Seminar archive

Ear Opener - Composer Paul Clark on a musical lecture-adventure unpicks modern classical music - explaining the different varieties of modern classical music, and unpicking what often misunderstood terms such as serialism, minimalism and atonality are.
Computer Networking for Audio Professionals - Dom Bilkey examines in depth setting up computer networks for theatre and audio use.
Recording Sound Effects - John Leonard discusses various techniques for recording sound effects on location

CSC for Beginners - CSC's developer Richard Carter offers this introduction to using this playback software

NI Reaktor - Sound designer Donato Wharton offers a brief look at Native Instruments Reaktor synth

How to Foley - Foley Artist Tom Espiner demonstrates some of the techniques of creating sound effects with everyday objects

Introduction to RF - Shure's Tuomo Tolonen on the basics of radio mic technology

Keeping the performers onside - Panel discussion on earning and keeping the trust of performers

Pin The Radio Mic on the Actor - Zoe Milton demonstrates practical techniques of disguising radio mics on performers

Fundamentals of Acoustics - Duran Audio's Nick Screen goes through basic acoustic principals

Line Array Theory - d&b's Steve Jones looks at the basic principles of line array speakers

Delaying and balancing a sound system - Meyer Sound's Miguel Lourtie looks at ways to optimise a sound system for best performance

Beginner’s guide to Computer Networking - Dom Bilkey leads a seminar on computer networking, looking at the cables, connectors, switches and routers that can be used and explain the protocols that power them, and the problems that most commonly occur.

Audio networking - Yamaha's Wayne Powell leads this seminar on the various flavours of Audio Networking Protocols including Dante, AVB, Ethersound, and how best to implement them. 

Music: Rights, Wrongs & Wherefores - The National Theatre's Head of Music and freelance composer, Matthew Scott looks at sourcing and using music, from the different periods of music and where to find what you're looking for, to the copyrights and permissions involved.

DJ techniques - DJ Dan Savidge explains basic DJ techniques and ways to mix and edit music

Sound education - Gregg Fisher leads a discussion of what are the useful things to be taught for those entering the theatre sound industry

Creative Manipulation of Sounds - Sound designer Gareth Fry looks at ways of manipulating sound with a particular focus on Audio Ease's Speakerphone

Advanced QLab - A workshop looking at some of the more advanced techniques for programming QLab with sound designer Gareth Fry

QLab v3 seminar - Figure 53's Chris Ashworth with Gareth Fry look at the new features introduced in QLab v3

Using Radio Mic's in Theatre / Musical Sound System Design - Sound designer Gareth Owen discusses the variety of techniques for using radio mics with performers and sound system design for muscial theatre

Perfect Panto Sound - Sound designers Gareth Owen and Tom Lishman look at some of the techniques for obtaining the best sound under the unique circumstances of pantomimes, a lot of which is applicable to any small scale musical

Ableton Live for Theatre - Sound designer Gareth Fry takes us through the use of Ableton Live as a tool for sound design, and as a playback device for shows.