Neumann & Mueller and d&b audiotechnik will be participating in the forthcoming AES Convention's Live Sound Seminars being  held this year in Vienna. The two companies have collaborated on their seminar topics, which are being presented on Sunday 6th  May beginning with Neumann & Mueller at 9:30 to 11:00 followed by d&b audiotechnik at 11:00 to 12:30.

Neumann & Mueller's session will be presented by Michael Kennedy and Rudolf Pirc and details the design and realization of the  sound reinforcement system for the "3 Orchestras & Stars" at the World Cup Opening in Munich.

This event took place in June  2006 and featured d&b audiotechnik's J-Series and Q-Series range of loudspeakers.  The concert program included the three major Munich orchestras on stage together, with performances from Placido Domingo, the soprano Diana Damrau, concert pianist  Lang Lang and Xavier Naidoo with the German band "die Söhne Mannheims". It was also broadcast live by the German TV station  BR and 3sat. The sound design concept for this concert presents an interesting insight into the possibilities offered by modern  sound reinforcement systems. The event took place in an athletics stadium and had to cater for approximately three hundred  microphone inputs as well as reaching approximately twenty eight thousand listeners. The presentation covers such topics as  homogenous PA coverage over the entire listening area with a view to maintaining the spatial acoustic impression of the stage,  digital interconnection of system components and the related word clock issues, large scale input management and signal  distribution, the coordination of multiple mix engineers to provide a consistent end mix and other related issues.

Directly following this is d&b audiotechnik's presentation by Holger Blum and Ralf Zuleeg entitled "Achieving the best results from  your sound reinforcement system". This session is divided into two parts, the first covering the dimensioning of line arrays and  the question "Is more really more?", with the second part covering the advantage of digital signal wiring and how to achieve  optimal sonic quality and high reliability.

Both sessions promise to be very illuminating so if you are attending the AES Convention and are around on Sunday 6th May then  try to join both Neumann and Mueller and d&b audiotechnik at these Live Sound Seminars.