IPS Training Weekend – 15 March 2024
IPS Training Weekend - 15 March 2024
The much-awaited IPS Training Weekend, now in the heart of England at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, near Coventry, kicks off on the evening of Friday, 15th March and concludes on the afternoon of Sunday, 17th March. There is special concessionary pricing for members of IPS, AMPS, ASD, ISCVE & MPG.
All tickets (except day tickets) include: attendance at all sessions, any support materials, your own en-suite double bed hotel standard accommodation, all meals (2 x breakfasts, 2 x lunches, 2 x dinners), all-day refreshments, car parking. If you are self-employed the costs for attendance (including travel) can be set as a CPD business expense against your end of year tax bill.
A full weekend programme of varied sessions is planned in the company of friends and colleagues.
Sessions include broadcast audio manager Richard Merrick on the real-world implementation of AoIP, and how robust systems can ensure the reliable flow of audio. Meanwhile, Hugh Robjohns identifies and fixes common connectivity faults, and sound supervisors Andy James and Pete Bridges investigate the causes of lip-sync and latency, how to measure them and how to fix them.
Live sound engineer Griff Hewis chairs a session on designing live audio for large events and dubbing/re-recording mixer Kate Davis explains what modern post houses are looking for from location audio. Meanwhile, Dr Russell Mason from the University of Surrey explains the science of sound perception and spatial audio, and Sennheiser’s Marcus Blight and Jonathan Edwards from Terry Tew Sound & Light examine the practical aspects of RF, including spectrum management, and mixing
analogue and digital systems.
Finally, Boiling Point’s Production Sound Mixer Kiff McManus and Lost in London’s Head of Sound Tim Fraser describe and compare how they overcame the practical and technical challenges on both of those single-shot feature films.