Matt Poes

CEDIA’s latest Recommended Practice RP-32 outlines objective, repeatable methods for measuring and verifying audio system performance. It provides a structured process to ensure that completed systems meet the intended design goals and client expectations. Importantly, RP-32 incorporates verification against the performance parameters defined in CEDIA RP-22: Immersive Audio System Design, allowing integrators to demonstrate whether a system achieves the targeted RP-22 performance level. This hands-on workshop introduces the recommended procedures of RP-32 and gives participants practical experience using a range of measurement tools and software. Attendees will learn how to gather reliable data, interpret results, and document system performance in a consistent and professional manner. The course is suitable for both residential and commercial applications, and is designed to support newer practitioners as well as experienced professionals who want to adopt a Recommended Practice-based approach to system verification. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: • Describe and apply the RP-32 methodology. • Perform objective, repeatable system measurements. • Verify performance against RP-22 parameters. • Document and communicate results clearly.

In real-world system design, perfection lasts approximately three minutes. This fast-paced 90-minute live session takes the RP22 recommended practice out of the abstract and into the messy, fascinating reality of actual room design. Together, we will build a room from scratch in real time, applying RP22 principles as we go and balancing engineering with the real world realities of actual rooms, interior designers and awkward client requests. Then comes the fun part. Throughout the session, the audience, that's you, will throw “curve balls” into the design process: impossible budgets, heritage restrictions, unrealistic seating requests, and all the other challenges that turn straightforward design into engineering compromise. Working live, we will explore how experienced designers navigate these competing demands while still delivering systems that perform predictably and measurably within RP22 guidance. This session is equal parts engineering, problem-solving, and design psychology — a practical demonstration that great system design is not about avoiding compromise, but understanding which compromises matter most. Expect live modelling, discussion, audience interaction, and a healthy respect for the stubborn realities of rooms.