Re: Calibrating Monitors on stage
Mauricio,
As a general practice, using Smaart or a similar analyzer on monitors would be something one would do while in the shop, not in real time at an event. I would rather work out issues with the monitors in question like this first, getting them voiced and corrected to taste, preferably outside with no walls around.
At the gig, I'd check by ringing out the monitors as Dick describes, looking for problems that are inherently native to the location and specific setup.
One thing I've added to my method is a handy app on my iPhone that identifies a frequency that is feeding back. If I'm at a mic, I can see instantly what the exact frequency feeding back is, and match it in the processor for that wedge. This allows one to also use very narrow filters, which won't affect the overall sound(that you've dialed in back at the shop with Smaart) nearly as much.
Best regards,
John
