With a full schedule for the inaugural AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live &
Studio now online at both the AES and NAMM websites, participants will be able to
review the rich and varied educational program and select technical and training
sessions they would like to attend. The four-day international symposium from the
Audio Engineering Society, which will be held at the 2018 NAMM Show from January
25-28 in Anaheim, CA, is targeted at working professionals in the live sound,
recording and performance-audio communities. The program comprises a series of
Training Academies and related sessions on line-array technologies, live-sound mixing
consoles, wireless systems, in-ear monitoring and recording studio environments, in
addition to tutorials on system measurement and optimisation, plus a selection of
technical papers in related fields. Classes will be held at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel’s
NAMM U Education Centre, adjacent to a new pro-audio exhibit space.

In addition to the Line Array Loudspeaker Academy, with program supporters
Adamson, Bose Professional, dB Technologies and EAW, the Live Mixing Console
Academy with QSC and Yamaha, and Entertainment Wireless Academy with
Lectrosonics and Sennheiser, stand-out tutorials and workshops include Main Stage:
Studio, Main Stage: Live and Sound System Measurement & Optimization. Other
symposium supporters and technical participants in The Studios sessions include
Apogee, DigiGrid, Digital Audio Denmark, Eventide, Focal, Genelec, Meyer Sound
Laboratories and Waves/Soundgrid.

Main Stage: Live sessions will cover contemporary live sound-system mixing and
concert system engineering, with support and participation from top-tier rental sound
company owners and leading FOH mixers. Individual presentations and technical
tutorials will be offered on live digital mixing console automation, virtual soundchecks,
low-frequency management in live concert venues, world-tour logistics and more, as
well as daily panels on other popular live-sound topics. During the four days of
sessions, participating expert speakers joining veteran FOH host Robert Scovill include
Rat Sound founder Dave Rat, Sound Image president Dave Shadoan, ATK/Audiotek
president Michael MacDonald, and several surprise guests. Pat Baltzell of Baltzell
Audio Design will reveal details of his experiences mixing live entertainment segments
for the Superbowl halftime shows. The unique challenges of co-mixing FOH for the
Sting/Paul Simon Tour will be highlighted by Coach Conner (FOH, Paul Simon) and
Clair Global senior system engineer Howard Page (FOH, Sting).

Hosted by producer/engineer/author Bobby Owsinski, Main Stage: Studio
presentations occur hourly during all four days from such industry experts as Andrew
Scheps, Sylvia Massy, Gavin Lurssen, Richard Chycki, Scott Gershin and many more.
Topics range from Outside-the-Box Recording Techniques and Virtual Microphones to
Alternative Studio Design and DIY Projects; they also focus on business, social media
and creativity topics.

Sound System Measurement & Optimization Workshop, hosted by John Murray of
Optimum Systems, will include breakout classrooms on AFMG’s SysTune, Rational
Acoustics’ Smaart and Studio Six Digital’s Audio Tools. Sessions include Bruce Olson
addressing Delay Fill Alignment, Charlie Hughes’s famous Subwoofer Series, Jamie
Anderson on Multi-Mic Measurement, Chris Tsanjouries on Crossing the Art/Science
Line and Andrew Smith on Choosing the Right Frequency Analyser.

“This unique, new Audio Engineering Society AES@NAMM Symposium will spotlight
the application of audio science and technology to sound-system operations, along
with studio workflow practices,’ emphasises AES president David Scheirman. Advance
registration costs are $99 for a full-day session or $69 for a half-day session; prices
for non-AES members are $129 and $89, respectively. Non-members are encouraged
to join the Society before purchasing Access Passes for the symposium program to
receive the discounted price.

“We’re pleased to be a part of the inaugural AES@NAMM programming at The NAMM
Show 2018,’ says Marc Weber, director of product and brand management with
Adamson Systems Engineering. “NAMM’s effort to boost the live-performance audio
presence at this year’s show is very encouraging.’ “Bose Professional will be providing
hands-on training for our compact line array assembly with DeltaQ technology, along
with details of our collaboration with Powersoft’s DSP and amplification platform,’
adds Jeff Lange, the firm’s global loudspeaker trainer.

The equally important Social Events Program includes “Live Sound, Lessons Learned,’
a Press Invitational that will honor the memory of Audio Analysts’ Albert Leccese on
Thursday; an AES@NAMM Student Mixer on Friday; and a Saturday cocktail reception
honoring women working in professional audio, organized by the Society’s new AES
Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

The Technical Papers Sessions of peer-reviewed papers that are standard fare for such
AES gatherings will be book-ended by Chinese-language sessions on selected pro-
audio topics curated and presented by Bing Li, who chairs the AES Guangzhou
Professional Section, together with Xiaowei Fan, lecturer on acoustics at
Communication University of China, Nanjing College. Spanish-language sessions on
studio recording workflow processes will also be presented and curated by Juan de
Dios Martin, an experienced producer/engineer and Avid Pro Tools practitioner.

The entire schedule of nearly 300 sessions can be accessed here: https://w
ww.namm.org/thenammshow/2018/events/education/aes