SoundGirls L-Acoustics Grants Awarded
SoundGirls L-Acoustics Grants
Congratulations to the 2023 SoundGirls that have been awarded L-Acoucstic Grants. We wish you all the best and thank L-Acoustics for providing these grants.
Congratulations to the 2023 SoundGirls that have been awarded L-Acoucstic Grants. We wish you all the best and thank L-Acoustics for providing these grants.
L-Acoustics is offering 4 grants for courses in the L-Acoustics Education Program. The Education Team has structured the grants to relate to certain job profiles to help the recipient advance their knowledge and skills in their respective fields:
These grants focus on offering access to in-person training via our packaged seminars. For in-person attendance of courses, hotel accommodations are included with the grant. Grant recipients are responsible for any additional travel expenses. If the recipient is unable to attend an in-person training within 4 months before the grant expiration date or the recipient demonstrates a financial hardship with attending an in-person training, the recipient will be offered online training options instead.
Prospective candidates must be members of SoundGirls and have until September 1, 2023, to submit their application. Winners will be announced on the website and social media by September 30, 2023. Candidates can only apply for one choice of grant.
The recipient can choose to attend the courses at any time within the 1-year time frame starting from the time of being informed of their award.
This grant consists of enrollment in the following courses in the L-Acoustics Education Program:
System & Workflow
Establish your role in the L-Acoustics ecosystem and align your practice with the latest tools and state-of-the-art workflow
K System of choice (K1, K2, K3, Kara II, or Kiva II) or L2 Training
Recognize the standard configurations of the benchmark Kx or L2 system and gain hands-on experience rigging and listening to them.
L-Acoustics System Implementation
Advance your skills in implementing a safe and functional L-Acoustics system and prepare it for calibration.
This grant aims to empower the trainee to learn how to mount, rig, cable, and connect an L-Acoustics system.
It also aims to give the learner knowledge of:
Completion of the courses in this grant includes 1-year access to the L-Acoustics Education Platform learning community and content for all the courses.
The recipient requires prior completion or concurrent enrollment to System & Workflow, or previous completion of System Fundamentals. This grant consists of enrollment in the following courses in the L-Acoustics Education Program:
Soundvision
Learn the most advanced software functionalities for 3D venue modeling, system simulation, and line source optimization.
Drive System
Master the configuration, control, and monitoring of an L-Acoustics system from the source output to the loudspeaker inputs.
M1-P1 Measurement & Tuning
Learn how to record measurements with the P1 processor and how to perform a loudspeaker system tuning with the M1 software.
This grant aims to empower the trainee to learn how to design and calibrate an L-Acoustics system. It also aims to deepen the learner’s understanding of:
Completion of the courses in this grant includes 1-year access to the L-Acoustics Education Platform learning community and content for all the courses.
The recipient requires prior completion or concurrent enrollment to System & Workflow, or previous completion of System Fundamentals. This grant invites the recipient to attend all the L-ISA-focused courses from L-Acoustics Education:
L-ISA Technology
Start your immersive journey with an overview of the L-ISA Technology from loudspeaker system design, object-based mixing, immersive audio algorithms to project workflow.
L-ISA Loudspeaker System
Master key system engineering steps in planning and deploying L-ISA systems: loudspeaker system design, implementation, and calibration. The grant allows access to online or onsite training for this course.
L-ISA Live Mixing
Create an immersive live mix, directly from your desk input channels or from an original left-right mix.
L-ISA Preproduction
Learn and experience the preproduction process of an L-ISA live event from the studio to the venue, anticipating the constraints of the large scale.
This grant empowers the trainee to design, implement, and calibrate an L-Acoustics L-ISA system. This grant also empowers the trainee to prepare, encode, and control objects in an L-ISA mix as well as create a mix in L-ISA when walking up to an L-ISA system with or without preproduction. It also aims to deepen the student’s understanding of:
Completion of the courses in this grant includes 1-year access to the L-Acoustics Education Platform learning community and content for all the courses.
This grant consists of enrollment in the following courses in the L-Acoustics Education Program:
Variable Curvature Line Source
Perfect your understanding of line source behavior to optimize your mechanical design and use of electronic settings.
Loudspeaker System Calibration
Develop a comprehensive approach to calibration in the entire workflow of a project.
