►► Get my audio math survival spreadsheet found in my audio toolkit:
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00:24 - Go Into A Show Without A Plan
04:53 - Relying Too Heavily On A Plan
07:40 - Blast Your Favorite And Hack Away With A Graphic EQ
10:05 - Using a SINGLE Channel RTA
13:30 - Over-indexing On Measurements From FOH
15:15 - Using Your Target Curve As Gospel
19:30 - Expecting EQ To Solve Your Problems
Everyone’s got their own secret sauce to optimizing and tuning a sound system. Reference tracks that reveal everything about a rig, super fancy measurement microphones, foolproof target curves.
The truth is none of these *tactics* work without understanding the underlying *principles* that make them work. Most engineers have ZERO plan when tuning a rig. Zero. They may have some of the right tools and software, but no proven system to make it work.
That was me several years ago - unknowingly making mistake after mistake on high level shows. Today I’m going to share with you 7 ways to NOT tune a sound system, key mistakes to avoid when you’re both planning a show and in the field setting it up and tuning.
We'll answer:
- Why EQ is your LEAST powerful tool in system optimization
- How to use your reference tracks the right way
- Why FOH isn’t the holy grail for analyzer measurements
- What target curve you should use (and when to ignore it)