A Practical Guide to Music Event and Festival Sound Management: Quantity Vs Quality

We are going back to Brighton for our March event, which will be about live music! we are joined by the experts at F1 Acoustics this time.

Drawing on 17 years experience, consulting for hundreds of multi- and single-stage events, including some of the UK’s biggest music festivals, and venues, the team from F1 Acoustics discuss practical considerations on measurement of the off-site music noise level and on-site sound quality at music festivals and events. The talk will cover topics including off-site music noise levels (quantity); music noise measurement best practice at stages and noise sensitive premises; working with sound engineers to maintain on-site sound quality; and basic sound system design for optimised sound management.

Rupert Burton BSc (Hons) MIOA, studied Audio Technology at Salford University graduating in 2003 and joined the RPS acoustics team in 2005. Robert Miller BSc (Hons) MIOA, studied Music, Acoustics and Recording at Salford University graduating in 2005 and joined the RPS acoustics team in 2006. In 2012 Rupert and Robert took the leap to set-up their own consultancy business focusing on supporting the live events industry, writing noise management plans and monitoring music noise levels for Premises Licence compliance, having been introduced to it by David Leversedge (Aria Acoustics) in 2008. Since then, F1 Acoustics has grown to have a comprehensive client list spanning many types of events, festivals and venues, including working at some of the largest events in the country.

Luke Megeney BSc (Hons) TechIOA studied Music Studio Technology at Southampton Solent graduating in 2014, alongside being a keen musician going on to work across multiple fields within the music industry. In 2015 Luke started working for F1 Acoustics as a freelance sound control technician and in 2024 joined the company as an employee working as an Assistant Acoustic Consultant project managing and carrying out sound management for a multitude of events.

As always, the event is free to members of the IoA, as well as to students and the public. The meeting will be held in-person at Stantec in Brighton, online on Zoom and will also be recorded. CPD certification will be offered for attendance, wait for the QR code that will be shown/shared at the end of the presentation.

In-person registration will close 48 hours before the event, and names of attendees will be passed to security.

If you have any queries please contact Reena Mahtani (reena.mahtani@stantec.com).

For registration, follow this link: https://www.cpdtag.com/app.php?event=B58616EDB8CF5EE2F50D91A55B07E92