Analogue to Digital 2011

The South West's Premier Music Expo

Date: Saturday 21 April 2012

Organisers: Sound Gallery Studios. Info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / 01392-495 301 Venue: Exeter Phoenix, Gandy street, Bradninch Place, Exeter, EX4 3LS, UK.
Time: 10:30am-5:30pm

Tickets on sale now:

£8/£6 concessions/students

Sound Gallery Shop

Exeter Phoenix box office: 01392-667080 or on the door.

Recording and production show is set to hit Exeter once again, bringing with it more than 800 visitors and an impressive exhibitor line-up. Your ticket provides access across 3 FLOORS and 4 ZONES: Music Industry Panels, and Live Demos in the Main Auditorium as well Masterclasses, Workshops and Stalls in the Media Centre, Sound Gallery Studios and on the 1st Floor at Exeter Phoenix. Scheduled workshops and masterclasses are also bookable in advance and some are charged at an extra cost (See WORKSHOPS tab, limited spaces available).

A2D 2012 GENERAL INFO

Music Industry Panels
- Music Industry Panel 1: Technical advice and guidance with Paul White and Hugh Robjohns from Sound On Sound Magazine, Ted Fletcher, Roger Quested (tbc) and Martin Walker (Chair)

- Music Industry Panel 2: Music Industry Success with John Leckie, Simon Heyworth, Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree) and Roger O'Donnell (The Cure, Psychedelic Furs).

- Music Industry Panel 3: Making your Way in the Music Industry with Paul Gray (Musicians Union), Ville Leppanen (Animal Farm), Nick Tarbitt (Intergrity Records) and Lee Fletcher (Unsung Productions).

Companies Confirmed so far:
Analogue Systems, Native Instruments, 2twenty2 Agency, Time + Space, Shure, Yamaha UK, TFPro, Orchid Electronics, Quested Monitors, SKOOG more to follow ...

Masterclasses
The art of composing music for film trailers with composer Timo Baker (Universal, BBC, MTV, Sony Playstation) as featured in the Soundtrack International Film and Music Festival in Cardiff last year (organised in association with the Musicians Union).

Roger O’Donnell (The Cure, Psychedelic Furs) will be performing and demonstrating his solo live set-up with two Moog Voyagers and Ableton Live.

Workshops
Shure UK: re-amping workshop at Sound Gallery Studios.

A2D 2011 HIGHLIGHTS

Reactable Live! Workshops - The cutting edge of synthesis from Barcelona. MORE

Roger Quested surround sound suite - Masterclass & drop in suite featuring Quested 5:1 monitoring.

Studio SOS with Sound On Sound Magazine - Paul White and the team in the studio + SOS Q & A panel. MORE

Music Industry Panel - Featuring a truly legendary cast of musicians, Producers & Engineers. MORE

Roland Drum clinics with Craig Blundell - Back by popular request a truly awesome player. MORE

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EVENT PROGRAMME 2011
zone1
Cafe-bar/Foyer:
All Day: Musicians Union, Sound On Sound magazine, Broom Reid & Harris, Solarference, SoundCloud

Auditorium:
11:00-11:20 Reactable Live! demo
11:30-11:50 Eigenlabs demo
12:00-12:45 Sound On Sound Magazine Q & A panel.Guest Speakers: Paul White, Hugh Robjohns, Martin Walker & Max Hodges
1:00-1:30 Guitar set up & maintenance clinic with Max Hodges and Andy Rockett. Bring your guitar along!
1:40-2:15 Champan Guitars demo and masterclass on 'Making a Living as a Guitarist through using New Media' with Rob Chapman (aka Monkey Lord)
2:30-3:30 Music Industry Panel.Guest Speakers:John Leckie, Howard Jones, Roger Quested, Ted Fletcher, Paul Gray & Lee Fletcher
3:40-4:15 A2D PRIZE DRAW!
zone2
Edit 3:
AVID workshops on Pro Tools 9:
11:30-12:10 Beginner's Guide to the Professionals DAW
1:00-1:40 What's New in Pro Tools 9
2:30-3:10 Recording Guitars and more in Pro Tools 9 (Eleven Rack - Venom)

