New York, NY, Mar. 13, 2001 -- Surround Professional magazine and the Entertainment Technology Network have announced that a one-day Surround Sound Seminar will take place at the Las Vegas Country Club in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 22, 2001, just prior to NAB. The Seminar will be moderated by industry veteran Bobby Owsinski.

"Surround Sound is making its impact known on the audio front," said Owsinski. "From DVD-Audio and DTV, to Dolby Digital and DTS -- every producer and engineer must now understand the creative and technical challenges that will change the way they mix, edit and produce their audio recordings. Surround production is the biggest new opportunity for audio facilities and audio professionals -- from recording studios to broadcasters to post houses to sound designers and multimedia programmers."

This Surround Sound Seminar will feature a comprehensive, yet practical look at real world surround sound situations. The seminar is designed to answer all of the "How To..." questions that an engineer has before entering the world of surround. Among the subjects covered will include equipment requirements, speaker placement and calibration, different mixdown formats, media preparation, mixing on popular DAWs and coping with 96k and beyond. Attendees will also have the opportunity to get hands-on experience doing such necessary operations as speaker placement and calibration as well as an actual surround mixing session on both traditional consoles and workstations.

The topics covered include:

-- The different types of surround sound -- which is right for your project?
-- Equipment needed and how to choose it
-- The truth about 96k and the traps to avoid when using it
-- How to get extra surround mileage from your existing stereo console
-- What you need to know about authoring, pre-mastering and digital encoding
-- How to choose the right monitor system for your application
-- Fast and easy monitor calibration that works every time
-- The lowdown on bass management
-- The Monitor Controller: the most important part of your surround system
-- Why just any sub won't do
-- Mixing in surround: how the program guides your placement
-- Why different channel assignments exist
-- Why proper documentation is more essential than ever before
-- How to prepare your media to avoid problems down the line

One of the first to delve into 5.1 surround sound music mixing, Bobby Owsinski has worked on over 70 surround projects, movies and DVD productions for such diverse acts as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Paul Simon, Christopher Cross, Eddie Money, The Cars, Iron Maiden, The Chieftains, Todd Rundgren, and George Winston among many others. A principle in the industry leading DVD production house Surround Associates, he has also penned several hundred audio related articles for many popular industry trade publications and currently serves as West Coast Bureau Chief for Surround Professional magazine and a contributing editor to EQ magazine. He is also author of the best selling "The Mixing Engineer's Handbook" and "The Mastering Engineer's Handbook," both of which feature entire sections dedicated to surround sound mixing, mastering and asset preparation.

Registration fee for the Seminar is $245 per person in advance, $345 at the door. To register online visit http://www.surroundpro.com, or call (212) 378-0400, fax (212) 378-2145. For those interested in sponsoring the event please contact Margaret McFadden at (212) 378-0458.

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