brucegoodman
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Most of the venues I work were not built for performance but to look pretty. Many gyms and community buildings. My goal is speech intelligability 1st and music second.
The comment about the speakers being behind the stage is one I run into all the time. Architects love to put them there. But they can't be there and get the house to sound good. They become stage monitors. High speakers are the best idea where the rear listener is < 2 times the distance to the front listener. Then I add fills to the back. High again.
I have to do two ringouts. I use pink not white noise. I typically use an RTA with a test mic set in the middle of the room moving it front to back (max comb effect w/ L/R speakers) looking to see if I phase between 500hz and 3000hz. Cause thats the spot nobody can be heard/understood. I flat the eq first to see what my speakers can do, and I gar-on-tee two ways won't hit 300hz. I always have one eq per speaker and dump the low end with a hipass. Pay attention to the guy who spoke of the Q of an eq. Then I build a pink noise room curve per speaker. Bump the lows, flat the middle and tail off the highs. Then I set up mics and take down(with a parametric) at least the first 3 ringback freqs. Always being careful not to gain up or down too much because it will change the phase of the freq. Then I ring out my monitors much the same way. Rear Fills must be timed and sometimes I'll use timing to adjust comb for left right phasing.
Actually, I left a step out at each point. I usually play/and have someone speek so I know it sounds natural and pure.
Then the lighting guys show up.
The comment about the speakers being behind the stage is one I run into all the time. Architects love to put them there. But they can't be there and get the house to sound good. They become stage monitors. High speakers are the best idea where the rear listener is < 2 times the distance to the front listener. Then I add fills to the back. High again.
I have to do two ringouts. I use pink not white noise. I typically use an RTA with a test mic set in the middle of the room moving it front to back (max comb effect w/ L/R speakers) looking to see if I phase between 500hz and 3000hz. Cause thats the spot nobody can be heard/understood. I flat the eq first to see what my speakers can do, and I gar-on-tee two ways won't hit 300hz. I always have one eq per speaker and dump the low end with a hipass. Pay attention to the guy who spoke of the Q of an eq. Then I build a pink noise room curve per speaker. Bump the lows, flat the middle and tail off the highs. Then I set up mics and take down(with a parametric) at least the first 3 ringback freqs. Always being careful not to gain up or down too much because it will change the phase of the freq. Then I ring out my monitors much the same way. Rear Fills must be timed and sometimes I'll use timing to adjust comb for left right phasing.
Actually, I left a step out at each point. I usually play/and have someone speek so I know it sounds natural and pure.
Then the lighting guys show up.