Back in November I had the opportunity to work on a multi-channel home theater sound system built with custom speakers. The client had their own Smaart rig so they measured the drivers and I worked on the EQ and crossover alignment within Crosslite. What follows are clips from the meeting transcript. We need for both of these drivers to be captured with the exact same delay locator value. Copy the delay locator value from your HF measurement. Paste it into your TF delay, and this time … [Read more...]
How to phase align main to sub in Smaart, REW, Open Sound Meter, SATlive, and Crosslite
The audio analyzer functions primarily as a verification tool. For this reason this article will focus on creating alignment presets, which can then be modified in the field using simple distance measurements. To fit this into a single article I will offer an overview of a single method for each software. Although the steps with each tool might differ slightly, in general they follow this pattern: Measure each source solo.Do whatever is necessary to achieve alignment.Measure sources … [Read more...]
Subwoofer Alignment at The Redmoor Cincinnati
Recently I had the opportunity to help my friend Nick work on the calibration of some new components at a great looking venue in Cincinnati called The Redmoor. We met on TeamViewer and recorded the entire thing so that it could serve as a combination of consultation and training. If you'd like my help on your project, you can schedule an appointment here. In this post I'll walk you through some of the EQ and crossover alignment steps we took. Pre-production First, gather materials. I … [Read more...]
Single channel RTA targets to improve your mixes
How good is your live stream mix? What does it sound like on the audience end? How do you quantify that? Loudness metrics are helpful. I discovered YouLean meter like a lot of other sound engineers who have been doing more broadcast gigs during the pandemic. I monitor the live stream on a mobile device on ear buds to experience what the target audience might be hearing. I still found myself wishing I had another form of reference. For live in-person events I normally leave Smaart … [Read more...]
Know Your Audio Analyzer Averages
After you take several measurements and average them together, what do you expect to see? If these two measurements are averaged, what do you expect? Is zero the average of -6dB and 6dB, or something else? Here are four possible averages you may have guessed, depending on which audio analyzer you use. tl;dr Know what kind of averaging your audio analyzer uses.Collecting more data is more important than the way it is averaged. Here are demos from a selection of audio … [Read more...]