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Bob McCarthy (Meyer Sound) Seminar: Sound System Design & Optimization
Sound Systems: Design * Optimization * – 3 days – october 21-23 2025
This course explores the principles of loudspeaker system design, focusing on the physics, prediction, measurement, and optimization techniques used in professional sound reinforcement. Participants will apply these concepts using Meyer Sound loudspeakers, MAPP 3D system prediction software, and the Galileo GALAXY processor platform.
Through a structured approach grounded in acoustic principles, this course trains attendees to make informed design decisions, validate them with measurement, and avoid missteps caused by misunderstood data. Emphasis is placed on optimizing multi-zone systems by managing level and phase relationships to ensure consistent, high-quality coverage.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply knowledge and understanding of physics of sound and concepts of frequency and phase to design, install, and calibrate/verify/optimize loudspeaker systems.
- Understand sound sources interaction to inform approaches to design, installation, and calibration of loudspeaker systems.
- Implement strategies for designing and executing loudspeaker systems including effective low frequency directivity and control.
Details SDO Course:
Date: 21-23 october.
Registration fee: € 600 excl VAT (if applicable).
contact us for discounts available for excisting Meyer users and multiple attendees
The registration fee includes training materials and catering.
Location: Amsterdam/Diemen, Netherlands.
Language: English
Registration is open to all, please contact us for any questions
REGISTRATION FORM:
He has been an active force in modern sound system design and optimization for over 35 years, including three generations of SIM, thousands of designs, tunings, training seminars and publications. Bob has had the privilege to work with many great sound designers, including Abe Jacob, Andrew Bruce, Tony Meola, Jonathan Deans, Francois Desjardins and more, and has been charged with tuning systems for Cirque Du Soleil, Walt Disney Entertainment, Carnegie Hall, Celine Dion, Grateful Dead and others. Musical theater credits include Les Miserables, The Beatles’ LOVE, Wicked and many more. Recent designs and tunings include the ongoing Metallica WorldWired tours, Roskilde Festival, Shanghai Disney Resort and more.
His award-winning book, Sound Systems: Design and Optimization, now in its third edition, has sold over 15,000 copies in three languages. USITT presented Bob with the Distinguished Achievement in Sound Award in 2014. Bob is well known in the field of audio education and delivered the keynote address at the 50th AES Conference, which was the first ever dedicated to audio education.
