fortunate, no?

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#sonicmeet #liverpool #parr street studios

#sonicmeet Xmas Boozeup 2012

A big Christmas party? With prizes? That's right, we're having our first ever Christmas party at a venue with loads of great beer.

The party will take place from 7pm on Wednesday 12th December at BrewDog in Camden, right around the corner from Camden Town tube station (see map below). We've got tables for 20 booked, but there's plenty of standing room too.

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#sonicmeet #camden #xmas party #brewdog #the end of history beer #api #rode #presonus #se #waves #music tech #twitter

#sonicmeet bristol: Christchurch Studios

That's right, a #sonicmeet in Bristol!

Engineer and friend Ian Palmer has taken the initiative to put on a meet in the West of England, and we're very pleased about it.

The meet starts at Christchurch Studios in Clifton on Friday October 19 from 7pm, then moves on to the Coronation Tap pub next door.

It's great to finally branch out of London for the first time, and we would love to see more audio meets elsewhere. Contact @TomDavenport or @MikeHillier on twitter if you're interested in running an event in your area. You don't need access to a studio either - some of the best meets have simply been in a pub with a group of like-minded people.

Here's a map to find Christchurch Studios in Bristol:

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#sonicmeet #Bristol #Christchurch Studios #Coronation Tap

#sonicmeet 7: Metropolis Studio

We're very pleased to confirm that the next #sonicmeet will take place on September 28 at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London from 7pm.

Get there early, because a limited number of people will be given a tour of their facilities which include four studios, two live rooms and some of the best mastering suites available. It recently featured on the Radio 4 series Making Tracks, which should still be available on BBC iPlayer.

The main event will be in Studio B, where senior tech engineer Simon Saywood will be giving a demo of his impressive Fairchild 670 recreation, the AT-101, with chief engineer Sam Wheat running the SSL 4000G and Whiskey and the Wilsons as the live band. Not bad!

As usual, you can receive updates and any last-minute changes on our @sonicmeet twitter feed.

Here's a map of the area - it's a three minute walk from either Stamford Brook or Turnham Green stations:

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#sonicmeet #metropolis studio #at-101

#sonicmeet 6: Screened Music Pro Mixing Masterclass

In something of a departure from our normal boozing sessions, we're very pleased that Screened Music has offered #sonicmeet followers a big fat discount on its very impressive music masterclass at the BFI on Tuesday 3 July.

This event will focus on pro mixing, with several talks from some of the best in the business. One of them is fellow sonicmeeter Jake Jackson from Air Studios. As you know from our meets, he's a lovely chap and will do a live mix of a track from the James Bond game 'Bloodstone' and share lots of tips on using plugins and building an efficient workflow.

Other speakers include another #sonicmeet friend Richard Aitken from Nimrod Productions who has produced some of the best video game scores ever. Remember grooving to Driver? Exactly. He'll be showing you how to win with MIDI production.

Full details of the day-long event are on the Screened Music site, but you can save 33% from the ticket price with this top secret code:

SONICMEET12

Remember to follow the @sonicmeet twitter on the day for any changes of plan for the evening.

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#sonicmeet #screened music #bfi #air studios #nimrod productions

#sonicmeet 5: Sphere Studios, May 25

The next London #sonicmeet will be in Battersea at Sphere Studios' private bar, on Friday May 25 from 7pm.

As usual, a rowdy crew of music professionals will congregate to drink until the last tube home, and you're invited. As well as four eye-watering studios, Sphere has a private lounge complete with a pool table and bar -- and if you arrive early, you're in for a chance of checking out some tasty equipment too.

The nearest tube stations are Clapham Junction and Imperial Wharf. From there, just stuff this address into your smartphone for directions:

2 Shuttleworth Road, Battersea, London, SW11 3EA

Follow @sonicmeet on twitter for updates on the night. See you there!

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#sonicmeet #sphere studios #battersea #london

#sonicmeet 4: Strongrooms Bar, March 1

Sonicmeet returns to Shoreditch and the Strongrooms bar next Thursday, March 1, from 7pm.

We last met there in July, and it was a fantastic beer-up. Producers, engineers, journalists, distributors and startup folk stayed far later than planned for a weeknight, but it was worth the morning off.

If you're not familiar with Strongrooms, it's a very funky studio with an exceptional bar and garden. To find it, get the tube to Silicon Roundabout, a.k.a. Old Street station, and find the bar with the map below.

Follow the @sonicmeet twitter for updates on the night.

