- First off, if you haven't done this before go find someone that has if you are needing to get the job done right. This process is a mix between an art and a science and I will only be covering the very basics and the tools that I recommend to start looking at if you want to dive deeper at tuning a room.
- Another great option is to call a local integrator and pay them to tune your room. Ask if you can tag along to learn as they use white and pink noise. Let's begin!
White and Pink noise are generally used for system tuning and understanding the difference is essential to set up your system correctly.
White noise has a flat frequency response from 20-20,000hz.
Pink noise more closely reflects how humans perceive a flat frequency response from 20-20,000hz.
If you were to look at an analyzer, you would see that white noise looks like a fairly flat line where pink noise is heavier in the bass response and progressively reduces in amplitude the further up the frequency spectrum you go.
- Recommended Equipment -
I recommend using both and a flat frequency response microphone such as the Earthworks M23. I have used this microphone for several system tunings and it has worked great.
There is definitely the benefit of purchasing two measurement microphones to ensure time alignment of your top boxes to your subs.
You will either use your RTA function in your audio console or the program SMARRT by Rational Acoustics.
The audio interfaces listed on their website are the Focusrite Scarlett line. If you know that you need more than two channels for more advanced measurement set ups then you probably don't need to be reading this post.
This is a progressing blog post and I hope to add videos and images in the months/years to come. Talk soon!
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