The South West's Premier Music Expo
Date: Saturday 21st April 2012
Organisers: Sound Gallery StudiosInfo: 01392-495 301
Tickets: £8 (£6/concessions/students)
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Venue: Exeter Phoenix, Gandy street, Bradninch Place, Exeter, EX4 3LS.Time: 10:30am-5:30pm
Try out the latest technology, musical instruments and recording systems and most importantly speak to the experts about how to get the most out of this amazing equipment.
The following workshops and masterclasses are bookable in advance.
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A2D WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES
2011 WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES
COMPUTERS LIVE
- Reactable Live!: new ground-breaking technology using advanced digital effect processing, sampling and Djing combined with multi-touch technology interfaces. Starting from the concepts behind the Reactable, its interaction design, collaborative aspects and the visual feedback the whole set of objects and its interconnections will be explained and demonstrated live. The information given during the workshop can also be applied to the Reactable mobile application for iPad and iPhone.
- Soundbeam: Come and explore, interact, compose and perform individually and collectively with the 'invisible expanding keyboard in space', manipulating sound with physical movement, using this unique 'contact-free' sensor interface.
- Solarference: Vocal sampling and Live electronics: Learn how to sample and manipulate live sound for performance using microphones alongside laptops equipped with a unique piece of sampling software.
DIGITAL RECORDING
- AVID - PRO TOOLS 9. Explore the unlocked full feature set of pro Tools 9 and its production capabilities. Avid product specialists will be running 3 workshops:
1. A beginners guide to the Professional's DAW!
2. Pro Tools 9 - What's new?
3. Recording guitars and more in Pro Tools
- Studio S.O.S with SOUND ON SOUND magazine at Sound Gallery Studios: Surgeries and 1-1 sessions hosted by Paul White, Hugh Robjohns and Max Hodges The Experts in sound-proofing, acoustic design and more. Get the most from your home, budget or pro studio space...
- Recording and mixing clinic with Sound Gallery Studios sound engineers and producers covering mic placement, monitoring and digital recording using various software and hardware.
SOFT SYNTHS
- Dance Music Production Masterclass with Dave Amso/D-Product (sound engineer for Roni Size) in association with Time & Space. The session will focus on the whole process of producing a finished dance track including the engineering and mixing processes involved, covering: introduction to dance music production, drum mixing tips and tricks, big bass tips, vocal editing/mixing techniques, general mixdown tips and Q & A session.
GUITAR & BASS TECHNOLOGY
- Guitar set-up clinic Andy Rockett and Max Hodges show basic guitar set-up and maintenance techniques. Bring your guitar along!
- How to launch your career using New Media masterclass with Rob Chappers (aka Monkey Lord)
DRUM TECHNOLOGY
- Drum demo with Graig Blundell one of the most in demand session drummers and international drum clinicians in modern day drumming in association with Roland and Musicroom.
NEW DIGITAL MEDIA
Those groovy guys at SoundCloud are providing the facility on the day to record audio from the show and upload it to your SoundCloud group enabling you to share events with friends and family who are not at the show. So whether its the Music Industry panel, Reactable synthesis or a live performance from the cafe bar, others will be able to experience it and comment. (All you need is a free SoundCloud app and a smart phone).
Innovation and cutting edge software tools are the theme for this years A2D - OHMForce along with Sound Gallery will be showcasing the amazing OHMStudio - which allows you to seamlessly work in real time with other musicians to create music wherever they are in the world. (Exclusive beta software). Welcome to the 21st Century!
