Audio, Lighting & Video Seminars for Amateur Technicians
Resource Stage seminars are an opportunity for the part time technician, teacher or theatre enthusiast who wants to learn more about the technical aspects of shows and events.
We encourage all participants to come with the questions and real life experiences to add to the discussion forum.
Each month we discuss and explore the latest technology and techniques as presented by industry professionals.
Resource Stage Facts:
Who attends Resource Stage?
Since 2004, over 300 people have attended a Resource Stage seminar. These attendees come from schools, churches, theatres and are simply interested individuals looking to expand their knowledge. Everyone is welcome!
Where
Seminars are held in London and Sarnia.
When
7:00pm - approximately 2 hours long
Cost
$5 @ the door
Registration
Resource Stage has no registration requirements. Just show up at the door.
Who is Resource Stage?
Resource Stage is a service of Horizon Solutions and it's suppliers. Resource Stage's primary purpose is to connect you to industry leading technologies and techniques.
For more information on Resource Stage events, please feel free to call us at 1-800-698-8796, or email info@resourcestage.ca.
February 8th, 2012 @ 7:00pm
Lighting Effects & Moving Lights
More than just flash and wiggle!
Lighting Effects can mean a lot of different things depending on who you are and what you're trying to achieve. In a concert situation it may be strobes, lasers, LED walls and of course simply different coloured or moving lights. In theatre it can be similar. We often try to use lighting effects to create different types of mood or make something look either real or exaggerated. In this seminar we're going to look at effects you might use for theatrical performances and how they work. We're going to look at different ways to get the lighting effect result you want.
March 13th, 2012 @ 7:00pm
Microphone Techniques
Getting the most out of your mic.
Pete Miko
Professional Audio / Video Technician
It's not hard to plug in a microphone. People do it everyday. It's not hard to point a microphone at an instrument or vocalist's mouth and capture that sound. Again, everyday people do that. What's more difficult is to get the same result each time. It's more difficult and takes more thought, patience and listening to get the sound you want from the mic. For both live and recording applications the microphone location is the most important part of the process. What the microphone picks up is going to affect every other part of the performance as it is heard by the audience. This is so important we're going to spend an entire seminar looking at different micing techniques.
March 14th, 2012 @ 7:00pm
Microphone Techniques
Getting the most out of your mic.
Pete Miko
Professional Audio / Video Technician
It's not hard to plug in a microphone. People do it everyday. It's not hard to point a microphone at an instrument or vocalist's mouth and capture that sound. Again, everyday people do that. What's more difficult is to get the same result each time. It's more difficult and takes more thought, patience and listening to get the sound you want from the mic. For both live and recording applications the microphone location is the most important part of the process. What the microphone picks up is going to affect every other part of the performance as it is heard by the audience. This is so important we're going to spend an entire seminar looking at different micing techniques.
April 10th, 2012 @ 7:00pm
The Vocal Microphone Shootout!
Two Vocalists, a bunch of mics and your ears.
We get asked all the time to provide some sort of recommendation for vocal microphones. We can do that. We know what we like. But because microphones are such a personal thing we like to have people try them themselves. But that's not always practical. In this seminar session we're going to give two vocalists a bunch of microphones and we're going to listen. So bring your ears and sit back and listen as we go through some of the industry standards and some mics you've possibly never heard of before. This promises to be an interesting evening.