Sunday, 26 February 2012
Electro-Voice (Ev) product training & demo at Sound Engineering Academy
There is no need to introduce Ev range audio products for a person who is associated with Sound Engineering or those who follow the industry. It is one of the best in yet advanced and reliable means of audio devices in the world. The product range of Ev is being used by lots of sound engineers around the world.
Last week we at Sound Engineering Academy have introduced this worlds legendary pro-audio company in the campus. An exclusive product training has been organized for our students. The training session lasted for 2 days and covered topics from microphones to the cutting edge Line Array designing. Its was a great learing experience for our students in the most advanced audio technology.
Students and all Staff of Sound Engineering Academy takes this opportunity Thanks Ev India & Mr Gautham N D ( South India Sales In Charge).
Hk Line Array Set Up at Sound Engineering Academy
The image displayed above is the Hk Line Array being Set Up in Sound Engineering Academy. Sound Engineering Academy is the first institute in India to setup Hk line of array elements in its campus. We are proud that our students has got another excellent opportunity to get trained in one of the best audio elements in the world and increased their level of knowledge.
System Tuning & Drum Micking By Arun Madhavan
We at sound engineering academy believe that a student who is passing out from here must have a hands on experience on all the latest sound engineering techniques and equipments. Sound Engineering Academy have always organised interesting yet informational session for lifting the level of knowledge of the students. As part of this we have organised this session on audio system tuning and drum micking.
Advanced Mixing Techniques by KT Francis
SEA Students had 2 days advanced training on digital audio console for live sound reinforcement. The session was handled by the leading Sound Engineer Mr. KT Francis. The legendary yamaha digital mixing console series LS9-32 was used as the training board. The session was an excellent opportunity for the Students of Sound Engineering Academy to know more about the latest developments in the arena of advanced sound mixing. All the students of the academy has utilized this opportunity to get maximum knowledge from the expert regarding sound mixing. The tips shared by KT Francis were some of the best methods followed in the industry which has shed new light to unexplored arenas of sound mixing not only for students but all for the training staff in the Academy. Thanks again KT Francis for coming to Sound Engineering Academy and sharing your thoughts and ideas.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Yamaha HS-80 world class studio monitor speakers installed in Sound Engineering Academy's Mixing Studio
The new HS series reference monitors have been created by Yamaha's studio monitor engineering team to deliver exceptionally flat, accurate response that you can trust. Unlike "monitor" speakers with exaggerated bass and treble that make a good first impression but can't be relied on for accuracy, the HS series were designed to be true studio reference monitors in the tradition of the legendary Yamaha NS10M.
Overview
- 2-way bass-reflex bi-amplified near-field studio monitor
- 8" cone woofer and 1" dome high-frequency unit
- 42Hz - 20kHz frequency response.
- 120 watts dynamic bi-amplified power.
- XLR and TRS phone jack inputs accept balanced or unbalanced signals.
- Level control facilitates precise overall system level matching.
- MID EQ, ROOM CONTROL, and HIGH TRIM response control switches.
- LOW CUT switch.
- Full magnetic shielding
Features
High-performance Speakers and Mounting System
The elegant white-cone speakers used in the HS-series monitors deliver superlative audio performance that is further enhanced by a carefully engineered mounting system. A system of screws and a specially designed mounting ring eliminates spurious vibration and resonance, allowing the speaker to deliver its full sonic potential. Another feature that boosts woofer performance is a magnet selected to produce accurate, solid low-end response. The tweeter frames employ an advanced smooth-contour design that minimizes losses so that high-frequency details come through with remarkable accuracy. The extra thickness of the tweeter frame also minimizes resonance that can interfere with high-end clarity. The overall result is extraordinarily smooth, accurate response throughout the audio spectrum.