Edit 2:
All Day: AVID surgeries

Edit 1:
All Day: Quested Monitoring Systems, 5:1 Surround Sound Suite
1:00-1:45: Quested Monitoring Systems, Surround Sound masterclass

Black Box:
12:00-12:40 Reactable Live! workshop
2:00-2:40 Reactable Live! workshop
All Day: Sound Gallery Studios - Virtual Vincenzo - OHMforce studio

Media Centre Foyer:
All Day: Eigenlabs Demo Station
zone3
Dance Studio/Voodoo Lounge:
All Day: Affinity Audio, Allen & Heath, Arturia, IK Multimedia, Native Instruments, Rycote,
Shure Distribution, Silentpeaks, Sonic Distribution, Orchid Electronics, Yamaha UK.
12:30-1:00 Arturia - Spark demo
2:00-2:20 Allen & Heath - X One demo

Sonic Room:
11:30-12:10 Soundbeam workshop
2:30-3:10 Soundbeam workshop
12:30-1:15 Solarference workshop

Drama Studio:
All Day: Roland - V Drum - Musicroom
11:30-12:15 Roland - V Drum demo / clinic with Craig Blundell
1:45-2:15 Roland - V Drum demo / clinic with Craig Blundell
zone4
Control Room & Studio 1
All Day: Sound Gallery Studios - recording and mixing surgeries
12:15-12:45 Allen & Heath ZED R16 demo

Studio 1:
All Day: Sound Gallery, Mansons, Classic amps, Sontronics
1:15-2:00 Studio S.O.S with Sound On Sound magazine: Paul White, Hugh Robjohns & Max Hodges
All Day: FREE Digital Goodie- Bags!

Studio 2 :
All Day: Time & Space, Rob Papen, Sontronics, Spectrasonics
11:30-12:15 Dance Music Production Masterclass with Dave Amso (D-Product)
2:00-2:45 Dance Music Production Masterclass with Dave Amso (D-Product)

Please note that the event organisers strive to ensure that the programme proceeds as advertised, however, events and times can be subject to change or cancellation.

DIRECTIONS TO THE VENUE:

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A2D 2011 EXHIBITORS:

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VISITORS' FEEDBACK

'This was the nicest show I've been to in a long time... I sincerely hope it happens again next year and that more manufacturers support the show.' SOS Forum

'A2D is a lovely, user friendly show, a pleasure to attend both as punter and exhibitor. Much kudos to Jef and Jim at Sound Gallery for making the herculean effort to get this off the ground, and long may it continue to shine as an example to others.'Max Hodges (Forum Moderator at Sound On Sound magazine)

'a LOT LESS EAR STRESS, the spread out nature of the venue means that noise levels in each room are manageable.'SOS Forum

'The specialists are more approachable and can more easily demonstrate stuff on a one on one basis"
SOS Forum

"presentations were typically well delivered and clearly audible"
SOS Forum

"the bar prices were not unreasonable either.... parking for the whole day was a fiver, and Exeter isn't actually that far really"
SOS Forum

"Thank you so much for donating the fantastic Total Guitar & Bass bundle for the Analogue To Digital Music Expo on the weekend, I was so chuffed to win it! It's great to have this kind of event happening on my doorstep."raffle winner

"big up to those manufacturers who've had the optimism to support this fledgling event... lets hope it's a success and there are more in future years"SOS Forum

"Just a quick thank you, to you, and all your crew, from Affinity Audio and Quested for putting on a very smooth running show, I trust is was deemed a success by one and all, and we look forward to the next one in 2010!!

"We just wanted to thank you and your colleagues for a very successful event. We were very impressed with the number of people who came and were delighted with the response that we received for our T-Racks sessions"
IK Multimedia UK

"We were very pleased with the response and overall turnout and, if you are planning a similar event next year then please feel free to let us know. Many thanks for your hard work and support!"
Yamaha Music (UK) Ltd

"Thank you for inviting us we all enjoyed it. Bigger and better next year"
Time & Space

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