Training Schedule for October 2006

Orbital Offers 4 × One & Two Day Training Sessions During October!



Automated Sound Playback Systems for Theatre and Live Events
Monday 23rd October
(£110 Per Person)

A one day course that will look at the various options for playback of sound effects and music using a computer. After a small amount of digital and MIDI theory, students will have hands-on sessions using SFX and CSC software. This will be followed by a session using Akai samplers with G-type software. This course would be an ideal accompaniment to the one-day course on digital sound desks.

Digital Sound Desks
Tuesday 24th October
(£110 Per Person)

Digital desks of all sizes are shown on this one day course. There will be hands-on sessions on major digital desks ranging from the smallest desk the Yamaha 01V96, ideal for automated sound effects playback, to the largest the Yamaha PM1D, now used on a large number of West End musicals. This course would be an ideal accompaniment to the one-day course in Automated Sound Playback.

Sound Fundamentals
Wednesday 25th & Thursday 26th October
(BECTU Sponsored
)
This two day course (only bookable via BECTU) deals with sound systems for theatre and the live entertainment industries. After an introduction to sound theory, there will be hands-on sessions dealing with the component parts of a sound system and how to interconnect them. The second day will feature more advanced topics such as the use of radio microphones, foldback and in-ear monitor systems. Each topic will initially be dealt with from a basic level and no prior knowledge is assumed.

d&b Electroacoustics Training - Sound System Design and Set-up
Friday 27th October
(Free Of Charge)

The focus of the day is on achieving intelligibility - if you're passionate about sound, then you want to get good quality, intelligible sound to every seat in the house. Most sound engineers have a good knowledge of the electronic signal path, but are less sure of the acoustic signal path between the loudspeaker and the listener's ears. It is this part of the signal chain that we'll be primarily looking at. A truly fascinating lecture with many practical demonstrations.