Surround Professional And Dolby Announce 2nd Annual Surround Broadcast Seminar

One-Day Conference Returns To Las Vegas To Educate Broadcast Managers And Engineers On Transitioning into Surround Sound

4-Mar-05

Based on last yearís successful ìSurround Broadcast: Making the Transitionî seminar, CMP Information, Inc. (CMPi) and Dolby, Inc. have announced a second Surround Broadcast Seminar. Titled ìSurround Broadcast: Audio for the HD Revolution,î the event will be held in Las Vegasí Alexis Park on Sunday, April 17, 2005. A must-attend event for broadcast engineers and managers, the Surround Broadcast Seminar will allow attendees to gain the knowledge needed to confidently make the transition to surround. ìWith the transition to HD well underway, broadcasters will need to complete the experience for their viewers,î states Margaret Sekelsky, Producer of the event and Publisher of Surround Professional and Pro Sound News. ìThe only way they can do that is through surround sound. This seminar will provide all the up-to-date information and techniques they need to get the job done, and done correctly.î Some of the topics to be covered at the event include: - Surround workflow and infrastructure - The recipe for success includes consideration of studio interconnections, audio storage, Dolby Digital, Dolby E, metadata, and the transmission chain signal flow. Learn the common mistakes to avoid and troubleshooting techniques. - Surround monitoring- Speaker placement and calibration, small room acoustics, and surround metering. - Surround mixing - Effective use of the surround field, surround mixing ìdos and doníts,î and mixing for fold-down and portability, including discussions with leading sound mixers. - Practical miking for surround broadcasts. - Hardware and software for broadcast production. - Case studies from leading facilities and engineers. - The postproduction connection. In addition to the seminarís comprehensive panel discussions, attendees will also have the opportunity to experience the latest broadcast surround tools and to network with their peers in an amicable environment. Admission is $30 per person, which includes access to all the seminars and technology displays, as well as lunch.For more information, visit http://www.surroundpro.com

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