The Benefits of Built-in Power and Bi-amplification
Powered, bi-amplified monitor speakers simply make the most electrical and sonic sense, and that's why they have become the first choice of sound professionals the world over for near- and mid-field monitoring applications. In addition to the obvious advantage that you don't need separate power amplifiers, the fact that power and speakers are integrated in one unit means that the amplifiers can be perfectly matched to the characteristics of the speaker units used so you get consistently superior performance with any source in just about any listening environment. Bi-amplification means that separate power amplifiers are used to drive the low-mid and high-frequency speaker units, and this eliminates interaction between the units as well as the response and phase anomalies introduced by passive crossover networks. Both speaker units can function at optimum performance levels for correspondingly high overall sonic quality.
Large Magnets in an Advanced Magnetic Circuit Design
One feature of the HS-series monitors that you'll hear but are not likely to see is the extra large magnets. In combination with an advanced magnetic circuit design these magnets provide a powerful, uniform, tightly controlled flux field that results in exceptionally smooth response and dynamic capability over a wider frequency range.
Portable, Versatile Monitoring for Your Audio Workstation
All you really need for top-class stereo production capability is a good audio workstation and a pair of HS-series monitors. A system like this is not only portable and extremely easy to set up anywhere you need it, it can deliver outstanding monitoring performance that will let you get your mixes just right. The response-control features of these monitors let you tweak them for the best response no matter where you set them up.
Serious Surround Production
Although stereo is still the most common format for basic music listening, 5.1 surround has become the audio format of choice for today's advanced visual media, and is beginning to be recognized as a superior vehicle for pure musical enjoyment as well. But to properly mix and produce surround sound you need a good 5.1 monitoring system. The HS-series speakers and subwoofer are the perfect choice if you want competitive surround-monitoring performance without having to spend big-studio megabucks to get it. Combine five HS50M or HS80M powered near-field reference monitors with one or more HS10W subwoofers, and you're ready to produce and deliver state-of-the-art surround sound.
Optimum Response In Any Room
Speaker response can vary greatly depending on the size, shape, and surface acoustics of the room in which they're used, as well as how they're placed within that environment. The HS50M and HS80M give you extra room-matching and speaker placement versatility with ROOM CONTROL, MID EQ, and HIGH TRIM response control switches that are specifically designed to compensate for common acoustic deficiencies and monitoring needs. The ROOM CONTROL switch, for example, can be used to compensate for the unnatural low-end exaggeration that usually occurs when speakers are placed close to walls or in corners. The MID EQ switch gives you subtle midrange boost and cut options in addition to flat response, while the HIGH TRIM switch offer the same type of response-tailoring capability for the high frequencies.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
What makes a good sound engineer ?
Sound engineering is basically service provided to the customer. You offer your expertise for a certain amount of money and be some kind of transparent medium between the artist and the sound on tape. You have to have your own ideas which to present to the customer when needed, but follow THEIR ideas and think of the best way to record them.
What makes a good sound engineer ?
* Good ears
* Reliability is everything
* Good understanding of electric equipment in general and especially sound recording equipment
* Ability to make field repairs, if possible
* Very good knowledge of how to interact with HUMANS
- The movie-making species.
* Patient mind and will to always try something new
* Good self-discipline to keep gear in good shape
At Sound Engineering Academy we train our students to develop a career nurture their talents to become a creative and dedicated person in the field of Audio Engineering. The job of a Sound Engineer requires updated technical knowledge in the latest sound related equipment and a good discipline to keep gear in good shape. With the year long training in Sound Engineering Academy we impart those much needed skills to excel in the world of digital media.
Visit our website www.seaindia.in for more details about the academy and the courses offered by the insitution. Get trained for the most amazing yet a much demanding career opportunity for the most prestigious name in Sound Engineering Training in India. We are ISO as well as IGNOU certified.
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Nisha Gandhi Festival 2012
Nishagandhi Festival 2012 , seven day long cultural extravaganza will continue to spread the fragrance of classical dance and music at Ananathapuri by featuring some of the finest artistes across India for the next five days.
