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Chicago Area SMAART Training [message #283845]

Fri, 18 January 2008 21:38

Cory 'Rooster' McKinnon is currently offline

Cory 'Rooster' McKinnon
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There seemed to be quite a bit of interest in having a Chicago Area SMAART class in the Marketplace thread. I'd like to get this organized and make it happen.

All of you that have expressed interest and those that would be willing to travel to Chicago for a 2 day seminar please PM me with your email and I will contact you to exchange information and compile a class roster. We will need a minimum of 15 participants to make this work.

For proper planning we should probably look at dates starting mid March into April.

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"Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make clear"
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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training [message #283954 is a reply to message #283845 ]

Sat, 19 January 2008 18:03

Cory 'Rooster' McKinnon
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I currently have 12 names on the list as potentials. I would like to have 20 before we start making solid plans and booking travel, space, etc. This at least allows for those few that will have something come up and not be able to come.

Given the feedback from a couple of people regarding dates, it currently looks like we will have a window from April 1st to April 18th to have the training. I am thinking a Monday/Tuesday or Tuesday/Wednesday would work best considering the industry. This should get better rates for overnight stays and meeting space as well.

Please feel free to post dates that work or don't work so that we have the best chance of accommodating as many as possible.

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Joseph Joubert

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training [message #284025 is a reply to message #283954 ]

Sun, 20 January 2008 06:29

Vic Cowles
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Please put me on the list.

Thanks, Vic

soundfnlmx@hotmail.com

I have to keep my day job to pay for this one.

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training [message #284064 is a reply to message #284025 ]

Sun, 20 January 2008 10:44

Vic Cowles
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Darn, that was sposed to be a pm. Embarassed

(sent the pm)

I have to keep my day job to pay for this one.

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training - April dates [message #285143 is a reply to message #283845 ]

Wed, 23 January 2008 09:39

Doug Fowler
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Cory -

The audioseminars.com web site is updated with potential dates and some preliminary course information.

Let me know as things firm up.

BTW Harry Brill has agreed to assist - this should be an interesting class.

http://www.audioseminars.com

There is also mention of this in the audioseminars.com PSW forum at
http://http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/f/11/632/

Thanks for putting this together.

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training - April dates [message #285327 is a reply to message #285143 ]

Wed, 23 January 2008 19:06

Cory 'Rooster' McKinnon
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Thanks Doug.

This is what we have so far.

Tentative date scheduled for April 8-9.

Possible locations:
Holiday Inn NorthShore
5300 Touhy Ave
Skokie, IL

Irish American Heritage Center
4626 N Knox Ave
Chicago, IL

I have 24 names on the list right now. We will have to cap this class at 25. If there is anyone still interested above that I will start a wait/cancellation list.

Things you will need to bring:
Computer
Audio Interface
1/4"TRS to dual 1/4"TS insert cable(or dual XLR depending on your interface) or 1/4"TRS to 1/8"TRS (which you can plug into your line input jack)
Signal will be distributed via a headphone distribution amp utilizing 2 discrete unbalanced audio signals.

With the number of potential participants we should be able to keep the tuition down to $200 per person, but that is not confirmed yet.

It will be a loose format covering the basics of the software on Day1 and advanced applications on Day2.

More details to come as things get firmed up...

If you have anything to add or any corrections Doug please let me know.

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training - April dates [message #285488 is a reply to message #285327 ]

Thu, 24 January 2008 10:44

Doug Fowler
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Quote:

Things you will need to bring:
Computer
Audio Interface
1/4"TRS to dual 1/4"TS insert cable(or dual XLR depending on your interface) or 1/4"TRS to 1/8"TRS (which you can plug into your line input jack)
Signal will be distributed via a headphone distribution amp utilizing 2 discrete unbalanced audio signals.

We have the cables. Basically, we'll use a pair of mixer outputs to drive the headphone distribution boxes, and hand everyone a 1/8" input. We'll probably need a variety of turnarounds or other cables to really accomplish this. The headphone distro setup was first used (way) back when everyone had stereo line level inputs on their notebook computers.

Since that has gone the way of the dinosaur, we'll need to rethink how we're getting it into everyone's USB boxes, which obviously are all configured differently.

Anyone coming to class can take care of themselves by bringing a 1/4" stereo male to "whatever you need to get into your USB audio device cable".

IOW we'll figure it out, but if you can do this it's one less thing we'll have to do on the first day of class.

More info later - I will post this on the audioseminars.com forum here at PSW and on the audioseminars.com web site.

Thanks!

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training - April dates [message #285513 is a reply to message #285488 ]

Thu, 24 January 2008 11:40

Vic Cowles
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Will put April 8-9 on my calender to be there. Will watch for updates.

Thanks, Vic

I have to keep my day job to pay for this one.

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training - April dates [message #285518 is a reply to message #285513 ]

Thu, 24 January 2008 11:43

Doug Fowler
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Excellent.

Just a reminder: audioseminars.com is not hosting this, Cory is the host of this event.

thanks everyone....

www.audioseminars.com

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training [message #292199 is a reply to message #283845 ]

Mon, 11 February 2008 20:42

Cory 'Rooster' McKinnon
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Updated:

http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/30411/17942/

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Re: Chicago Area SMAART Training [message #292481 is a reply to message #292199 ]

Tue, 12 February 2008 15:03

HarryBrillJr.
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Cory 'Rooster' McKinnon wrote on Mon, 11 February 2008 20:42

Updated:

http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/30411/17942/

Thanks for making this happen Cory. As I told you and Doug, I was on a long run of gigs, and today finally have a chance to breath. back to work tomorrow!

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