System Design
Loudspeaker system design for festivals, arenas, theatres, corporate productions and touring shows. Systems are designed around coverage, consistency, efficiency, rigging, deployment and real-world production needs.
Engineering
Engineering that performs consistently.
Designing systems that are predictable, reliable, efficient and consistent for every audience member.
I don't believe engineering is about simply making systems louder.
It's about making them perform consistently.
My focus is designing systems that are predictable, reliable, efficient, easy to deploy, straightforward to operate and consistent for every audience member.
I work across multiple manufacturers because I believe the best solution is rarely limited to one ecosystem.
Every project starts with understanding the production before choosing the technology.
Services
Engineering Services
System Optimisation
On-site tuning, alignment, measurement and optimisation using professional tools and practical experience to make systems translate properly across the whole audience area.
Audio Networking
Design and deployment of complex audio networks including Dante, MADI, Milan, AVB, fibre infrastructure and show-critical routing.
Technical Consultancy
Workflow design, equipment specification, system planning, drive rack design, production support and practical problem solving for shows of all sizes.
Touring Support
Freelance system engineering, FOH support, audio infrastructure and production engineering for touring shows in the UK and internationally.
CAD & Prediction
Venue modelling, loudspeaker prediction, Soundvision, CODA System Optimiser, SketchUp, terrain modelling and acoustic planning.
Design workflow
CAD modelling & loudspeaker prediction
Every serious system design starts with understanding the venue. Before loudspeakers are chosen or flown, I build accurate geometry — stage positions, audience areas, balconies, roofs and obstructions — so predictions reflect the real world, not a simplified box.
I use SketchUp for CAD work: importing site context, modelling the production layout and preparing clean geometry for acoustic simulation. When venue drawings arrive as DWG files, CAD Reader helps decipher layers and dimensions before anything is rebuilt in 3D.
That model is imported into manufacturer prediction software — Soundvision, ArrayCalc, CODA System Optimiser, Martin Display and others — where arrays are positioned, angled and verified against coverage, SPL and rigging requirements before the first box leaves the warehouse.
The result is a design you can trust on site: fewer surprises, faster deployment and a system that performs consistently for every audience member — the same project from CAD drawing through prediction to the finished production.
SketchUpCAD ReaderSoundvisionArrayCalcCODA System OptimiserMartin Display
Technology
Platforms & Tools
L-Acoustics
d&b audiotechnik
CODA Audio
Martin Audio
Outline Newton
Dante
MADI
Milan
AVB
Smaart
Soundvision
ArrayCalc
CODA System Optimiser
Martin Display
SketchUp
CAD Reader