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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Loudspeaker Sensitivity: What’s A Watt Anyway?
Charlie Hughes
01/25/12 04:06 PM,
The specification of a loudspeaker’s sensitivity is probably one of the most common, yet perhaps one of the most misunderstood. It’s common to see the magnitude response of a loudspeaker system reduced to a single number as a sensitivity rating.…
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Thursday, June 09, 2011
The Devil And The Auto RTA: Don’t Forget To Use Your Ears
Bennett Prescott
06/09/11 10:51 AM,
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In my perhaps too frequent visits to the Live Audio Board, I regularly read about weekend warriors who have just acquired their first DSP (digital signal processor) system controller and are seeking to understand how it’s auto RTA (real-time analyzer)…
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
What’s The Measurement? Understanding And Properly Using RTA & FFT
John Murray
06/01/11 08:34 AM,
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What’s the best way to equalize a sound system - by ear or by measurement? The short answer is both. Each method compliments the other. The ultimate qualification for sound quality is the ear. If it doesn’t sound right, nothing…
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Building Your Worship Center For Quality Sound & Acoustics
Vance Breshears
03/31/11 02:06 PM,
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“Hi, my name is Bob. I’m with “xyz” church and we’re designing a new worship center,” says a voice on the other end of the phone. “The architect told us it’s time to get a sound guy involved, so I’m…
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
RT: Reverberation Time = Real Tricky? Comparisons Between Measured & Predicted
Jeff D. Szymanski
03/17/11 12:34 PM,
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In working with sound and acoustics, here’s something many of us do but may not actually think about enough: Comparisons between measured and predicted reverberation times (RTs). RT (a.k.a., “RT60,” “T60,” “T,” et al) is a widely used quantifier of…
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Church Audio Basics: Dealing With Standing Waves
Chris Huff
02/16/11 11:41 AM,
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This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Have you ever had your hearing tested? I’m talking about when you hear something and wonder what in the world is that noise? The band looks at you. The people in…
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Protecting Loudspeakers: Using Limiters To Enhance LF While Still Keeping Things Under Control
Charlie Hughes
02/07/11 10:39 AM,
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While it’s nothing new to place a limiter immediately in front of a power amplifier to keep it from clipping, there is more that can be accomplished with a limiter to squeeze a bit more low-frequency performance out of a…
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Understanding Sound System, Loudspeaker & Room Interactions
Sam Berkow
01/28/11 10:25 AM,
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Acoustic Fundamentals And The Nature Of Sound
Neil Thompson Shade
01/27/11 10:08 AM,
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Why should one bother trying to understand basic acoustics? The most simple (and correct) answer is that study of basic concepts enables one to sort through the truth, semi-truth, myths and flat-out errors that pervade the pro audio industry. The…
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Proper Loudspeaker Placement: How To Avoid Lobes and Nulls
Pat Brown
12/30/10 09:54 AM,
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Let’s say the sound system in the house of worship you’re working on goes into feedback whenever microphones pass under the loudspeaker array. Worse yet, there are “soft spots” in some sections of the audience area. Choir mics “squeal” before…
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Predicting Array Performance: Hanging The PA Right The First Time
Bruce Main
08/11/10 10:31 AM,
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Back in the good old days predicting the performance of a group of loudspeakers was a hit and miss proposition. We tried to hit all the people and miss the walls. We were happy if we had enough devices to…
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
A Real World Example of Limiting Distances
Pat Brown
07/06/10 02:03 PM,
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If acoustic parameters sometimes seem difficult to grasp, this practical example should help clarify at least one of them, the Limiting Distance, DL. This is a parameter associated with reverberant spaces, such as gyms and churches with little absorption. Remember…
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
SIA Smaart Live for Beginners
Doug Fowler
05/01/08 11:45 AM,
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A New Paradigm – Linear Transfer Before delving into the nuts and bolts it is necessary to examine the desired goal of measurement. After all, how can one get somewhere without knowing the destination? After much exposure to Smaart in…
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Transcript: Smaart Impulse & Phase Measurement
PSW Staff
12/30/07 12:22 PM,
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Question posted by Patrik Arnekvist on September 17, 2001 I know there’s a lot of Smaart experts here so here goes a thought. When using the delay locator, Smaart assumes that the right delay setting is at the highest peak…
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Monday, October 22, 2001
Transcript: Using Smaart with Jamie Anderson
PSW Staff
10/22/01 02:33 PM,
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Moderator: (Dave Dermont) Good evening and welcome to our chat with Jamie Anderson of SIA Software Company. Jamie, could you give us some background about what you did before SIA, for those of us too lazy to read the bio?…
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Wednesday, September 05, 2001
Transcript: EASE 4.0 with Ron Sauro
PSW Staff
09/05/01 11:35 AM,
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Moderator: Welcome to tonight’s live chat session with Ron Sauro, who’s been gracious enough to join us to talk about EASE and new EASE 4.0. Ron, can you start by talking a bit about your background and experience with EASE?…
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