Prism Sound’s Mic to Monitor educational tour is back, with dates and venues confirmed to 2013.

Targetting music production students, hobbyists and professionals, Mic to Monitor aims to ‘dispel the many myths surrounding the recording process’. Each seminar features presentations from recording professionals who will answer audience questions on recording techniques. There will also be the opportunity to demo equipment and win recording equipment from Prism Sound and Sadie, as well as from PMC and DPA Microphones, which are supporting the tour.

‘As a company, Prism Sound is dedicated to providing training initiatives to the producers and engineers of tomorrow,’ says Prism Sound’s Sales Director, Graham Boswell. ‘Music recording students need the opportunity to learn skills that are applicable to the industries in which they will ultimately work. They also need to know about the equipment they will regularly come into contact with. These seminars are all taking place at educational establishments that offer courses in music recording and broadcast engineering because we recognise that this is where the producers and engineers of the future are currently getting their grounding. The aim is to give them – and any industry professional who wants to brush up on their skills – the chance to discuss new techniques, demo cutting-edge equipment and software and learn first-hand from the experiences of our guest speakers.’

Mic to Monitor 2013 begins on 23 April at Pulse College, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. During May and June it will visit the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol; Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge; SAE, Glasgow; Alchemea College, London; LIPA, Liverpool; Futureworks, Manchester and City University, Birmingham.

Mastering engineer Aidan Foley (Foo Fighters, Van Morrison, U2) will speak at the first session in Dublin, where he will reveal the tricks and techniques he used on the Dead Can Dance album, Anastasis, which achieved more than 250,000 sales in 2012. He will discuss his approach to the vinyl, CD and other digital releases during the project and the challenges he had to overcome in and out of the studio.

Other confirmed speakers include Simon Little (Jessie Jay, Quantic), Jake Gosling, (Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith, One Direction) and Award-winning mastering engineer Many Parnell, whose recent projects include Bjork, Feist and Frightened Rabbit.

Full details of dates, venues and guest speakers will be posted on the Prism Sound website.

Register: www.prismsound.com