Sergio Ortiz, also known as San Antonio reggae artist Sgt. Remo, poses at San Antonio College with his King Remo Sound System, a literal wall of speakers Ortiz designed and built to make listeners feel as well as hear the music. The setup also is an homage to Jamaican sound system culture, where island DJs play street parties with stacks of speakers.Sergio Ortiz is a soft-spoken teacher in San Antonio College’s music business program.
Sergio Ortiz, aka Sgt. Remo, with half of his giant speaker system at Caribbean Mix for a DJ performance.“The whole point of it is to hear music without it hurting you,” said Ortiz, who added that he tries to keep the decibel levels in the 90s, about the equivalent of a roaring motorcycle. Ortiz’s King Remo setup consists of six 18-inch folded horn subwoofers, six 15-inch upper bass cabinets or kick bins, four 12-inch mid-range speakers with horn tweeters and two rows of bullet horn super tweeters, all encased in birch and pine wood. Heavy duty ratchet straps hold everything in place so the sound vibrations don’t shake anything off.
Tello said reggae music emphasizes low-end and sub-bass frequencies, not high frequencies that can be painful or dangerous to ears. Reggae fans often stand next to a sound system such as Ortiz’s setup so they can feel that thumping rhythm at the heart of reggae like it’s beating in their own chests, she said.Of course, just the sight of Ortiz’s sound system can be overwhelming.
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