EASE Training 2017

Here is the program for the EASE Training to be held in Canberra in June 2017.

Presented in association with AFMG and GUZ BOX design + audio.

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Day 1	Introduction & overview of EASE system capabilities and AFMG family of software products Model Construction Basics – getting started EASE Program structure – Main window, edit module, viewing modules, database modules, calculating modules Options in Main and edit modules – menu conventions & shortcuts Building a model from scratch – Selection construction items – Shortcuts and tools for unusual shapes – Closing the room – Model detailing – Locating and closing holes – Single and double coat faces – Using the databases The Import/ export module – Autocad dxf & Sketchup import/export Table reserved in Bistro.
Dinner	Table reserved in Bistro. We recommend you purchase from the venue’s menu.
Day 2	Installing Loudspeakers – what the dimensions and settings mean – pitfalls to avoid Mapping Loudspeakers – Direct SPL – Total SPL – other measures Loudspeaker cluster building – using SPK data files – using GLL files Loudspeaker formats in EASE SPK & GLL – Speakerbuilder / SpeakerLab – FIRmaker Special Items – objects tables etc. Detailed Mapping features – when to use interference – noise settings – calculating dB(A) – distribution – saving mapping
Dinner	Table reserved in Bistro. We recommend you purchase from the venue’s menu.
Evening Session	Loudspeaker basics – direct sound – reverberant sound – loudspeaker interference – comb filtering – acoustic coupling – room modes in action – boundary effects – measuring techniques – Sound Level meter, RTA, Windowed measurements
Day 3	Key Acoustic Principles – absorption – scattering – reverberation defined and calculated – required T60 for different uses – how T60 affects sound system design Noise and typical sound levels – Speech Intelligibility – what it means – how it’s measured – what the measuring equipment is doing – how it relates to building acoustics Acoustic Modelling – scattering – material selection – methods of calculation Ray Tracing – different methods and their values The AURA Module – capabilities of the hybrid system- unique calculations Auralisation – using EARS – using custom files Review of some of the authors’ models – what works – what does not work.
Day 4	A half day on site for those who are able to stay. A free tour of a local House of worship with difficult acoustics – how it was modelled – how it sounds now and how it sounds with other loudspeakers.