Friday, 20 January 2012
Sound Engineering Academy' Corporate Social Activity for young drummers in trivandrum
There was a news in a national malayalam newspaper daily regarding a team of drummers who have excelled in both revenue district school festival and district youth festival was unable to participate in the state school youth festival currently being held in Thrissur. Sound Engineering Academy's corporate social activities team headed by AR Vishnu who is the CEO and Director of Sound Engineering Academy was eager and willing to provide financial assistance as well as training facilities for these budding talents who has secured first position in district youth festivals.
Sound Engineering Academy has offered a traning session for these talented drummers in the academy's premises for about 3 days and given financial assistance for them to participate and perform in the currently undergoing state school youth festival in thrissur. These budding drummers who are residing in the rajaji nagar, chenkal choola of trivandrum didn't had adequate infrastructure and facilities for conducting their training sessions.
Sound Engineering Academy has offered a helping hand for Nithish, Sudheesh and his teamates who has secured first position in tripple jazz drum competition in district level. These young talents have participated in district level youth festivals without much training and secured prime positions.
According to suheesh and nithessh, it was the first time an academy or organisation is offering financial assistance and getting trained with the most modern and sophisticated sound equipments. During the training session the performance has been recorded live and previewed it. The drummers could review the stuff they have played and it was helping them to correct the errors which occured during live performance.
The CEO of Sound Engineering Academy is much delighted in offering assistance to these young talents and said that the academy has offered all the facilities of an international jamming studio for these budding talents to get trained. These young people will be performing in the state youth festival in the category of western tripple jazz competition.
Sound Engineering Academy and students of the academy wishes all the best for these performers in the youth festival and hoping for a better future for these talented artists.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Core MiDi Interface for iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad
iRig™ MIDI
iRig MIDI is an ultra-compact standard Core MIDI interface for iOS that connects any MIDI compatible device to the iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad®. iRig MIDI connects MIDI keyboards, drum machines, drum pads, pedal boards and more to an iOS device to control not only the included but also a world of MIDI-compatible apps such as GarageBand®. You can also use iOS apps to control external MIDI equipment such as sound modules, DAWs or lighting systems right from the mobile device.
iRig MIDI is the only compact iOS MIDI interface sporting 3 MIDI ports: IN/OUT/THRU. These connect to any standard MIDI jacks using the included 2 x 1.6m/5.2’ cables. iRig MIDI also has 2 LEDs for displaying the MIDI activity on the IN and OUT ports. iRig MIDI also exclusively provides a micro USB port – with included cable – that connects to any standard USB power supply source so that the iOS device can stay fully powered during long sessions.
Features:
Standard Core MIDI interface connects any MIDI hardware device to Core MIDI-compatible apps like SampleTank FREE and GarageBand®
Directly connect MIDI keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines, drum pads, pedal boards and more using the included 2 x 5.2’ (1.6 m) MIDI 5-pin DIN cables
3 MIDI ports: IN/OUT/THRU
2 LEDs for MIDI IN/OUT activity display
Micro USB port can charge the iOS device while in use
Free apps included*: SampleTank FREE* the powerful sample-based sound module app and iRig MIDI Recorder FREE*
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Recent Developments in Sound Engineering Academy
Project on Audio For Films by SEA
Students who are currently undergoing training in sound Engineering Academy is embarking on a new project which will be a prestigious one for both in students careers and also for the academy. In the previous batches of sound engineering academy, students have created various projects on different aspects and use of sound in the real world. This is the first time students are creating a project based on film sound production. As part of this endeavour, students will be shooting a film where in utmost importance will be given to sound and sound production. This film project is named as Broken Strings
Find more information about this project in http://soundsacademy.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-on-audio-for-film-by-sound.html
Young Business Entrepreneur Award for CEO of SEA
Sound Engineering Academy is been delivering training in the field of Sound Engineering since 2004. Mr. AR Vishnu who is the CEO and Director of SEA, Trivandrum kerala has dedicated his life and efforts in creating bright careers / future for students in the field of Sound Engineering Academy. In the previous sound engineering batches more than 90% of students has been placed in various TV Channels, FM Stations, Event Management companies and in various other sound related companies.
