Essential PA System Tuning

Get better mixes, faster with my 3-step guide to perfect EQ: https://www.offshoreaudio.no/eq If you’re responsible for a PA, you want it to sound good. You know you should “tune” your PA, but you’re unsure exactly what you’re supposed to do to get these speakers sounding their best. To get sound to everyone, you need to choose the right speakers. To get even coverage, you need to place your speakers correctly. To get a smooth sound, you need to EQ the speakers. And to make them play well together, you need to balance levels and time align. That might seem like a lot, but I’m going to share a simple-ish framework to get your speakers sounding great. You’ll, of course, be using your ears, but we’ll cover how to use data to remove any guesswork. Nathan Lively's target traces that I used in this video: https://www.sounddesignlive.com/target-traces/ 00:00:00 - start 00:01:05 - Speaker Placement & Coverage 00:05:05 - When to Use Front Fills or Delays 00:09:46 - Verifying, Setting Level, and EQ 00:11:18 - Setting Up Smaart 00:14:13 - Target Trace 00:15:13 - Measure Mains, Levels, EQ 00:16:59 - Front Fills Levels, EQ 00:18:50 - Speaker Time Alignment 00:19:52 - Time Align Main and Sub 00:21:12 - Time Align Fills