This grant aims to empower the trainee to advance their understanding of system optimization as well as to learn about:
Completion of the courses in this grant includes 1-year access to the L-Acoustics Education Platform learning community and content for all the courses.
SoundGirls Members have the chance to receive a 2,000€ scholarship provided to SoundGirls members from Mix With The Masters.
There is one scholarship available for the week-long session with Grammy and Multi-platinum Producer/Mixer Craig Silvey. (Travel and remaining tuition balance not included)
This is a week-long seminar valued approximately at 4,000€ and includes lectures and workshops, accommodation within the mansion, catering (breakfast, lunch, dinner) the fitness room, swimming pool, and shuttles from Avignon to the studio. (Travel and remaining tuition balance Not Included)
You must have an advanced understanding of audio and work as producer/mixer/engineer to attend Mix with the Masters.
Session Dates: May 20 -26, 2022
Deadline to apply is April 17th
You are responsible for Travel to France and the remainder of the balance to Mix with the Masters.
Session Includes
Craig Silvey is a London-based record producer and mix engineer from the Bay Area of northern California.
He first set foot in a recording studio as the keyboard player of a high school band. The facility was owned by his bandmate’s father, who allowed the use of his equipment but wouldn’t go as far as operating it for the group. Silvey was keen to accept the challenge.
He soon became an apprentice engineer at Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco, taken under the wing of George Massenburg. In the early ‘90s, Silvey progressed to working at Skywalker Sound for Lucasfilm, where he got involved on records and movie projects for Mariah Carey, Linda Ronstadt, Jennifer 8, and Rising Sun.
In 1994, he co-founded Toast Studios in San Francisco, where he worked with a diversity of artists including R.E.M., Money Mark, and Suzanne Ciani. In 1998, Silvey moved to London, basing himself initially at Konk Studios and then The Garden. His reputation as a top-flight mixer began to grow as he completed landmark projects such as Portishead’s ‘Third’ and Arcade Fire’s ‘The Suburbs’.
He has since mixed records by Arctic Monkeys, Bryan Ferry, Florence + The Machine, The National, and Noel Gallagher. As a producer, he has worked with Baxter Dury, Bear’s Den, and John Grant.
The process of greatness fostering greatness has long been recognized and is the reason why masterclasses are organized. The Mix With The Master’s seminars is part of this tradition, offering an exchange of in-depth first-hand studio experience and knowledge that is unparalleled and not available anywhere else. Each seminar is conducted by one of the world’s top music mixers and producers, ready to share their professional secrets with a select group of a maximum of 14 carefully-screened, professional-level participants, who come from all over the world.
One factor that contributes to the enormous success of the seminars is that all tutors support the general MWTM ethos, which is about the love of music, music technology, and want to help others. Participants also are in part selected on displaying similar, positive attitudes. The fact that the seminars last a full week is another major contributory factor because it offers tutors the time and space to go into real depth, and the participants the opportunity to spend a prolonged time watching a master at his peak, and to ask any question they can think of.
The tutors share exclusive, insider information on any subject: detailed technical knowledge, how to run sessions, how to handle artists, how to manage a career, the right attitude, how to remain successful, and more. The tutors also assess the work of the participants, by listening to their mixes and mixing recording sessions that they bring, and providing extensive feedback to each participant on where they are at, and how they can get to where they want to be. This is invaluable and offers participants wanting to become world-class professionals in their own right a unique advantage.
Another primary factor in making the MWTM seminars exceptional is that they take place at La Fabrique, a large, comfortable, high-end recording studio located in a picturesque historic building, surrounded by huge, lush grounds, and set in the south-east of France in one of the world’s most beautiful environments. The secluded and idyllic location offers the participants and tutors a lot of space to relax and recharge, far away from the hustle and bustle of daily life and the all-demanding intensity of their regular professional environments.
Because the courses are residential, the participants and tutors work, eat, socialize, and sleep in the same environment. While tutors, and participants, will at times opt to retire to their private quarters, there is ample opportunity for social interaction outside of the studio environment. Participants interact extensively with each other and the tutor, making it easier to assimilate the intangible qualities necessary to be successful at the highest level—presence, focus, social skills, intelligence, creativity, the right attitude, and so on.
