… might be interresting for all you DJs on this forum (I’m not :)).
Just a reminder - there are only two days to go before the convention
starts! To see all the specific details, please visit this URL:
<http://www.aes.org/events/118/>
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Live Sound Seminar Track:
New Activity on the 118th AES Convention
Barcelona, May 2005 - For the very first time, AES offers a continuous
seminar track throughout the whole Convention, dedicated exclusively to
Live Sound. Live Sound is such an important issue that it could not be
covered by a single workshop or a paper session. This is why AES has
organized a whole set of seminars about selected topics related to live
sound.
The Live Sound Seminars start on Saturday afternoon with a novelty, too:
The first and new topic for an AES event is DJ Mixing, giving a general
overview about the technologies used for DJ shows. Technical and
esthetical criteria will also be discussed as well as typical technical
problems, which can occur during DJ shows. This Seminar addresses
especially to a young audience.
The Live Sound Seminar track continues on Sunday morning with an event
about Loudspeaker Line Arrays. It will be held by John Taylor and Ralf
Zuleeg by d & b Audiotechnik. One of the main goals of this seminar is
to teach the attendees about line array technology. The session will
begin with a presentation about “De-mystifying Audio Techniques” and
will continue with a lot of practical tests and listening examples.
Also on Sunday, the session about Digital Mixing in Live Sound takes
place. It will explore the benefits and challenges in the use of digital
mixing consoles for live sound applications and is held by Terry Holton,
Yamaha.
On Monday, a Live Mixing Demonstration with In-Ear and Front of House
Monitoring of a concert is in the Live Sound hall. For this event, a lot
of in-ear systems are available so that each visitor can listen to the
in-ear mix! The show will be presented by two well-known professional
engineers. Wayne “Heights” Gittens is the Monitor Engineer of Herbert
Groenemyer, Xavier Naidoo, and many other high-profile German artists.
Oliver Voges works as Front of House engineer for German groups such as
4 Lyn, and Kelly Family. Besides, he is the FOH engineer of the Echo
Awards, one of the most important music awards in Europe.
On Tuesday, the Live Sound Seminar track closes with a presentation
about Remote Controlled Amplifiers and Equalization Systems.
All Seminars in this track will be held in one big room equipped with an
excellent PA system. "First we thought about putting the sessions into a
Pre-Convention day but then we realized that this day would have been
too short for all of the enthralling presentations", states Martin Wöhr,
the seminar chair. "AES and the supporting companies have not spared any
effort to prepare and equip the seminar room with state-of-the-art
technology. So this new activity will be a perfect chance to learn more
about PA and Live Sound. An activity which you shouldn’t miss!"