Smaarting the sound system has turned into a bad word. It refers to a quick and easy sound system tuning procedure that can ruin your show. Here’s how to Smaart the sound system: Buy audio analyzer software. Don’t practice at home. Take a single measurement of the combined system at FOH with 1/3oct smoothing. Insert […]
How to build your own audio analyzer (like Smaart) for FREE
You don’t need to spend $4K+ to run your own audio analyzer like Smaart, SATlive, SysTune, or RiTA. You can do it for free or cheap with components you already own. The most important thing is to start practicing as soon as possible, not to build the best rig in the world. Watch the entire […]
This is why I no longer recommend turning one sub off to fight power alley
Takeaway Leave both subs on. Turning one sub off in an uncoupled array will create a greater F2B contrast. You can use standard deviation to help you decide between two design decisions. Intro For better or for worse, many of the sound systems that we encounter today still use uncoupled subwoofer arrays placed to the […]
Download the DiGiCo Session Setup Checklist
Are you sick of reading the users manual every time you need to set up an SD5? Me, too! Good news. Last night I got Aleš real drunk and got him to spill the beans about setting up a session from scratch. There was a lot of gibberish in there, but I was able to […]
Top 5 Common Mistakes When Using a DiGiCo Console
Let me preface this article by saying that I absolutely love working on DiGiCo consoles. The sound quality, the simple workflow, the layout of the board, the dual-engine concept of design- all aspects of these boards testify to the fact that they have been designed with the professional audio engineer in mind (apologies for the […]
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