DJ-ing on AES convention

[Screaming_Rabbit]

... might be interresting for all you DJs on this forum (I'm not  :)).

Just a reminder - there are only two days to go before the convention

starts!  To see all the specific details, please visit this URL:

<http://www.aes.org/events/118/>

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Live Sound Seminar Track:

New Activity on the 118th AES Convention

Barcelona, May 2005 - For the very first time, AES offers a continuous

seminar track throughout the whole Convention, dedicated exclusively to

Live Sound. Live Sound is such an important issue that it could not be

covered by a single workshop or a paper session. This is why AES has

organized a whole set of seminars about selected topics related to live

sound.

The Live Sound Seminars start on Saturday afternoon with a novelty, too:

The first and new topic for an AES event is DJ Mixing, giving a general

overview about the technologies used for DJ shows. Technical and

esthetical criteria will also be discussed as well as typical technical

problems, which can occur during DJ shows. This Seminar addresses

especially to a young audience.

The Live Sound Seminar track continues on Sunday morning with an event

about Loudspeaker Line Arrays. It will be held by John Taylor and Ralf

Zuleeg by d & b Audiotechnik. One of the main goals of this seminar is

to teach the attendees about line array technology. The session will

begin with a presentation about "De-mystifying Audio Techniques" and

will continue with a lot of practical tests and listening examples.

Also on Sunday, the session about Digital Mixing in Live Sound takes

place. It will explore the benefits and challenges in the use of digital

mixing consoles for live sound applications and is held by Terry Holton,

Yamaha.

On Monday, a Live Mixing Demonstration with In-Ear and Front of House

Monitoring of a concert is in the Live Sound hall. For this event, a lot

of in-ear systems are available so that each visitor can listen to the

in-ear mix! The show will be presented by two well-known professional

engineers. Wayne "Heights" Gittens is the Monitor Engineer of Herbert

Groenemyer, Xavier Naidoo, and many other high-profile German artists.

Oliver Voges works as Front of House engineer for German groups such as

4 Lyn, and Kelly Family. Besides, he is the FOH engineer of the Echo

Awards, one of the most important music awards in Europe.

On Tuesday, the Live Sound Seminar track closes with a presentation

about Remote Controlled Amplifiers and Equalization Systems.

All Seminars in this track will be held in one big room equipped with an

excellent PA system. "First we thought about putting the sessions into a

Pre-Convention day but then we realized that this day would have been

too short for all of the enthralling presentations", states Martin Wöhr,

the seminar chair. "AES and the supporting companies have not spared any

effort to prepare and equip the seminar room with state-of-the-art

technology. So this new activity will be a perfect chance to learn more

about PA and Live Sound. An activity which you shouldn't miss!"