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Audio Engineering Society Welcomes New President Andres Mayo

Taking over the leadership role from Dr. Sean Olive

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) welcomes new president Andres Mayo, taking over the leadership role from Dr. Sean Olive.

Mayo, the owner and senior mastering engineer at Andres Mayo Mastering and Audio Post in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will guide the AES through the coming year.

Mayo holds a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the National Technology University (U.T.N.) in Argentina. Since 1991, he has been a pioneer in the art of mastering, working with several facilities in Latin America as well as London, New York and Ludwigsburg, Germany.

In 1994, Mayo co-founded Mr. Master, the first pro mastering facility in Argentina, which later became Andres Mayo Mastering and Audio Post, offering full 5.1 mixing and mastering capabilities. With credits on over 2,000 albums, two GRAMMY Awards as a producer and six Carlos Gardel Technical Excellence Awards, he continues to set a high standard for the AES and for furthering professional audio advancements.

Additionally, Mayo has served as the AES VP for Latin America for two consecutive terms, co-chairing more than 50 AES events in the region, including the first Latin American Conferences in 2007 (Buenos Aires), 2008 (Mexico) and 2009 (Sao Paulo), as well as the first Latin Producers Panel, in Spanish, at an international AES Convention (AES137). And, he’s also served four years as chair of the AES Argentina Section and still serves the society as vice chairman of the Technical Committee for Recording Technology and Procedures (TC-RTP).

“I strongly feel that the recent L.A. Convention has been a resonant success in all aspects,” Mayo states. “With over 300 exhibitors and 350-plus presentations, workshops, tutorials and papers, not only have we proved that the AES is alive and kicking, but also that there is absolutely no convention in the world that can provide the audience with such a high level of education in all aspects of professional audio.

“My special thanks to executive director Bob Moses, co-chairs Michael MacDonald and Valerie Tyler, and an amazing team of over 50 people, for putting together the best AES Convention ever, and I look forward to serving as president as we expand the reach of the AES in the upcoming year.”

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