We buy a new loudspeaker with a higher power rating and it’s louder. All things being equal, this is true. But it’s important to remember that wattage isn’t the only variable in play.
When two signals are combining at the same level but with different timing in a bus or a loudspeaker, the result will be comb filtering upon the combination. To avoid this, the two signals must be corrected to arrive in time with each other. Here’s a way to do it.
A focus on eliminating severe resonant modes and establishing the low-frequency response of the room, and much more…
The use of dual channel FFTs initially re-shaped loudspeaker product design, but it soon followed that they would also play an instrumental role in developing the art and craft of field-tuning a sound system, an inherently more complex pursuit.
Learning to use FFT measurement software and interpret the data takes a lot of time and practice, but it’s worth it if you’re in for the long haul.
Long ago, the author was inspired to create an equalizer that would use LEDs to let even untrained users adjust its bands for a flat response. Here’s how it went…
The nature of peak and average levels of music and speech, methods of dealing with signal peaks, and more.
Deploying an array with the proper vertical coverage angle is the first – and most widely recognized – factor, but there’s a lot more that goes into creating the right fit to attain uniformity in the audience geometry.
Just because you “like” a song or even “know” it doesn’t guarantee that it was well recorded, so using it as playback material to check results when tuning a system may not give the desired result. (An audio version of this article is also available for download.)
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