Mr. AR Vishnu has been awarded several times by various media channels and organisations in india for the contributions he has made to the media. Recently the Rotaty Club of Trivandrum Royal has awarded Mr. Vishnu with Young Business Entrepreneur Award of 2011. The certificate is given by Sri CN Balakrishnan, Honorable minister for Co-operation in the state of Kerala.
Visit the link http://soundsacademy.blogspot.com/2012/01/young-business-entrepreneur-award.html for more details and related images.
Other recent stories
Story of Sound Archive Collection by SEA - 194 National Anthems of various countries
http://soundsacademy.blogspot.com/2012/01/story-of-sound-archive-collection-by.html
First launch of Live- X ELX118P in Kerala and SEA
http://soundsacademy.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-launch-of-live-x-elx118p-in.html
A Video HK Elements by Sound Engineering Academy
http://soundsacademy.blogspot.com/2011/12/video-hk-elements-by-sound-engineering.html
Legendary Violinist Chidambaranath Visited Sound Engineering Academy
http://soundsacademy.blogspot.com/2011/12/legendary-violinist-chidambaranath.html
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Project On "Audio For Film" by Sound Engineering Academy Students
SEA's February 2011 batch students start the production of Project On "Audio For Film". The Short Film named "Broken strings" is a campus based subject. The Entire production & post-production will be handled by the students with SEA's funding. Its will be an one month project and the production is to be completed by 5 days. Audio post for film is their subject related area and the project assessment will be based on Dubbing, Sound Effects, Re-recording & Final Mixing.
We wish you all the very best for its successful completion.
We wish you all the very best for its successful completion.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Young Business Entrepreneur Award
A prestigious award for AR Vishnu and Sound Engineering Academy, Trivandrum, Kerala. The "Young Business Entrepreneur Award" of "Rotary Club Of Trivandrum Royal" is awarded to AR Vishnu, Director & CEO - Sound Engineering Academy by Sri CN Balakrishnan, Honorable minister for Co-operation government of Kerala.
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| Certificate of Award | Sri CN Balakrishnan, Honorable minister for Co-operation handing of the "Young Business Entrepreneur Award" to AR Vishnu. |
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| The Award Function. |
Friday, 6 January 2012
Story of Sound Archive Collection by SEA - 194 National Anthems of various countries
Click here to view the news video in You Tube
Sound archive is being created after extensive research conducted by Sound Engineering Academy. This rare collection of anthems is created for those enthusiasts who want to know more about national anthems of various countries. This sound archive fully created by the students in the live and sophisticated recording studio available in the academy campus. The academy hopes that this archive will be useful not only for those who are studying in the academy but also for the common man.
Holland has got the oldest national anthem, its name is "Wilhelmus", written between 1568 and 1572 during the Dutch Revolt, which became the official Dutch national anthem in 1932. Another Interesting fact about national anthem is that in Switzerland national anthem is written and sung in 4 languages.
In canada national anthem is written and sung both in English and French. With regard to canadian national anthem song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée wrote the music as a setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The lyrics were originally in French and translated into English in 1906.
Our neighbouring country Srilanka also has got national anthems in both Tamil and Sinhala language.
During the launch of this sound archive, Mr. A.R Vishnu, CEO Sound Engineering Academy Trivadnrum has stated that "The collection of national anthems of various countries is not a big task and it contributes only 50% of the whole process. The important thing is how the national songs of these 194 countries are normalized and converted to standard quality audio / output which can cater to all types of media and upload it on the website of Sound Enginering Academy. The whole process of creating this sound archive is happening in the academy studio and fully created by the students who are currently studying in the academy"
As a future venture in the creation of sound archives, Sound Engineering Academy has started the process of collecting voice of 500 eminent malayalee personalities of the century. According the Mr. A.R Vishnu the work with regard to this has already initiated and will be live in the near future.
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people and showcases the country's culture including its diversity. A national anthem is usually recognized by a nation's government as the official national song and archive created by Sound Engineering Academy will be a precious one for students as well as music enthusiasts.
News Video of Sound Engineering Academy's Archive Collection
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