SPECIAL REPORT: Sound System Design and Tuning for Small Rooms with Bob McCarthy
Thank you for the massive response to my survey.
In my last post, I announced that I am putting together a training program for sound system tuning and I asked everyone on my mailing list to send me their top two questions on system tuning.
I got a bunch of responses, and going through all of them gave me two big ideas for what to do next. First, I’m going to do a webinar on system tuning on Monday, September 22 at 9am Pacific time where I will share all of my findings and conclusions from the survey. This won’t be a normal, boring webinar where you sit and watch a PowerPoint presentation. It will be more of an interactive conference call where we’ll be able to chat live about your specific projects.
Second, I’m going to share a great interview that I did with Bob McCarthy on sound system design and tuning for small rooms.
Are you ready for over an hour of on-the-job training with one of the most experienced sound system technicians in the world? Yeah you are! We will talk about:
How to measure sound systems in heavy wind.
Dealing with highly reverberant spaces.
The precedence effect.
When to subdivide your system.
The advantages and disadvantages to coupling your subs.
How to setup a basic cardioid subwoofer array.
How to aim a pair of L/R mains.
The next update to SIM3.
Combining speakers and microphones with shape and scale in mind.
The best way to potty train your dog.
For instant access to this special report, sign up for my free webinar by clicking on the link below.
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Interactive conference call where we will discuss the findings and conclusions from my survey and the upcoming coaching program on sound system tuning.
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September 22, 2014
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Okay, now I want to show you the best technique I learned from this interview with Bob McCarthy. He calls it “the middle of the middle.” It’s a great strategy to approach horizontal speaker aim and measurement for these rooms where we walk in and all we’re given is two speakers on sticks to the far left and right of the stage.
At first you might think, “Well, I don’t want too much bouncing off of the wall and creating comb filtering, so I’ll aim them farther in.” But then you might also think, “I don’t want too much playing into the other side of the room because then that will create comb filtering.”
Bob’s approach is to split the room down the middle, then find the middle of the seating area in each half. This is where you will aim your speaker and make your on-axis measurement.
The overflow that you have potentially on a wall is no worse than you have, as a certainty, into the other speaker that’s coming from the other side.
So next time you are in a room like that, try it and come back to let me know how it goes in the comments below. If you have another technique to accomplish the same thing, I’d also love to hear about it.
This, and a bunch of other great techniques can be found in this special report.
Before I go I want to share with you one of the biggest things I’ve learned about sound system tuning.
Like many of you, I read a couple of books and articles on system tuning and then I thought, “Great, now what?” Also like many of you I went to a couple of great seminars and then I thought, “Great, now what?”
My WHAT happened after I decided to take my measurement rig with me on a four-month national theatre tour of the musical review, Route 66. Every day I was in a new venue doing measurements and training my ear over and over again and slowly, it started to make sense.
This is the kind of transformation that I want to help you achieve. And how are we going to do that?
Well, I’m taking you all out on an intensive six-month tour. Pack your bags!
Just kidding. (Maybe next year.)
The HOW is going to surprise you, but I’m going to save that for the webinar.
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