Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with Product Manager and Smaart Instructor at Rational Acoustics, Chris Tsanjoures. We talk about sound system tuning time saving techniques, microphone placement for main+sub alignment, and the biggest mistake new Smart users are making. I ask: Why […]
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 […]
Everything I Feared about Digico Consoles Is Wrong
Interview with Aleš Štefančič, the Technical Director and Monitor mixer for Siddharta and system consultant for MK Light Sound in Slovenia. We get deep into why Digico consoles have always scared me and why I was wrong all along.
One Simple Tool to Find the Right Size Speaker for Any Space
This is an article I wrote for SoundGirls. Here’s the original. Do you usually choose speakers by guessing? I want to show you one simple tool to find the exact right speaker for any space. It is called Forward Aspect Ratio (FAR) and it is simply the shape a speaker makes, defined by depth and […]
Mauricio Ramirez: Trust your ears, not just the audio analyzer
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of the Sound Design Live podcast I talk to Mauricio Ramirez, senior seminar instructor at Meyer Sound. We discuss some of the biggest mistakes he sees made by people who are new to sound system tuning. We also cover: Most popular test tracks. Which […]