Oct 13, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
In this episode, I’m speaking to Rita Campos, an Application Engineer and Consultant Liaison for EMEA at L-Acoustics, a leading company in professional audio technology. Rather than mixing concerts…
I hadn't really realised that there were careers focused on helping design sound systems before they've even kind of been installed, because everyone just sees them installed and never think, oh, what actually happens behind the scenes? So kind of, kind of, would you be able to explain sort of what your job entails and kind of what you do on a day to day? Or like, what kind of things you work on?
To start with, I was initially drawn to the intersection of physics, architecture, and creativity.
Because while live mixing or studio production focuses on the art of the performance itself, system design focuses on the canvas.
The realization that you can use predictive acoustic modeling to mathematically ensure that every single seat in a huge capacity arena experiences pristine intelligible sound before a single cable is pulled felt appealing to me.
It shifts the role from troubleshooting on site to intentional, proactive engineering.
And then after I finished the course, Because to be totally honest with you, it was quite hard to find work in the area in Portugal because it's a small market.
I decided that I was either going to try to look for work abroad or to do both, which was further my knowledge in the area and doing a master's somewhere.
in Salford, which again had acoustics and had recording as well, which was what drawn me to it.
You had to have a good awareness of electronics for some of the projects that were done.
It's like combining the kind of side of things with the more artistic side of things.
I hadn't really realised that there were careers focused on helping design sound systems before they've even kind of been installed, because everyone just sees them installed and never think, oh, what actually happens behind the scenes? So kind of, kind of, would you be able to explain sort of what your job entails and kind of what you do on a day to day? Or like, what kind of things you work on?
To start with, I was initially drawn to the intersection of physics, architecture, and creativity.
Because while live mixing or studio production focuses on the art of the performance itself, system design focuses on the canvas.
The realization that you can use predictive acoustic modeling to mathematically ensure that every single seat in a huge capacity arena experiences pristine intelligible sound before a single cable is pulled felt appealing to me.
It shifts the role from troubleshooting on site to intentional, proactive engineering.
And then after I finished the course, Because to be totally honest with you, it was quite hard to find work in the area in Portugal because it's a small market.
I decided that I was either going to try to look for work abroad or to do both, which was further my knowledge in the area and doing a master's somewhere.
in Salford, which again had acoustics and had recording as well, which was what drawn me to it.
You had to have a good awareness of electronics for some of the projects that were done.
It's like combining the kind of side of things with the more artistic side of things.
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