WAMCon is back for another year of immersive experiences featuring top leaders in the industry – including award-winning music producers, recording engineers, songwriters, beatmakers, and record executives involved in making the music you love the most!

This year’s workshops and discussions focus on live sound and cover topics like recording techniques, mixing, mastering, vocal production, songwriting, beatmaking, the music business, music licensing, and more. ⁣

WAMCon 2025 will be held on Sunday, October 26th, at the world-famous Village Studios in Los Angeles, CA – more details to come! Click here for more information.

GameSoundCon, the largest professional conference for video game music and sound design, returns this fall for both in-person and online attendees. The event will take place at the Marriott Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, CA, on October 28–29.

Following a record-breaking year in 2024 with over 1,100 attendees, organizers are optimistic about surpassing that milestone in 2025. With an unprecedented number of speaker submissions already in, expectations are high. Securing a speaking spot at GameSoundCon is a coveted achievement among composers, sound designers, and audio tech professionals. Speakers this year include industry leaders such as GRAMMY nominee Wilbert Roget II, Mason Lieberman, GRAMMY nominee Austin Wintory, Akash Thakkar, Peter McConnell, Nadia Wheaton, GRAMMY winner Gordy Haab, and Katherine Tole.

Attendees can also participate in three popular “Demo Derbies” focused on Music, Sound Design, and VO (Voice Over), where expert panelists provide live feedback on submitted work. A special Deep Dive session will highlight an upcoming major game release, with five in-depth talks exploring its music, sound design, and dialogue production.

Conference tracks will span a wide range of focus areas including: Music, Sound Design, Technology, Dialogue, Business & Career, Game Audio Education, Game Audio Studies, Game Audio Research, and VR.

In-person ticket prices remain unchanged for the seventh consecutive year. Early Bird pricing is available until September 1, offering significant discounts for both in-person and online attendees.

Register here: https://www.gamesoundcon.com/registration

Alan Meyerson Dolby Atmos Masterclass

Join Alan Meyerson, one of the world’s leading immersive mix engineers, for a five-day Dolby Atmos score mixing masterclass in Paris from November 3-7.

The Grammy award-winner has reshaped the sound of contemporary cinema, having mixed the iconic soundtracks for Dune, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean and more. Demonstrations of Alan’s approach to mixing orchestral soundtracks in Dolby Atmos thanks to the certified room at Rue Boyer Studios.

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IMSTA FESTA Atlanta | SAE Institute | Nov 8, 2025

Join IMSTA (Intl. Music Software Trade Assoc.) and SAE Institute Atlanta as they host IMSTA FESTA, a celebration of music technology packed with Panels, Workshops & Master Classes, Song Reviews, Demonstrations and more. Hosting industry experts in an environment where music-makers can network, interact and learn with each other face-to-face, this annual one-day event is not to be missed. IMSTA FESTA is a FREE event open to everyone in the music making community!

Admission is FREE with REGISTRATION.

Also FREE Breakfast for the first 100 visitors starting at 10:30am.

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Fall Pro Tools Certification (PT101 + PT110) | Hybrid (SF/ONLINE): Women’s Audio Mission is an Avid Learning Partner

The certification is the Avid Certified User for Pro Tools, providing an industry-recognized credential for both academic users and industry professionals.

Join us in San Francisco OR virtually via Zoom to boost your audio skills.

Becoming an Avid Certified User for Pro Tools at WAM verifies that you possess a fundamental understanding of and the capability to use Avid Pro Tools to engineer a project through to completion, with all of the fundamental operational skills to record, edit, mix, and output the finished session.

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November 14-15, 2025 at The Midway, San Francisco

More than 750 artists, producers, and creatives will gather for inspiration, mentorship, and hands-on access to the tools that advance music careers.

Music Expo, San Francisco’s premier conference for modern music makers—presented by Focusrite Group and in association with Sound On Sound Magazine—returns November 14–15, 2025, with expanded programming and a new home at The Midway SF, one of the city’s top destinations for music, art, and culture. Music Expo 25 will welcome over 750 attendees to learn from award-winning DJs, producers, artists, engineers, songwriters, industry tastemakers, and leading technology brands.

PROMO CODE for Gearspace readers: use code GEARSPACE15 on checkout for 15% off on all tickets (1-Day Pass, 2-Day Pass, 2-Day VIP Pass).

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For more information please visit: musicexpo.co

Join Women’s Audio Mission for Re-Recording Mixing for Film & TV featuring Kate Finan of Boom Box Post! This in-depth post-production sound workshop will cover the basics of the re-recording mixing process and will include an interactive mixing session where attendees will have the opportunity to work at the console and workstation to mix in sound elements and experience the tools and process.

We will end with a Q&A session in which attendees may ask follow-up questions regarding mixing or receive career advice.

Presenter: Kate Finan, Supervising Sound Editor, Re-Recording Mixer, and Co-owner of Boom Box Post

Event Info:
Date: Monday, November 17, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Boom Box Post, 520 South Verdugo Drive, Burbank, CA 91502

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For years, the leading car manufacturers have been enhancing the driving experience with great audio capabilities. Complementing other features like tactile screens, haptics, and ambient lighting, immersive audio content is now being created to play exclusively in these environments. In this panel, Andreas Renhorn, Brian Caiazza and Andreas Ehret will present the challenges of bringing top-quality audio experiences to iconic carmakers such as Volvo, Lincoln and Ford.

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