- Sound System delay and zoning, run by Seb Frost, whose credits include the Tony nominated Sunday in the Park with George (West End & Broadway),
- Creative Manipulation of Sounds, run by Gareth Fry, winner of two Olivier Awards and Soundscape Designer of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics.
- Recording Sound Effects, run by the legendary John Leonard.
Sound System Delays and Zoning
Sunday 9 September, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Seb will be demonstrating how to best set delays on a sound system to create natural sounding reinforcement or great sounding amplification; how to create delay zones so that a performers voice sounds like it is coming from where they are standing, not from the speaker system, using equipment that pretty much most theatres have access to, and some of the more high-tech kit too!
Seb Frost has designed over 400 projects from artistic installations, large scale public events, temporary and permanent exhibitions, West End and Broadway theatre, to awards ceremonies and other live events around the world. In 2008 he received the first ever Best Sound Design of a Musical Tony Award nomination for Sunday In The Park With George on Broadway.
Creative Manipulation of Sounds
Monday 10 September, 11.00am - 12.00pm
Gareth will demonstrate some of the techniques he uses to mangle and process sound effects, whether to make a sound effect sound more distant or to create something weird and wonderful.
Gareth Fry is an award winning sound designer best known for creating work for leading UK theatre directors such as Katie Mitchell and Complcite's Simon McBurney. He is chairman of the Association of Sound Designers. He won the 2007 Olivier Award for "Waves" at the National Theatre, for which he was described by The Guardian newspaper as "visionary". He won the 2009 Olivier Award for National Theatre of Scotland's much lauded "Black Watch". His work includes 18 productions at the Royal National Theatre, 13 at the Royal Court and countless more at venues such as the Donmar Warehouse, Old Vic, Young Vic and in the West End. He has worked extensively internationally, including New York, Berlin, Cologne and Dublin. He was the Soundscape Designer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Recording Sound Effects
Tuesday 11 September, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
John will take you through the basics of his effects gathering process, microphone techniques and equipment choices and he'll share some of the tips, tricks and pitfalls of location recording. Oh, and there may well be freebies...
John Leonard started recording his own sound effects in 1972, having grown tired of the BBC sound effects records in general and Merton College clock in particular, although he seems to be in minority with regard to that one. Over the past forty years, he has continued to record wherever and whenever he can and his equipment set-up has grown and changed steadily in that time, from reel-to-reel, through cassette, DAT, computer interface and finally to specialist recorders . Alongside his work as a theatre and exhibition sound designer, he has supplied effects to many other practitioners in theatre, film and television and his effects libraries are much sought after. Charles Maynes, one of the most respected effects recordists in the film world wrote of John's 'Voice Of Poseidon' Sea & Water Effects library "Absolutely awesome - fantastic work all round."
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