Intentional Design for Sound Systems | EP01

I was recently invited to give a talk about a topic of my choosing to the Sheffield University Reggae Society, so long as it was educational and informative. I entirely forgot about this commitment and totally made up a talk on the day, this is the result...
Part two with the Q&A session will follow next week.

[@christopherjackson8958]

Brilliant presentation, so relevant to my studies in live sound. Many thanks for sharing!

[@truckinve]

Can`t wait for the second part, this is very informative and easy to understand. Thank you.

[@MinimaDomum]

Great talk, I've been unintentionally intentional with my sound system design so far so its nice to know I'm on the right track and actually thinking about things in the right order without realising it.

[@anthonyellis5517]

Gotta say I’ve been watching your stuff for about year now and you are awesome man I learn so much, thank you cal.

[@naanstop6559]

Love this type of information. Thank you!!

[@revolvingwonder3777]

Thanks. its interesting and educational . Nice story about the coasters at beginning.
I try to think about intentional design (good name, didn't know of that phrase before. thx.) with my stuff but it also gets overwhelming thinking of all the details and reach a point of sod it and do something, considering all the things i thought of and see how it turns out, with a view of if things go well i can make a mark 2.
I can see how cad would make it easier to predict if a design is the best layout and if it would all fit.
I wonder though if people would be put off by the diy hack look of mark 1 and not hire ones self again...? there for not reach a point of funds for mark 2...? Would be fascinated to hear more about your experiences.

[@2f126]

did huw speak at this event?

[@CalumAudioLtd]

Yes, he's just not uploaded his talk yet.

[@franiepaul4404]

DONT DIS REGGAE SOUNDS PAL ITS BECAUSE OF REGGAE SOUNDS THESE HI WATTAGE DRIVERS HAS COM ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THEM ROCK PA WOT SOUNDS CRAP,BUT U WANA PLAY DUB CHEEKY.STOP WATERING DOWN REGGAE SOUNDS TALKING LIKE U R THE THE ONLY ONE KNOWS ABOUT SOUND AND REGGAE MUSIC U WANNA B.

[@CalumAudioLtd]

You raise a good point, the issues of non intentional design are prevalent across multiple different areas of the PA world. No disrespect was intended, in fact I felt I was quite careful to give reasons for all my opinions. This talk focuses on reggae sound systems solely (and not other areas of audio) because I was delivering it a University reggae society and I was trying to keep things relevant to their knowledge base.

[@noahwig500]

Haha damn, why you had to take it like this? He talked with respect.