In short, for seven days participants can experience mixing with a master in both senses of the phrase, mixing and interacting with them. Get more information about Studio La Fabrique
Assume you are up against 30-50+ other applicants. It’s worth putting in your best effort. When most applicants follow directions exactly or give thorough answers to questions, the ones who didn’t will probably be passed over.
A scholarship application is about showing your best, but it’s also about showing financial need. It’s ok, to be honest about the reason you could use financial support and how you would benefit from it.
For students, judges are looking for signs that your career will go beyond your education. This can be shown through your extracurricular activities, experience, etc. Share your plans, not just dreams.
If submitting files, make sure your file name includes your full name and details about what it is (resume, essay 1, etc). Use the same formatting if there is more than 1 doc submitted (for example, “First Last – Essay”, “First Last – Resume”). Make sure the name you use in your application matches the name in the documents you are submitting.
If a scholarship has 50 applicants and two pages of essays, that’s 100 pages of reading for judges (sometimes it can be more). The first couple of paragraphs are crucial, so if you have something important to get across, put it very early on.
Make sure you directly answer the questions being asked. Personal stories are ok as long as they are completely relevant to the question.
Certain things are going to be a given, like that you love audio, you’re passionate about it, that you’re trying to create a career out of it. Don’t start your application with these statements (a lot of people do). If it must be said, include an example. Like, “I realized I was passionate when I was working a show that taught me…”
Don’t start an essay with “(topic) has been in my life forever.”
It’s better to be real and authentic than to be artistic. Poetic writing works in a song, but it doesn’t work when your audience doesn’t know you and is trying to get a sense of why you deserve to be given money.
Share any involvement you have had with the sponsoring organization and the benefit you have gained from them.
If a scholarship is sponsored by a person or is in memory/someone’s honor, learn who that person is. Include how you connect to their story, career, or who they are/were. When this is done authentically, it really stands out.
If you make a good impression on judges, it can help your career even if you aren’t the reward recipient. Judges learn some about who you are by reading your application, and you may encounter them again professionally (whether in-person or a social media group).
(these tips are based on reviewing hundreds of submissions for a variety of scholarship and award programs in the audio industry)
SoundGirls and L-Acoustics are proud to announce three grants in support of SoundGirls’ mission to empower women in audio engineering. The grants (detailed below) provide access to the full-range of L-Acoustics training courses.
“We are honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with SoundGirls on their mission to inspire and empower the next generation of women in audio,” explains Etienne Corteel, Director of Education and Scientific Outreach at L-Acoustics. “Through our dedication to innovation and product design excellence, we recognize the value of diversity in our industry and look forward to supporting grant recipients in developing their careers.”
Prospective candidates must be members of SoundGirls and have until March 27, 2020 to submit their application. Winners will be announced April 7, 2020 and may use the grants to attend L-Acoustics training courses offered in 2020. (Hotel accommodations are included. Grant recipients are responsible for any additional travel expenses).
System Fundamentals
An introduction to the elements shared by all L-Acoustics systems. This training day consists of two separate modules: Soundvision Basics and Drive System.
You must complete this training before you can attend any other modules.
K Systems
(Scholarship recipient may choose two)
These are system-specific training modules dedicated to one of our variable curvature WST systems. They include a half-day practical workshop.
Participants who successfully complete this training are considered System Technicians.
In order to attend Level 2 training, participants must have achieved System Technician status (Level 1), or have the equivalent practical experience in implementing L-Acoustics systems.
This training offers advanced knowledge and practical methodologies for the design and optimization of L-Acoustics systems.
Participants learn to:
Level 2 training modules are an essential step towards mastering L-Acoustics systems.
An in-depth focus on the variable curvature line source, including advanced design practice with Soundvision.
This training covers methods and recommendations to calibrate a loudspeaker system. It includes practice with M1, the L-Acoustics tool for measurement and tuning.
*Grant recipient must have completed Level 1 training.
L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology combines powerful processing hardware, revolutionary software, and new sound design methods to enable multidimensional mixing and room enhancement that break the creative boundaries of conventional sound reinforcement and deliver unforgettable experiences. L-ISA technology redefines professional skills and interactions in live sound reinforcement projects.
L-ISA training includes:
L-ISA training is a three-day seminar that offers two different tracks: system and mixing.
SoundGirls Members have the chance to receive a 1000€ (euro) scholarship provided to SoundGirls members from Mix With The Masters. There are three scholarships available for the week-long session with award-winning engineer Marcella Araica & Producer Danja.