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#sonicmeet #strongrooms

#sonicmeet 3: Sub Bubble Studios, September 23

Sonicmeet 3 will be on September 23 from around 7:30pm at Sub Bubble Studios, a short walk from Wembley Stadium. The nearest tube is Wembley Park.

The group will congregate in their lounge area, complete with a drums and piano setup. Take a tour with house engineer and soncmeeter Tobin Jones, look out for the indoor skate park which doubles as a reverb chamber. Please, no broken arms. There's no bar, so we'll arrange beer.

To recap on our last event, we saw a great variety of audio folk at Strongrooms Bar. From engineers to distributors, journalists to startups, it was an engaging crowd.

Discuss the meet in the comments or on twitter with the #sonicmeet tag.

See you there!

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#sonicmeet #music tech #social #london #studio

#sonicmeet 2: Strongrooms Bar, 21st July

The second #sonicmeet is booked at Strongroom Bar for Thursday 21st July from 8pm!

We'll be in the downstairs area of the bar. If all goes to plan, there's a fair chance the first ten to arrive will get a tour around the famous Strongroom studio, pending on availability. From then, drinks will be shared between those involved in audio until the wee hours.

This is probably a good time to recap on the first #sonicmeet, which proved to be a fantastic night. Around 15-20 engineers met in Soho for drinks, trading both personal and legendary studio stories, before an invite from one of our more experienced guests to their personal studio in the area. I'm not sure they'll want to be named here, but it's safe to say their generous wine servings and loud studio demos in one of the best equipped studios in the country went down a real treat.

Why is #sonicmeet 2 on a Thursday? Let's say the pubs were too busy, and booking an appropriate venue proved quite difficult for a Friday night the first time around. Yes, it means going easy on the booze because we all work on a Friday, but the main point of #sonicmeet is to get to know fellow audio pros.

Click here for details of the #sonicmeet venue. The nearest tube stations are Old Street, Shoreditch High Street and Hoxton.

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18th March #sonicmeet Venue Details

Friday 18th March, 8:30pm onwards, at The Crown And Two Chairmen pub in Soho.

It's on the corner of Dean Street and Bateman Street, see the map below. Look out for the group trading studio stories.

Bring beer money and your favourite smartphone. No pub quiz I'm afraid, it's a public venue. Feel free to pass the details to suitable audio loving company.

Tweet @sonicmeet if you have trouble finding the group on the night, and tag all discussion with #sonicmeet.

See you there!

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#sonicmeet #map #venue #march 18th

What is #sonicmeet about?

#sonicmeet is an organised way for the group of pro audio twitter users who talk online to meet in person. The benefit is, we all have a slightly different network and can meet a couple of extra people we may have missed in the infinite twitter timeline. Social media has been a great opportunity to get to know each other, and to put this group in the same room with beer and pub games makes good sense.

Just to be clear, this isn't a networking event -asking around for a job or talking like a salesman will just put off some visitors who are looking to get away from endless networking events and trade shows in their professional life.

Just relax, grab a beer, and enjoy the company!

We're currently deciding a suitable venue and will be offering tickets to cover the cost of venue rental. The organisers will not profit from ticket sales. The alternative is sponsorship, but is seems like that could change the atmosphere a bit.

Update: There's a couple of leads on suitable discrete venues that would be free, so give us a few days to investigate. This is all about making a night to remember!

What do you think? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

First #sonicmeet: Soho, London on March 18th

Friday March 18th, Soho, London. We liked it, so we put a ring on it. If you're likely to attend, RSVP in the comments so we can get an idea on numbers. We'll be renting a private venue (for a good reason), which may mean attendees contributing to the hire cost, but we'll ensure this is reasonable. Look out for the address by following #sonicmeet on twitter.

The plan so far is a night of beery socialising and audio discussion, with plans to set up a specialist pub quiz. Although this is a meet for twitter users, there's no harm in bringing a couple of friends if they work in audio and know their bits from their Hz.

Use the comment section to discuss the event and pitch ideas for the pub quiz. And if you happen to know an audio tech company who would be interested in sponsoring the event, even better!

#sonicmeet #London #march 18th #audio #pub quiz

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Of course, you were smart enough to know that already. We're engineers! Talking of which, I better take the opportunity to share an appropriate joke:

Why did the compressor fall over?

Because it had a soft knee.

Wahay! No? Well, help test the comments by sharing your best audio joke. No punchline is too nerdy for this crew.

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