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Surround Convergence Tours

How to listen to surround-sound on ANYTHING!

 

¨ Fits & Starts Productions, LLC ¨

The Leader in Recording & Sound Workshops

 

 

SURROUND SOUND WORKSHOPROAD TOUR ROLLS INTO ITS 8th SEASON…

 

Starting September 2006, The Surround Convergence Tours Travel to Sixteen cities across the Country!

 

Convergence means surround sound is not just in the studio anymore…. We show you how to listen to surround sound in your living room, on the road, in your dorm room... Anywhere you demand it, you can have it.

 

Join us in our eighth season this year when Fits & Starts Productions, LLC heads back out on the road, featuring a new surround system workshop format. This season we are working  to advance surround technology by showing how to playback surround-sound audio on anything from an iPod to your dorm room to your car. This is all about surround sound creativity, education and awareness. Workshops feature Mike “Mr. Surround” Sokol as the lead instructor.

 

Fits & Starts Productions, LLC is the leading producer of audio seminars and workshops in North America. Our audiences consist of qualified professional members from AES, as well as from NAB, Recording Academy, SBE and SPARS organizations. Plus, because we believe they are the future of our industry, we invite hundreds of recording and music students and their faculty from the top colleges, private programs and universities. We speak with 3,000-4,000+ qualified and dedicated audio and broadcast people each tour season.

 

Workshops are generally conducted at recording, broadcast and film colleges, as well as broadcast stations. Attendees learn how to setup surround (5.1, 6.1 and 7.1) systems, and get to hear, touch and see surround gear in a listening and learning environment. 

 

Companies such as Aphex, Apple, DPA, DTS, Emagic, Holophone, Immersive Media Research, M-Audio, M&K Professional, Marantz, Mark of The Unicorn, MaxVision, Metric Halo, Microsoft, Radikal Technologies, SRS, Shure, Steinberg, Sunfire and Tannoy, among others, are all past and present supporters.

 

All workshops are 3-hours long unless otherwise noted

 

NORTHEAST REGION 2005 COMPLETED


SITE:
Society of Broadcast Engineers Expo, Verona, NY
DATE: Wednesday, September 28, 2005

SITE: Cayuga Community College (SUNY), Auburn, NY
DATE: Thursday, September 29, 2005

SITE: William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
DATE: Monday, October 3, 2005.

SITE: New York University, Tisch School
DATE: Tuesday, October 4, 2005

SITE: Institute of Audio Research, New York City
DATE: Wednesday, October 5, 2005

 

MIDWEST REGION 2005 — COMPLETED


SITE: Sweetwater Sound, 5335 Bass Road, Fort Wayne, IN
DATE: Tuesday, October 11, 2005

SITE: Ball State University, student center ballroom, Muncie, IN
DATE: Wednesday, October 12, 2005

SITE: Duquesne University, College Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
DATE: Thursday, October 13, 2005

SITE: The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
DATE: Friday, October 14, 2005

SITE: WEBE/SMPTE Conference, Clarion Conference Center, Hagerstown, MD
DATE: Saturday, October 15, 2005

SITE: Washington DC SBE Chapter, 2025 M Street NW, Washington DC
DATE: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

 

SOUTHEAST REGION 2005 - COMPLETED

SITE: University of South Carolina, 813 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29208
DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2005

SITE: Tampa SBE Chapter 39, Nielsen Media, Nielsen Auditorium, Oldsmar, FL
DATE: Tuesday, November 1, 2005

SITE: Full Sail Recording, 3300 University Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792
DATE: Wednesday, November 2, 2005

SITE: Atlanta SBE Chapter, Turner Entertainment, Atlanta, GA 30318.
DATE: Thursday, November 3, 2005

SITE: SAE-Miami, N. Miami Beach, FL
DATE: Friday, November 4, 2005

SITE: Georgia State University, Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, Atlanta, GA 30303
DATE:
Monday, November 7, 2005

SITE: Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
DATE:
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
 

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Hope you saw us in one of these five regions during the 2004-2005 Surround Sound Workshop Tour last season:

  • Northeast, September 2004 - COMPLETED

  • Midwest, October 2004 - COMPLETED

  • West Coast, November 2004 - COMPLETED

  • Southeast, January 2005 - COMPLETED

  • Lower Midwest-Texas 2005 - COMPLETED

If you would like to host a surround sound workshop, please email hector@fitsandstarts.com or call 732-741-1275.

