Allen & Heath has announced the sixth semester of its Mini Masterclasses, a series of free online interactive weekly sessions held every Wednesday at 9 am U.S. Pacific time focusing on “Installation Inspiration” and “Mix Mastery” core content tracks followed by Q&A and one-on-one office hours time.
Michael Bangs, a veteran with more than 20 years of experience as a monitor engineer and production manager for acts that include Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, George Strait, Katy Perry, Tom Petty, Kid Rock and many others, heads up the “Mix Mastery” courses. Samantha Potter, a long-time audio engineer and design consultant and senior contributing editor for Church Sound magazine and ProSoundWeb presents the “Installation Inspiration” track.
“These sessions have exceeded our expectations as far as overall interaction and interest level,” says Allen & Heath USA marketing director (and occasional course instructor) Jeff Hawley. “It seems that the format is a winner, especially the 25-minute ‘quick hit’ approach. We’re trying a few new things in semester six with the addition of guest lecturers, consultants and experts beyond Allen & Heath staff—should be fun.”
The latest semester program features a guest presentation from touring engineer Nic Monaco (MUNA) demonstrating an application of the built-in dLive Source Expander tool. Designed to offer increased gain-before-feedback and improved audio separation in live applications, Source Expander is part of the dLive’s suite of DEEP processing that embeds compressors and processing emulations directly within input and mix channels.
Go here to view more than two dozen archived Mini Masterclass sessions, an upcoming course schedule and registration details.
Upcoming schedule:
02/16/22, Michael Bangs – Mix Mastery: dLive V1.9 RTA Overview.
02/23/22, Samantha Potter – Installation Inspiration: Advanced Custom Control Setup.
03/02/22, Samantha Potter – Installation Inspiration: SQ Inserts Overview.
03/09/22, Michael Bangs – Mix Mastery: dLive Panning. LCR+, 5.1, and more.
03/16/22, Samantha Potter – Installation Inspiration: The AHM Family. AHM-16, AHM-32 and AHM-64.
03/23/22, Pat McConnell – Mix Mastery: Monitor Mixing from a Musician’s Perspective.
03/30/22, Kevin Madden – Allen & Heath Ecosystem Examples, Part 2.
04/06/22, Colin Studybaker – Mix Mastery: Riding the Wave(s), Configuring and Optimizing Console Effects.
04/13/22, Michael Bangs with Nic Monaco (MUNA) – Mix Mastery: Special ‘Source Expander’ dLive Session.
04/20/22, Samantha Potter – Installation Inspiration: AHM Software Overview.
04/27/22, Michael Bangs – Mix Mastery: Going DEEP with dLive Part 1.
05/04/22, Samantha Potter – Installation Inspiration: AHM Install Showcase, with Special Guests.
05/11/22, Michael Bangs – Mix Mastery: Going DEEP with dLive Part 2.
05/18/22, Samantha Potter – Installation Inspiration: AHM Ecosystem Overview.
05/25/22, Michael Bangs – Mix Mastery: Going DEEP with dLive Part 3.
