Syn-Aud-Con Real World Audio Education

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Sound Reinforcement For Technicians Seminar Course Overview

Studying "how it works" is the key to troubleshooting and setting the system up correctly.

This 2-day seminar covers the theory behind how systems work, and demonstrates how to use instrumentation to look "under the hood" to troubleshoot systems. Advanced topics such a crossover adjustments and equalization are presented in a technical, yet practical manner.

Learn what “tools of the trade” are needed by today’s audio professional. The principles presented in the Technicians course are built upon those presented in the “Core Principles of Audio” course. We strongly recommend the Core seminar as a prerequisite for Sound Reinforcement for Technicians.

What Will You Learn?

The inner workings of audio interfaces, including a practical exposure to voltage, current, impedance, power and other signal characteristics.

How to interface digital audio components.

How to select loudspeaker cables based on loudspeaker impedance and required cable length.

How to establish an optimum system gain structure using both “on the fly” and in-depth approaches.

How to know how much power you are feeding a loudspeaker, and how to stay below the loudspeaker’s power limits.

The proper use of peak and RMS metering to track audio signals.

How to figure out if you should run your power amplifier in dual-channel or bridge-mono mode.

The principles of grounding and shielding for quiet and safe interfaces.

The essential and common principles of all room measurement systems, enabling you to use any of them to their fullest potential.

An equalization strategy that gets at what you can fix, and avoids ”over equalizing” the sound system.

How to calibrate a loudspeaker signal processing chain, including crossover, equalizer, delay and compressor/limiter.

How 70 volt systems work, and how to make sure they’re working correctly.

Cost: $600

Who Should Attend?

This course is for those who install, configure and calibrate sound reinforcement systems.


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Great course with practical explanations! I have worked with audio for about five years. This class made what I have been doing for the last five years make sense.

SR for Operators/Technicans
AV installer/Project Manager/Univ. Tech Team
3-5 yrs experience


Pat is uniquely gifted with technical expertise. He has the ability to make the technically complex understandable and relevant, and a passion for sharing this insight with the pro-audio community. Congratulations for finding and embracing your gift. Brenda, thank you for keeping Syn-Aud-Con machine moving forward.

SR for Technicians
Contractor/Church Tech Team
15+ yrs experience

 

"Pat has great enthusiam which helps me stay focus. His visual aids and demonstrations double the learning curve for me. You guys rock."

SR for Technicians


 


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