For sponsorship opportunities contact Hector La Torre at 732-741-1275 or email hector@fitsandstarts.com

 

 

Audio Engineer / Surround Authority Mike Sokol

Last Season
 

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2005 - TEXAS REGION COMPLETED

 

4SITE: Central Missouri State University - Ozark Room

4DATE: Monday, February 21, 2005

 

4SITE: University of Missouri at Kansas City, Pierson Auditorium

4DATE: Tuesday, February 22, 2005

 

4SITE: Mediatech Institute/Dallas Sound Lab

4DATE: Wednesday, February 23, 2005

 

4SITE: Austin Community College, Northridge campus

4DATE: Thursday, February 24, 2005

 

4SITE: Houston Community College - Performing Arts Center

4DATE: Monday, February 28, 2005

 

4SITE: University of Memphis, Harris Hall

4DATE: Wednesday, March 02, 2005

 

JANUARY 2005 - SOUTHEAST REGION TOUR COMPLETED
 

4SITE: Hampton University - Dett Auditorium

4DATE: Tuesday, January 18, 2005

 

4SITE: University of North Carolina-Asheville

4DATE: Wednesday, January 19, 2005

 

4SITE: SAE Institute-Nashville

4DATE: Thursday, January 20, 2005

 

4SITE: SAE Institute-Miami

4DATE: Tuesday, January 25, 2005

 

4SITE: Lynn University - de Hoernle Lecture Hall

4DATE: Wednesday, January 26, 2005

 

4SITE: Full Sail - Building 3

4DATE: Thursday, January 27, 2005

 

 

November 2004 - Westcoast Region Tour completed

 

4SITE: Santa Fe Community College

4DATE: Wednesday, November 3, 2004

 

4SITE: Conservatory of Recording Arts

4DATE: Thursday, November 4, 2004

 

4SITE: University of California San Diego, UCSD La Jolla Campus

4DATE: Friday, November 5, 2004

 

4SITE: Los Angeles Recording Workshop

4DATE: Saturday, November 6, 2004

 

4SITE: University of Southern California

4DATE: Monday, November 8, 2004

 

4SITE: California Polytechnic State University

4DATE: Tuesday, November 9, 2004

 

October 2004 — Midwest Region Tour completed
 
4SITE: Ball State University, Alumni Center
4DATE: Monday, October 4, 2004

4SITE: Ohio University, School of Music, Recital Hall

4DATE: Tuesday, October 5, 2004

4SITE: Cuyahoga Community College, Tri-C Metro Campus
4DATE: Wednesday, October 6, 2004

4SITE: University of Michigan, Duderstadt Center
4DATE: Thursday, October 7, 2004

4SITE: Columbia College, Live Sound Lab

4DATE: Tuesday, October 12, 2004
 

4SITE: University of Cincinnati, College of Music

4DATE: Wednesday, October 13, 2004

September 2004 - Northeast Region Tour - Completed

4Site: Shenandoah University, Ruebush Hall
4Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2004

4Site: Peabody Institute, Conservatory Building
4Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
 
4Site: New York University, Tisch School
4Date: Monday, September 20, 2004
 
4Site: Institute of Audio Research
4Date: Tuesday,  September 21, 2004

4Site: University of Hartford, Gengras Student Union

4Date: Wednesday,  September 22, 2004

4Site: Yale University, Yale School of Drama
4Date: Thursday, September 23, 2004

 


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