Here's a plan view of a sound system with two mains, a sub, and a measurement mic at a fixed location. If I asked you to align this system, would you prefer to start by muting the left side to align the right side to the sub or would you like to play both left and right together with the sub? My guess is that you'd probably start by muting the left side to align the right main to the center sub, especially if you're in a hurry and indoors where your measurement is prone to even more … [Read more...]
Sound System Setup: Why Subwoofer Crossover Alignment is Critical
I worked on a reggae festival 12 years ago where I fell asleep at the console and destroyed some subwoofers. I fell asleep because I just wasn't prepared for such a long day and didn't have anyone to take over for me. I'm still not completely clear on how the subs were destroyed, but I think it was a combination of improper limiter settings and over driving them on accident because I was mixing from a power valley and some issues with the crossover alignment. To avoid repeating this mistake, … [Read more...]
SubAligner Walk Through and Q&A
Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. Please let me know if you discover any errors. [00:00:01.450]I also have another question that. [00:00:05.170]I. [00:00:05.640]Encountered when I was reading Bob McCarthy's book. [00:00:10.320]Sure. [00:00:11.060]The forward aspect ratio is based on the depth and the width of the room, and that translates into the speaker that you can the coverage angle that you can place in that … [Read more...]
How do we know if we have good data?
Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. Please let me know if you discover any errors. [00:00:05.330]JF 100 e. [00:00:25.340]And just going to make sure that I'm not putting any of the inputs, make it a little bit louder. [00:00:34.700]I think everything set correctly. [00:00:48.110]Then we can try noise reduction, which is similar to some of the windowing options that you have in rew for those of you who use rew. [00:01:17.110]Okay, so I'm using a lot of noise … [Read more...]
Subwoofer alignment by ear??
Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. Please let me know if you discover any errors. [00:00:00.250]We were going to start inside today and we're going to I had some slides and I had some prepared, but it was such a nice day today and I realized that it might be a lot nicer to start outside. So hopefully you guys can hear me okay. There's going to be a little bit of wind, but I just think it will be a nice experience to do a demo outside, do some listening outside before … [Read more...]