There is nothing worse than spending an entire event struggling with feedback demons. You may have been taught to fight feedback with a graphic EQ, but there is a better way. Actually, that’s not true: there are six better ways. Use my guide to controlling feedback onstage and mix in fear no more. “The feedback […]
How To Tune A Sound System In 15 Minutes
Even professionals often skip sound system setup and go straight to mixing because there just isn’t enough time. Unfortunately, you can’t go directly to your artistic place without first passing through science. The good news is that even the smallest amounts of time can be put to good use. How? With a plan. Simple Sound […]
How to Measure and Treat Resonances like Room Modes and Standing Waves with Smaart
Room modes can make your mix sound flabby and are most prevalent in small rooms. A few properly placed notch filters can help and in this article I am going to show you how to measure your room and place the filters using Smaart. Key Takeaways Precisely placed notch filters can tighten up your mix, […]
How to set the limiter threshold on a DBX PA2 so you don’t blow up your speakers
A student blew up his speakers because he had the limiter on his DBX PA2 set incorrectly. Find out how we fixed it. Download the calculators Fill out the Poweramps calculator. Use the dB Relationships calculator to convert dBV to dBFS.
How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA
The hardest thing about learning to read the phase graph on an audio analyzer like Smaart is finding a PA to practice with. In the world of my dreams I would have a giant warehouse with every speaker model on earth and endless time to practice tuning different configurations. In the field, we have the […]