DTV Audio Seminar Planned

Surround Professional, a trade magazine for engineers in the fields of film, video, broadcast, music, computer, games, web and theater, has announced its first annual Audio For DTV Seminar, scheduled for the day before the opening of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas, April 17, at the Alexis Park Hotel. The day-long event will mbe moderated by surround sound pioneer and Surround Professional founding editor Tomlinson Holman. Designed for broadcast audio engineers, post production mixers, and facility designers, the program will provide practical, hands-on advice on the production sound aspects of multichannel sound, sweetening and re-recording, equipment and facility requirements, audio production related aspects of the ATSC A/52 (Digital Audio Compression AC-3 Standard), as well as room acoustics and level settings. All attendees recive an exclusive reference workbook containing information available nowhere else, including the acclaimed AC-3 Coder parameter chart.Seminar price is $295 for registrants before March 15, 1999. Registration after that date is $445. Registrants will receive the workbook prior to the seminar. Half-hour, hands-on sessions are also available to a limited number of attendees for $145 per half-hour instruction. For registration information visit the Surround Professional Website at www.surroundpro.com or fax your request for more information to 516 767 1745.