Taking place initially in the UK in conjunction with Adlib Solutions - with plans to expand the reach to other Lab.gruppen and Lake Centres of Excellence around the world - the programme is designed to introduce key aspects of Lab.gruppen and Lake technologies and develop user familiarity with the companies' industry-leading tour sound hardware and software platforms. The modular course is aimed at freelance engineers, tour/install system designers, theatre sound designers and tour system engineers.
The programme kicks off with the one-day introductory 'Level 1' Certification course, being held at Adlib's facility in Liverpool on 19 and 20 April. Participants will be introduced to the core essentials of Lake & Lab.gruppen technology as well as gaining complete familiarization with the hardware as well as all the class-leading Lake features such as: Raised Cosine Equation, Iso-Float, Ideal Graphic EQ, Processing Modules, and LimiterMax.
"Lake Processing is already well established as the system processing environment of choice in the live sound arena and the recent product developments in the shape of the LM Series standalone processors and flagship PLM 20000Q platform have served to drive this uptake even further," commented Simeon Ludwell, sales manager for Lab.gruppen and Lake in the UK.
"The introduction of these officially certified training courses will help to standardise and maintain a level of competency throughout the industry, building upon the excellent Lake training programmes carried out previously by Dolby."
Delegates will participate in practical exercises running Lake Controller Software, gaining hands-on experience of programming Lake Processors for loudspeakers including correct settings for crossovers and LimiterMax / ISVPL for the perfect protection of speaker components. The courses will also cover fundamentals of the Lake platform related to real-world applications, is designed to ease people through the Lake Processing environment and demonstrate how to get the best from Lake LM Series and Lab.gruppen PLM Series in the field.
Successful completion of the course will leave delegates fully certified to programme and implement Lake Processing in mid and large-scale live sound systems and qualify admission to more advanced level courses to follow.
Those interested in attending these training events should contact Adlib Solutions or their local Lab.gruppen & Lake direct sales channel. Enrolment on the course is subject to a fee of £100 GBP (ex VAT) per person.
(Jim Evans)
