(ANS – Medellin) – On 25 and 26 June, the Novices from the Provinces of Bolivia, Perù, Central America, Colombia-Bogotà and Colombia-Medellin took part in a workshop of 16 hours entitled “Professional sound and digital audio recording,” provided with the support of the School of Audio and Sound of Colombia (EAS). It forms part of the formation in Social Communication as prescribed in the Salesian System of Social Communication (SSCS).

The workshop concentrated on learning the various technologies, techniques and procedures of audio amplification and recording both analogue and digital, according to market requirements and standards. This enabled the young men to record digital audio files in the “Pro Tools” systems inside the professional studios of the school and to learn how to use the various audio and  sound machines, and to acquire the techniques and the tricks of the trade, they could need in the various musical and youth activities that in the future they could be engaged in in Salesian centres.

The first day was held in the Novitiate of  La Ceja, a theorical-practical experience full of definitions and concepts to be learned, and the review of the audio system used in the chapel, and in general, throughout the house. On the second day  the Novices, accompanied by Fr Camilo Andrés Acosta Triana, went to the premises of  EAS Colombia for a totally practical session with the recording of a musical, as the final part of the workshop.

In the context of this formative experience, on 16 and 17 July the same workshop will be held for the aspirants and the prenovices of Colombia-Medellin (COM). In the next few months a date will be fixed for all the postnovices of Colombia. These projects are being coordinated by the Medellin Communication Department and led by the Provincial Delegate, Mauricio Saldarriaga Palacio. They are  being planned and organised for the all-round development of young Salesians, as part of the process of their vocational and religious formation and to provide them with the practical expertise that they will find useful in their activities with the young.

Published 04/07/2014