RCF Introduces Sound Engineering University Course

For the fifth year in a row, RCF Audio Academy introduces the Sound Engineering university course.

RCF Audio Academy is a high-level learning center for electro-acoustics, offering continuous education opportunities for students and professionals since 2009.

The course is organized by the Department of Science and Methods for Engineering of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in cooperation with RCF SpA, a leading international manufacturer of professional sound products and systems.

The primary goal is to provide engineers with a specific knowledge of the state-of-the-art technologies related to sound, transducers, and speaker systems and their applications in the professional market. The course is organized in modules taking the participants through a learning process from the basis of electro-acoustics components like transducers, amplifiers, and digital processors till the design of a complete audio project based on a real case study. An international reference project carried out by RCF engineers will be used as a studying guideline to be followed during the course.

The learning topics are grouped into four modules as follows:

1) Environmental Acoustics in open air and inner spaces including design and simulation methods.

2) Transducers and speaker systems including clusters, arrays, and point source configurations.

3) Electronics including circuit analysis, filters, amplifiers, and DSP.

4) Sound systems design including practical experiences in measurements, listening tests, and tuning.

The technical contents provided in this University course will be completed by the direct experience of RCF laboratories, since 1949 involved in the design, manufacturing, and market applications of professional products and systems for theatres, concerts, auditoriums, airports, cruise ships, shopping malls, cinemas, stadia.

Organization:
• Department of Science and Methods for Engineering University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, www.dismi.unimore.it

• RCF SpA, via Raffaello 13, Reggio Emilia, Italy, www.rcf.it

Course director:
Prof. Luca Larcher, Department of Science and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Date, time, and location:
Starting date: March 1st, 2016.

The course will be in e-learning mode and will require one week presence, from Monday May 16th through Friday May 20th, in RCF Audio Academy in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Finishing date with examination: Friday May 20th, 2016.

The stay in Reggio Emilia can voluntarily be extended to May 23rd and 24th for extra time dedicated to hands-on activities in RCF facilities.