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Are you still trying to align your subwoofers with an audio analyzer?

The challenge of collecting and interpreting high-quality low-frequency data with modern audio analyzers can lead to user error and misaligned subwoofer crossovers. A simpler more reliable approach is necessary. tl;dr Crossover alignment is hard. Let’s build a database and mobile app to make it easier. Seeing actionable data in our audio analyzer for the main […]

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How Using Less EQ Can Stop Your Show from Sounding Horrible

Interview with Phillip Peglow about Broadway during COVID-19, if you should go to graduate school, and why you should never use a graphic EQ.

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Can you estimate line array splay in the field without software while the riggers are waiting?

I have developed, what seems to be, a lesser known method to find target coverage angle and quickly estimate average splay for a line array in the field in relatively few steps. I discovered it by necessity while creating Pro Audio Workshop: Seeing Sound 3 years ago. Recently a student challenged me on a couple […]

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1 Graph Setting You Need to Change in Smaart for Faster EQ Decisions

Interview with the originator of Smaart, Sam Berkow about acoustics, sound system design, and audio analyzer pet peeves.

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Sam Berkow

Interview with the originator of Smaart, Sam Berkow about acoustics, sound system design, and audio analyzer pet peeves.

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Can you match speakers through space and time? (

What if I want to compare my speaker to your speaker to see if they are compatible? Is there any way to actually do an apples to apples comparison? Hypothesis: Yes! Let’s look at an example. Is a PRX615M compatible with a PRX618S? I don’t have either. How will I find out? My first idea […] Loved this post? Try these:How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA What do I need to know about my speakers? How to Estimate Delay and Level Offset Between Speakers in Your 3D Models

Can you match speakers through space and time? (

What if I want to compare my speaker to your speaker to see if they are compatible? Is there any way to actually do an apples to apples comparison? Hypothesis: Yes! Let’s look at an example. Is a PRX615M compatible with a PRX618S? I don’t have either. How will I find out? My first idea […] Loved this post? Try these:How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA What do I need to know about my speakers? How to Estimate Delay and Level Offset Between Speakers in Your 3D Models

Can you match speakers through space and time? (

What if I want to compare my speaker to your speaker to see if they are compatible? Is there any way to actually do an apples to apples comparison? Hypothesis: Yes! Let’s look at an example. Is a PRX615M compatible with a PRX618S? I don’t have either. How will I find out? My first idea […] Loved this post? Try these:How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA What do I need to know about my speakers? How to Estimate Delay and Level Offset Between Speakers in Your 3D Models

Can you match speakers through space and time? (

What if I want to compare my speaker to your speaker to see if they are compatible? Is there any way to actually do an apples to apples comparison? Hypothesis: Yes! Let’s look at an example. Is a PRX615M compatible with a PRX618S? I don’t have either. How will I find out? My first idea […] Loved this post? Try these:How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA What do I need to know about my speakers? How to Estimate Delay and Level Offset Between Speakers in Your 3D Models

Can you match speakers through space and time? (

What if I want to compare my speaker to your speaker to see if they are compatible? Is there any way to actually do an apples to apples comparison? Hypothesis: Yes! Let’s look at an example. Is a PRX615M compatible with a PRX618S? I don’t have either. How will I find out? My first idea […] Loved this post? Try these:How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA What do I need to know about my speakers? How to Estimate Delay and Level Offset Between Speakers in Your 3D Models