The workshop will be held in English and will focus on all aspects of a live gig, including planning and setting up the public address system, miking and frequency manage¬ment, and finally fine-tuning the monitor and FOH sound. Prominent sound engineers and event professionals will assist participants, while the band Rauschenberger will perform the live act. The Live Mixing Workshop is organised by Sennheiser Sound Academy and supported by co-sponsor Yamaha, the SAE Institute and Fischer Amps.
"What makes the Live Mixing Workshop so special is its practical orientation," explains Kirsten Wessendorf, manager of the Sennheiser Sound Academy. "Of course, we don't neglect the theoretical aspects, but anyone who has had the opportunity to plan frequencies themselves, or test different microphones for an instrument, is unlikely to forget what they've learned."
A team of professionals has been assembled to teach, including FOH engineer Oliver Voges, monitor engineer Wayne 'Heights' Gittens, frequency coordinator Svenja Dunkel, RF wireless expert Klaus Willemsen, public address specialist David Ludz and host Gregor Zielinsky.
The seminar programme deals with all the questions and problem areas that come up during a live gig: Where is the best location for a particular kind of speaker? How do I prepare everything for the line check? What microphone for which instrument? How do I calculate microphone and IEM frequencies? What types of filters and which effects round out the sound? The leaders of the seminar will take ample time for questions, and report on their many years of experience.
The Live Mixing Workshop can now be booked through Sennheiser Sound Academy. The number of participants is limited to 70, who will be divided into small groups for the practical sessions. Information and registration forms are available at www.sennheiser-soundacademy.com.
There's a special bonus in 2010: Fischer Amps will produce ear impressions of the participants at no cost and will give a 15% discount on IEM ear moulds and hearing protection.
(Jim Evans)
Caption : The international Live Mixing Workshop is coming to the MusikZentrum in Hanover