This is a week-long seminar valued at 4,000€ and includes lectures and workshops, accommodation within the mansion, catering (breakfast, lunch, dinner) the fitness room, swimming pool and shuttles from Avignon to the studio.
You must have an advanced understanding of audio and work as producer/mixer/engineer to attend Mix with the Masters.
Session Dates: March 24 -30, 2020
Deadline to apply is March 6, 2020
You are responsible for Travel to France and the remainder of the balance to Mix with the Masters.
Session Includes
Marcella “Ms. Lago” Araica, has swiftly burgeoned into a towering beacon of talent as one of the music industry’s hottest, most prolific sound engineers. Credited for mixing over one hundred chart-topping tunes, Marcella has had the opportunity of working with world-renowned musical icons such as Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Usher, Joe Jonas, and Missy Elliot, along with super producers Timbaland, Danja, and Polow Da Don. In just a few short years, this musical mastermind has already accomplished what most strive to achieve in a lifetime.
Nate “Danja” Hills is one of the most sought after writers and producers in pop music today and is a two-time Grammy Award winner, four-time Grammy nominee and SESAC “Songwriter of the Year” in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Danja boasts a catalog that features twelve #1 Billboard Singles including “SexyBack,” “My Love,” “Lovestoned” and “What Goes Around Comes Around” by Justin Timberlake, “Promiscuous” and “Say It Right” by Nelly Furtado, “Give It to Me” and “The Way I Are” by Timbaland, “Gimme More” by Britney Spears, “4 Minutes” by Madonna, “Sober” by Pink and “Knock You Down” by Keri Hilson. In addition, Danja has written and produced songs for a who’s who of popular music including, among others, 50 Cent, Bjork, Ciara, Diddy, DJ Khaled, Duran Duran, Jennifer Lopez, Jo Jo, Katherine McPhee, Mariah Carey, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, T.I., T-Pain and Usher
The process of greatness fostering greatness has long been recognized and is the reason why masterclasses are organized. The Mix With The Master’s seminars is part of this tradition, offering an exchange of in-depth first-hand studio experience and knowledge that is unparalleled and not available anywhere else. Each seminar is conducted by one of the world’s top music mixers and producers, ready to share their professional secrets with a select group of a maximum of 14 carefully-screened, professional-level participants, who come from all over the world.
One factor that contributes to the enormous success of the seminars is that all tutors support the general MWTM ethos, which is about the love of music, music technology and wanting to help others. Participants also are in part selected on displaying similar, positive attitudes. The fact that the seminars last a full week is another major contributory factor because it offers tutors the time and space to go into real depth, and the participants the opportunity to spend a prolonged time watching a master at his peak, and to ask any question they can think of.
The tutors share exclusive, insider-information on any subject: detailed technical knowledge, how to run sessions, how to handle artists, how to manage a career, the right attitude, how to remain successful, and more. The tutors also assess the work of the participants, by listening to their mixes and mixing recording sessions that they bring, and providing extensive feedback to each participant on where they are at, and how they can get to where they want to be. This is invaluable and offers participants wanting to become world-class professionals in their own right a unique advantage.
Another primary factor in making the MWTM seminars exceptional is that they take place at La Fabrique, a large, comfortable, high-end recording studio located in a picturesque historic building, surrounded by huge, lush grounds, and set in the south-east for France in one of the world’s most beautiful environments. The secluded and idyllic location offers the participants and tutors a lot of space to relax and recharge, far away from the hustle and bustle of daily life and the all-demanding intensity of their regular professional environments.
Because the courses are residential, the participants and tutor work, eat, socialize, and sleep in the same environment. While tutors, and participants, will at times opt to retire to their private quarters, there is ample opportunity for social interaction outside of the studio environment. Participants interact extensively with each other and the tutor, making it easier to assimilate the intangible qualities necessary to be successful at the highest level—presence, focus, social skills, intelligence, creativity, the right attitude, and so on.
In short, for seven days participants can experience mixing with a master in both senses of the phrase, mixing and interacting with them. Get more information about Studio La Fabrique
Church Sound University is presented by worship sound practitioners for worship sound practitioners. The curriculum has been specifically tailored to focus on the KEY essentials for church tech teams – volunteers in particular – to attain consistent sonic quality at every worship service and event. A One-Day Program Designed To Improve Your Worship audio Experience.
