迪士尼50周年庆典是什么, 红袜队2019年世界大赛戒指仪式, 和 the 2022 Cheer 和 Dance Competition at ESPN’s Wide World of 体育 all have in common? 除了体型巨大之外, 电视事件, they also had an experienced audio professional working behind the scenes: 全帆秀制作 课程主任戴夫·哈里斯. The lifelong audiophile has been working at concerts 和 major broadcast productions for years, 和 he’s drawing on that experience to teach his students about the latest equipment 和 network-based audio systems.

Dave started playing piano at a young age 和 discovered audio production in high school where he worked on sound for his school’s theater productions. He started doing freelance audio work right after he graduated 和 continued playing the keyboard throughout his adulthood; he plays in several Grateful Dead tribute b和s, 和 he used to tour with one of the Grateful Dead’s original keyboardists. 戴夫还拥有戴夫哈里斯定制修复, 他在那里修理, 恢复, 以及调音乐器和音响设备. He’s worked as a freelance audio engineer for almost 18 years 和 added broadcast sports audio to his repertoire about six years ago when he started working with the University of Central Florida Athletics Association.

Since he joined 满帆’s faculty in 2013, Dave has taught as a lab instructor for 音频测量系统 并为 先进的节目制作系统 和 体育广播制作. 他目前的工作重点是 节目制作系统, a class that covers the inner workings of audio gear 和 the technical concepts students need to hit the ground 运行ning after graduation.

The audio production work Dave does outside of 满帆 dovetails into what he teaches in his classes. 他帮助建立, 运行, 和 troubleshoot audio networks for live events 和 broadcast productions, 包括音乐会和体育赛事. Some of the broadcasts 和 events he’s worked on include MLB Spring Training, AEW摔跤, 奥兰多城市足球队, 以及NFL职业碗. The digital networks 和 equipment that he uses when he’s working are identical to what his students use in 节目制作系统s.

例如, 戴夫教他的学生如何使用但丁, a system that transmits multiple audio channels to a destination via an ethernet network. 满帆 uses Dante in its Live 1 venue, as well as several other venues on campus. 在行业中, Dante is used for everything from concerts to football games to massive corporate events.

“I show a lot of pictures [from my Red Sox gigs] during my lectures because we were using the exact same Yamaha consoles we teach in that class. 我们用的是但丁，我们在课上教的. Those particular gigs are something where it's a sporting event, 但我们在和一个音乐团体合作, 它实际上是由一家公司持有的. It marries all of the aspects of sports, music 和 corporate together. That's a lot of what I teach in my class, the different avenues,” Dave explains.

当他做自由职业者的时候, Dave also relies on the same audio communication concepts 和 IT basics that he shares with his students. His experience at Disney’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is just one example of how those skills come into play in a professional setting.

“We had a video camera 和 some audio feeds [at Disney’s 50th], 给记者的耳机, 和 we needed to send all that through a telephone line, 去新闻台，这样就能直播了. So that's directly one of the things we teach in some of our comms labs,” Dave says.

Dave loves bringing those concepts to his one-on-one connections with students. Demonstrating the practical applications of his curriculum 和 watching them succeed after graduation is one of the most rewarding parts of his work at 满帆.

“我试着向学生们展示, 我真的告诉他们, ‘This is what you're actually going to be using every day,“与, 这是学术界的一些观点. 你将获得音频学士学位. So, 你必须学习一些理论, 但有些事你必须知道, 你每天都会用到它,’”他说. “I really try to differentiate that because a lot of students will see math, 特别是, 他们会说, “我们为什么要学这个??’或者‘我该把它用到哪里?’ A lot of this stuff, I use some of it every single day.”