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Ansata hosting a d&b audiotechnik seminar in India
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INDIA: Ansata CS Pvt Ltd has announced
its ongoing education and seminar strategy
for d&b audiotechnik following its recent
appointment as the German loudspeaker
brand’s Indian distributor. The company has
described itself as promoting d&b throughout
the territory ‘with considerable vigour’.
‘We had already fully briefed all our staff and
trained three engineers in application and
service support at the d&b facility at Backnang
by the time the appointment was made,’
explained Ansata founder Leslie J Lean. ‘We
wanted to reach out to our clients and end
users as quickly as possible.’
The new strategy follows a visit to India by
d&b APAC education manager Gert Sanner.
‘In the space of a week I visited three of
and Mumbai,’ he commented, adding that ‘the
others will follow shortly’.
Mr Sanner’s visits encompassed single-day
seminars addressing audiences of 25 people
at a time, and addressing a variety of topics.
‘The main thrust was to familiarise people
with what d&b does, how our focus is on
directivity control and how that affects the
electroacoustic features of d&b loudspeaker
design,’ Mr Sanner continued. ‘I also found the
many sound engineers present, although pretty
conversant with the fundamentals of sound
reinforcement, were eager to learn about our
ArrayCalc software and the premise behind
Following the seminars, Ansata attended the
Palm India exhibition, at Mumbai’s Bombay
Exhibition Center, with d&b’s technical sales
specialist Ben Millson, and a full complement
of the d&b range. ‘It seems there is a real
hunger for these products,’ commented Mr
Millson.
‘The response to the seminars was very
positive,’ concluded Mr Sanner. ‘I’m already
lining up a seminar season for September,
when I’ll be delivering more in-depth sessions
on audio and line array theory.’
www.ansata.net
www.dbaudio.com
Studer Broadcast Academy
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WORLD: Studer’s online Broadcast Academy
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less than a year after its initial launch.
A total of 170 engineers have completed the
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