Church Sound University is providing members of SoundGirls Scholarships to its 2020 courses. SoundGirls will award one scholarship to each of the upcoming courses. In addition, SoundGirls Members can receive a 25% discount on any of the courses. (email soundgirls@soundgirls.org for discount code).
Apply for scholarships by clicking on the links above.
Instructor Samantha Potter walks you through what church tech teams — of all levels — can get out of attending the day-long program. It has much to offer in fellowship, community, and education.
– Microphone Mechanics
– Microphone Techniques
– Basics of Amplifiers
– Loudspeaker Mechanics
– System Tuning for Beginners
– Technique vs Artistry
– Message Intelligibility
– Processing Techniques
– Multitracking and Virtual Soundcheck
– Online Ministries and Broadcast Mixing
– RF 101
– Successful System Design
– Future of RF
– Audio and Sound 101
– Acoustics 101
– Ear Training
– Fundamentals
– Stagecraft 101
– Cable Management
– Power and Safety
– Hum, Buzz, and Troubleshooting
SoundGirls has received two partial scholarships for the upcoming Master Class: Del In al Out. The cost for the three-days of training is 4500 MXP, before July 8 and 6000 MXP after. The scholarships are for 2000 MXP, bringing the cost down to 2500 MXP (you must register and pay on by July 8). The three-day Master Class will cover FOH and Monitors. Guest speakers will include Gustavo Zertuche, Jorge Soto, Luis Roman, Oscar Tovar, Ruben Alvarez, and Rudy Rosales.
Master Class: Del IN al OUT
Date: July 15th, 16th & 17th
Place: Av de los Insurgentes Sur 1880, Tlacoquemecatl del Valle, 03100 Ciudad de México, Time: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Apply for scholarships by July 5, 2019. Scholarship winners will be notified on July 7th.
To register for the course please contact info@ipaudioarquitectura.com
Project Analysis - Meet the artist
How to create the input list
Console selection and programming
Pre mix of the show
Channel setting
Mixing structure
Sound Check
Radio Frequency
Concepts about general Radio Frequency
RF in Mexico and the World
Antennas and Cables
Distributors vs. Combiners
What is and what causes interference
Signal to Noise Relationship
The RF coordinator's tools
RF coordination methods
Signal monitoring
The Monitor Engineer
Profit structure
The use of processing: filters, equalization, dynamics
Equipment decision
Methods of work
IEMS: Universal vs. Molds
Mulitrack mix session
Systems
Types of audio design
Selection of speakers based on the work that will be done
Design with simulation and prediction programs
Adjustment of systems
Different types of system adjustment
Rational Acoustics has generously donated two scholarships for Smaart Training available to SoundGirls members.
The three-day training is valued at $750. You can use the scholarship to attend a Smaart Training on the West Coast or East Coast, in the United States. The scholarship does not include travel expenses. Please view the current Smaart Training for 2019 here
Remember All SoundGirls members are eligible for a 15% discount in the Rational Acoustics online store. email us for a coupon code at soundgirls@soundgirls.org
The 3-day Smaart Operator Fundamentals class is geared towards providing attendees a full functional knowledge of how Smaart operates as a tool and the application of Smaart to real-world system engineering and alignment. This class covers all functionality within the program (RTA, Spectrograph, Transfer Function and Impulse Response).
Although all classes follow a set curriculum, given the wide variety of measurement applications within professional sound engineering and the broad spectrum of experience levels and skill sets of class attendees, every course session will be unique depending on the specific interests and user level of the class.
Class includes class materials, breakfast & lunch on all class days, class t-shirt and a Certificate of Attendance upon completion of the class. Class attendees are eligible for discounts on licenses of Smaart v8 or Smaart Di v2. Details are available during the online registration process. The measurement signals used in the instruction of the Operator Fundamentals class will be distributed using a Dante audio network. Class attendees must bring a laptop computer with both the latest version of Smaart v8 measurement software and Dante Virtual Sound Card (VSC) installed. A 30 day demo version of Smaart v8 is available online at www.rationalacoustics.com/demo-smaart. Dante VSC can be obtained from the Audinate (Dante VSC’s manufacturer) web site at www.audinate.com either by purchase or via a temporary trial installation.
