System Technician Certification Program: PANTHER | Berkeley, CA | Sept 2026
About this Event
Join Meyer Sound at our Berkeley headquarters for the launch of our System Technician Certification Program: PANTHER. Designed for rental partners, system technicians, and audio professionals who support Meyer Sound systems in live production and touring environments, this new training pathway helps teams deploy PANTHER systems and support live productions and touring environments with confidence. Held in Planet X, our new learning experience center, the program combines core Meyer Sound principles with product-specific operator training.
Courses may be taken individually or as a complete series, with completion of the full series qualifying participants for the System Technician Certification: PANTHER competency exam.
What You'll Learn
Participants will develop:
- Familiarity with Meyer Sound tools, software, products, and deployment workflows.
- An understanding of Meyer Sound's system thinking approach, including loudspeaker behavior, deployment workflow, system headroom, Target Curve, tuning, optimization, and system-monitoring procedures.
- Practical skills for deploying, operating, optimizing, and maintaining PANTHER and 2100-LFC systems.
- Get more out of PANTHER systems and deliver consistent results for customers.
- A clearer pathway toward the System Technician Certification: PANTHER.
Training Schedule
Tuesday, September 22 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tier 1: Introduction to Meyer Sound Toolset
Instructor: Costandina 'Costa' Daros
Build practical familiarity with the Meyer Sound ecosystem, including MAPP 3D, Compass, GALAXY, Nebra, Milan AVB, loudspeaker families, processors, and core deployment workflows. This course provides the foundation for the rest of the training pathway.
Wednesday, September 23 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tier 2: System Thinking for Sound Reinforcement
Instructor: Mauricio "Magu" Ramirez
Develop a system-level understanding of Meyer Sound loudspeaker behavior, processing platforms, deployment workflows, and the concepts and procedures that support successful system implementation and tuning.
Thursday, September 24 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday, September 25 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Tier 3: PANTHER Operator Training
Instructor: Sana Romanos
Apply the foundational concepts to the deployment, configuration, optimization, monitoring, and maintenance of PANTHER and 2100-LFC systems. Topics include MAPP 3D workflows, GALAXY processing, Milan AVB networking, cabling, rigging, Product Integration, LMBC, voicing, Target Curve, and system monitoring. Attendees must have working knowledge of Meyer Sound tools, system design software, and basic Milan AVB networking concepts. This course assumes prior experience with professional audio systems and is not intended as an introductory audio course.
Visit the Meyer Sound website for course descriptions.
Certification Eligibility
Participants may register for individual courses or attend the complete series. To be eligible for the pilot System Technician Certification: PANTHER competency exam, participants must complete:
- Introduction to Meyer Sound Toolset (option to test out)
- System Thinking for Sound Reinforcement
- PANTHER Operator Training
Assessment quizzes are included in the foundational courses. After completing the full training series, participants become eligible to complete the required competency exam for System Technician Certification: PANTHER.
The registration fee includes training materials, Eventbrite fees, and morning coffee + pastries.
Instructor:
Costandina 'Costa' Daros
Associate Technical Instructor
Costandina Daros is a graduate of UC Irvine’s MFA Sound Design program. Her love of sound started in Theatrical Sound Design and has been growing ever since. Some of her favorite past designs include Birds of North America (The Odyssey), The Little Prince (South Coast Repertory), and her MFA thesis show Rent (UC Irvine) which featured a Meyer Spacemap Go System with Ultra-X40s to track the vocals. In her role as Meyer Sound’s Associate Technical Instructor she looks forward to sharing her knowledge while making learning accessible to all.
Instructor:
Mauricio 'Magu' Ramírez
Senior Technical Seminar Instructor
Mauricio "Magu" Ramírez is Meyer Sound’s Senior Technical Seminar Instructor. Mauricio joined Meyer Sound in 1997, bringing 10 years of previous experience in sound as Live Mixing Sound Engineer and Live Systems Technician in Mexico. Since 1997, Mauricio has taught more than 600 seminars — an average of 30 per year — in 72 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and more than 30 conferences for Audio Engineering Society in 22 years in three continents.
Mauricio has worked on the sound for various installations, festivals, and artists, including the Nobel Peace Prize (Norway), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Isle of Wight Festival (United Kingdom), Marcos Witt (Mexico), National Auditorium (Mexico), Telmex Auditorium (Mexico), Soda Stereo (Colombia), Paul McCartney (Argentina), Metallica (Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, United States, Denmark, Holland), Marc Anthony (Panama, Guatemala, San Salvador, United States), and Roskilde Festival (Denmark).
Instructor:
Sana Romanos
Technical Support Lead for EMEA
Sana Romanos is the Technical Support Lead for EMEA at Meyer Sound, overseeing technical support, system design services, training programs, product demonstrations, and customer engagement across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She works closely with customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver successful audio solutions and strengthen regional collaboration.
She holds a B.S. degree in Physics from the American University of Beirut and a Master's degree in Audio Engineering from Université Blaise Pascal. Based in Beirut, Lebanon, her background includes technical leadership, live sound engineering, and front-of-house and monitor mixing roles with touring artists and major music festivals.
Where is it happening?
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USD 108.55 to USD 428.67
