Yamaha YCATS Training Moves toward Future in Networking

	Yamaha Commercial Audio training

Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Sessions (YCATS) is moving in a new direction with their console training programs. This year, YCATS has created two new console classes in order to eliminate the repetition between the CL, QL, M7CL, and LS9 seminars as these consoles share many of the same software features. The new classes will initially be held at HB Live during the first week of August, HB Live is sponsoring a CL/QL Series Essentials class in North Haven, Connecticut and ATR/Treehouse is sponsoring the same class in Warwick, Rhode Island.

HB Live, a division of HB Communications will host new sessions Tuesday, August 5th between 8:30am - 5:00pm at 60 Dodge Avenue, North Haven, Connecticut. For more information, call 800-331-1804. Registration details below.

ATR/Treehouse sessions will be held Thursday, August 7th between 8:30am - 5:00pm at the Ocean State Theater, 1245 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick, Rhode Island. Complementary breakfast and lunch will be served. For more info, contact ATR/Treehouse at 401-751-3121. Registration details below.

"The new YCATS training direction will be much more efficient and streamlined for our customers," states Marc Lopez, marketing manager, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. "We are improving the YCATS programs for networking and acknowledge that our end user customers operate different Yamaha digital consoles from time to time with many common paradigms between the various models that enables us to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our training programs."

"Console Operation - Level 1" is for those with little or no familiarity with Yamaha live sound consoles. "Console Operation - Level 2" is more of an intermediate to advanced class designed for those familiar with the basic functions of Yamaha digital consoles. This new training format will allow YCATS more efficiency in terms of customer time. It will also reinforce that the software of Yamaha digital consoles is the same, and a user familiar with one should have no problem operating another. Right now, the largest demand is for training on CL, QL, M7CL, and LS9; all sharing similar software.

In addition to the new Console Operation levels, YCATS is adding "Digital Sound Reinforcement - Dante" and "CL/QL Series Essentials." "DSR - Dante" is a one-day class covering design and use of Dante networks with Yamaha products as well as several third party products (i.e. Shure ULX-D and Aviom D800). "CL/QL Series Essentials" is a class for those who have been trained on the M7CL and LS9 and covers all new features with the CL and QL consoles and the set up of Dante networks.

For an end user looking for more in depth information on a particular console, YCATS has produced an online video series that can be used as a reference. New videos and webinars are on the docket for later this year.

Detailed descriptions of the new classes can be found online at:

Console Operation - Level 1: http://plasa.me/2umpt

Console Operation - Level 2: http://plasa.me/5qfvj

Digital Sound Reinforcement - Dante: http://plasa.me/qzlby

CL/QL Series Essentials: http://plasa.me/ieow6

Look for the new YCATS classes coming in Chicago, Illinois; Hayward, California; Long Island City/Queens, New York; and Nashville, Tennessee. A full list of locations for this year can be found at: http://plasa.me/7ob2u.