SoundGirls Presents Sound Reinforcement of Acoustic Instruments

With Asle Karstad – Oslo – Norway

Feb 28, 2017
Oslo, Norway
Place: Gymsalen, Sentralen
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Free: Limited to 20 Spaces – RSVP to soundgirls@soundgirls.org
Lunch can be purchased at the venue

Description:

How to reinforce acoustic instruments
Includes different microphone techniques for different acoustic instruments
Workshop Presenter Asle Karstad

Asle Karstad is a well know sound designer and engineer having worked with The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and the Norwegian Jazz and Folk Music. Through his work, Karstad has found different ways of micing various acoustic instruments. Karstad will demonstrate different techniques and the results that can be achieved. Karstad will be joined by well-respected musicians (providing an all women string quartet) from The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, to help demonstrate the techniques.

The workshop will be both theory and hands on.

Program:

10 am – 12 pm

Introduction to the work of Asle Karstad

Karstad will discuss resonance issues on the acoustic guitar and how to deal with these.

12:00 to 1:00 PM: Lunch (can be purchased at the venue)

1 pm – 5 pm – Run-though of reinforcement of the brass, cello, violin and the contrabass.

Following the Workshop: Please join us for a woman in tech networking session with KRETS.