Toronto,
Ontario, Canada (June 23, 2016) — On Tuesday, July 19,
2016, DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek, will host The Sound Summit Toronto at The
Church on the Queensway in Toronto. This event is part of The Sound Summit
series of informal networking and educational presentations for audio
professionals. Together they gather, collaborate, and discuss their techniques
and tools for capturing high-quality audio. This summit will mark the first
international location in the series of events; past cities include New York,
Chicago, Atlanta and Orlando.
With the
cooperation of some of the industry’s most well-respected audio professionals,
attendees will benefit from a one-on-one social experience with members of the
community as well as these leading manufacturers who specialize in professional
location audio capture. DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek will
also showcase popular products commonly used in the field, including DPA’s
d:screet™ 4061 and 4071 Miniature Microphones, d:screet™
Necklace Microphone and d:dicate™ 4017B Shotgun Microphone;
Lectrosonics’ IFB-VHF Wireless System , SSM
"Super Slight" micro and HMa transmitters, Venue 2 wideband receivers
with IQ Filtering and the latest version of Wireless Designer software; Sound
Devices’ 688 mixer/recorder with SL-6 powering and wireless system, the
6-Series CL-12 linear fader controller accessory, the 788T recorder, the 633
mixer/recorder, and the rack-mount 970 audio recorder; as well as K-Tek’s
Stingray Audio Bags and Harnesses, Graphite Boom Poles and Microphone Shock
Mounts and Windscreens.
The
Sound Summit Toronto will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., with short
informational presentations from each of the manufacturers from 2:30 p.m. to
3:30 p.m., as well as two short presentations from practitioners at 4:30 p.m.
Throughout the afternoon, there will be several breaks for food, refreshments
and social/networking time. Representatives from all four manufacturers will be
available throughout the event to discuss best practices for utilizing their
equipment during a production.
“After
almost two years since the first Sound Summit in LA, we are thrilled to finally
expand The Sound Summit events into Canada,” says James Capparelle, Marketing
Manager, DPA Microphones. “This series of events allows us to meet our
customer’s face-to-face while discussing important ideas and gathering feedback
from the professionals in the field. As always, we look forward to exchanging
valuable information that allows us to better our products and strengthen our
company’s position in the market. We would like to extend our thanks to the
Church on the Queensway for allowing us to use their space and to our Canadian
distributor, Gerr Audio for their support.”
"We are very excited that The Sound Summit
series has reached Canada, as Toronto is a premiere location for cutting-edge
audio professionals working in their respective fields," says Colin
Bernard, Director of Canadian Operations at Lectrosonics. "We are all very
grateful to the Church at Queensway for providing their wonderful facility for
this educational and social event, We look forward to being able to share ideas
and learn from the professionals in this community and showcase our very latest
tools to address a changing wireless spectrum.”
“We are excited to participate in our first-ever
international Sound Summit, and get the opportunity to visit with the Toronto
sound community,” says Jon Tatooles, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development
Officer of Sound Devices, LLC. “The first-hand feedback we are able to attain
from these events is invaluable to us at Sound Devices. We look forward to learning
about the interesting projects that our products are involved with as well as
finding out how we can better serve this market.”
“In our 20 years, we’ve continually innovated
while staying true to our customer and application focused roots,” says K-Tek
Owner and President Brenda Klemme. “The Sound Summit allows us to have the kind
of dialog with industry professionals that is the key for our product
development. Our game-changing line of Stingray Bags is a great example of
these conversations and the Stingray line continues to grow and evolve as a
direct result. Joining The Sound Summit family in Canada, will give users a
local opportunity to try on our Stingray Harness, and experience first-hand how
the ExoSpine takes the bag-weight off your shoulders and view the many
advantages of our Audio Bags, while learning more about our more traditional
Made-in-USA Boom Poles, Shockmounts and Fuzzy windscreens.”
The Church on the Queensway is located at: 1536
The Queensway, Toronto, ON. To sign up for this free event, please register at http://thesoundsummit.org/toronto/.