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Scholarships Available for Smaart Training

Rational Acoustics has generously donated two scholarships for Smaart Training available to SoundGirls members.

The three-day training is valued at $750. You can use the scholarship to attend a Smaart Training on the West Coast or East Coast, in the United States. The scholarship does not include travel expenses. Please view the current Smaart Training for 2019 here

Remember All SoundGirls members are eligible for a 15% discount in the Rational Acoustics online store. email us for a coupon code at soundgirls@soundgirls.org

The 3-day Smaart Operator Fundamentals class is geared towards providing attendees a full functional knowledge of how Smaart operates as a tool and the application of Smaart to real-world system engineering and alignment.  This class covers all functionality within the program (RTA, Spectrograph, Transfer Function and Impulse Response).

Although all classes follow a set curriculum, given the wide variety of measurement applications within professional sound engineering and the broad spectrum of experience levels and skill sets of class attendees, every course session will be unique depending on the specific interests and user level of the class.

Class includes class materials, breakfast & lunch on all class days, class t-shirt and a Certificate of Attendance upon completion of the class. Class attendees are eligible for discounts on licenses of Smaart v8 or Smaart Di v2.  Details are available during the online registration process. The measurement signals used in the instruction of the Operator Fundamentals class will be distributed using a Dante audio network.  Class attendees must bring a laptop computer with both the latest version of Smaart v8 measurement software and Dante Virtual Sound Card (VSC) installed. A 30 day demo version of Smaart v8 is available online at www.rationalacoustics.com/demo-smaart.  Dante VSC can be obtained from the Audinate (Dante VSC’s manufacturer) web site at www.audinate.com either by purchase or via a temporary trial installation.

 

 

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Scholarships for SoundGirls Members

SoundGirls – Gaston-Bird Travel Fund This fund has been established to increase the presence of women (and those that identify as women) at trade conferences. Women who have been invited to speak, or sit on panels at audio conferences and trade shows.

SoundGirls Scholarships Open in June 2022


Women’s Scholarships

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