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Can you remove reflections from live measurements for more accurate alignments?

In my last article I found some minor success in validating subwoofer alignment indoors through the use of carefully chosen microphone locations and their average. Next up: Can it be done live in real time? Thierry De Coninck sent me an article he had written outlining a procedure that would allow you to not only […]Loved this post? Try these:3 Phase Alignment Hacks to Make Your Sound System Tuning Easier How to flatten the phase for easier main+sub alignment SubAligner vs. L-Acoustics Preset Guide (K2 + SB28, Kiva + SB15m)

SubAligner vs. L-Acoustics Preset Guide (K2 + SB28, Kiva + SB15m)

The L-Acoustics Preset Guide is not only a valuable resource for subwoofer alignment, but is also one of my inspirations for creating SubAligner. If L-Acoustics can create alignment presets for their speakers then I should be able to scale the same method to any other speaker pair. It also provides a quality check for results […]Loved this post? Try these:3 Phase Alignment Hacks to Make Your Sound System Tuning Easier Invasion of the Phase Invaders: An Audio Engineer’s Guide to Battle Tactics and Big Scores Smaart® Beta: Will the new filter control in the delay finder help with your main+sub alignment?

What we learned about the LV1 and loudness metering in DC

Interview with mastering and live sound engineer Michael Curtis about doing sound for the processional for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.Loved this post? Try these:Support Sound Design Live on Patreon Mixing Monitors from FOH: 17 lessons I learned from Grealy at Soulsound How to Become a World Class Audio Engineer (if I had to start all over)

Don’t Align Your Subwoofer to a Room Reflection

How do room reflections affect subwoofer alignment in the low frequencies?Loved this post? Try these:3 Phase Alignment Hacks to Make Your Sound System Tuning Easier Are you still trying to align your subwoofers with an audio analyzer? How to flatten the phase for easier main+sub alignment

How to Make a Stage Plot That Will Save You Time and Misunderstanding

Interview with long-term festival patch monkey Beth O'Leary about audio riders and stage plots.Loved this post? Try these:One Critical Skill You Need to Get Stage Theatre Jobs: How Surrey University Is Training Audio Engineers Position Yourself for Non-stop Touring as a Stage Manager and Lighting Technician This iPhone App Helps Musicians Mix Themselves from Stage

Best sound absorbing material: Rockwool, Audimute, or Furniture?

Room impulse response measurements are used to compare the effectiveness of sound absorbers in a small office.Loved this post? Try these:3 Phase Alignment Hacks to Make Your Sound System Tuning Easier 110 Questions about Sound System Tuning – Pt. 3 How to use a custom weighting curve in Smaart® and why I don’t recommend it

The Difficult Balance of Hustle and Self-care for Live Event Technicians

Interview with licensed professional counselor Danielle Bowker about finding balance between road and home.Loved this post? Try these:Mixing the most difficult musical on Broadway: Rock of Ages Live Training Webinar: Gigs on Demand From Free To Fee – How To Incorporate Internet Streaming Into Your Live Event

The 5%: Women in Pro Audio

Interview with Susan Williams from Soundgirls and Full Sail University about sexism in the pro audio industry.
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What (wo)men want: How IEM mixes differ by gender

Interview with Loreen Bohannon about working with Michael Bolton and Lizzo and what you should be doing differently in your monitor mixes for men vs women.
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I’m Here to Make You Sound as Good as Possible

Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I talk with North American technical lead for Void Acoustics, Nathan Short. We discuss setting up sound systems for DJs, an alternative to using compressors out of fear, and paying for sound systems with alcohol. I ask: What […]
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