Tech Topic: Coherence & Reverberation

Coherence is a common feature found on many analyzers that enables us to distinguish signal from noise. It will indicate whether you’re measuring a loudspeaker… Read More

Sensitive (Mic) Matters

Many believe that condenser microphones are more sensitive than dynamic microphones (moving coil) and therefore pick up “everything,” e.g., stage wash and noise. Sensitivity, however,… Read More

Tech Topic: A Track Named Impulse Response

The impulse response, or simply IR, remains an abstract concept to many. But if we think of the impulse response literally as an audio track… Read More

Sonic Atmosphere: Moving At The Speed Of Sound

In this article we’ll investigate how the speed of sound in air is, for all intents and purposes, exclusively temperature dependent within the audible bandwidth… Read More

Choose Your Battles: Examining Dispersion & Pattern Control In Line Arrays

Whenever we experience too much of a particular frequency or frequency range, we’re tempted to resort to equalization to resolve the situation. In this article,… Read More

More Minding The Gap: Delving Further Into Inverted Stack Cardioid Sub Configurations

Previously (Mind The Gap) we looked at my preliminary findings about the (possibly) beneficial effect of introducing gaps between adjacent enclosures in cardioid stacks… Read More

Mind The Gap: Looking Into Inverted Stack Cardioid Subwoofer Configurations

A short time ago I was very fortunate to gain access to a former air force base featuring ample real estate with a solid underground. Read More

The Grand Bargain: Analyzing A Common Query About Time Aligning Subwoofers

One of the more prevalent questions after “Where to time align the subs?” is typically “Where to time align a center sub?” When introducing physical… Read More

To Delay Or Not? That Is The Question

This Study Hall examines the necessity of adding delay loudspeakers to sound reinforcement systems. Read More

Realistic Goals

Courtesy of Merlijn van Veen.   Why does a specification like “We need a sound system… Read More

Detecting Phase Shifts (Video)

“It turns out that, within very generous tolerances, humans are insensitive to phase shifts. Under carefully contrived circumstances, special signals auditioned in anechoic conditions, or… Read More