This is a special shout-out and thank you to the manufacturers who made it possible for my company to provide the best sound that I have heard anywhere ever at a festival last weekend: Danley Sound Labs for creating the best top cabinets I've ever heard anywhere, the SH-50 Synergy Horn. Bassmaxx for creating a horn-loaded subwoofer (Trips and Deuces) with just the right amount of fuzz and growl to make it "sound" loud and full without actually being too loud. BSS for creating a DSP platform (Soundweb London) that allowed us to perform some DSP magic that couldn't be done on a normal loudspeaker management system, as well as giving us wireless tablet control from anywhere in the crowd. And Liberty Instruments, who's Praxis measurement system gave us the tools needed to bring it all together.
It took nearly 2 years of measurements and tweaking to get our DSP program just right. Careful measurement sessions, listening sessions, fine-tuning by ear, taking the system out for shows to find the trouble spots, and then repeating the whole process over and over and over until we reached the point last weekend when it all came togehter and we, along with everyone in attendance, were completely amazed at the results. The final master-stroke was the addition of stands which angled the tops down towards the crowd, vastly improving the VHF coverage.
We still have plenty of work to do, but all the low-hanging fruit have been plucked, and the rest will just be icing on the cake: tiny incremental improvements in our program that will further smooth and tighten the response in the mid-bass region and increase mid-high output capabilities without sacrificing quality. Better stands that will move the top cabinets forward so that the mains can't bounce sound off of the top of the subs, as well as allowing us the alter the angle of the tops to suit the space we are covering. And maybe some new subs that will extend our low end response below 40Hz.
Now all I need is a large acoustically treated listening room so I can listen to my own music when I want, instead of only getting to hear others tunes when we get booked for an event...
It took nearly 2 years of measurements and tweaking to get our DSP program just right. Careful measurement sessions, listening sessions, fine-tuning by ear, taking the system out for shows to find the trouble spots, and then repeating the whole process over and over and over until we reached the point last weekend when it all came togehter and we, along with everyone in attendance, were completely amazed at the results. The final master-stroke was the addition of stands which angled the tops down towards the crowd, vastly improving the VHF coverage.
We still have plenty of work to do, but all the low-hanging fruit have been plucked, and the rest will just be icing on the cake: tiny incremental improvements in our program that will further smooth and tighten the response in the mid-bass region and increase mid-high output capabilities without sacrificing quality. Better stands that will move the top cabinets forward so that the mains can't bounce sound off of the top of the subs, as well as allowing us the alter the angle of the tops to suit the space we are covering. And maybe some new subs that will extend our low end response below 40Hz.
Now all I need is a large acoustically treated listening room so I can listen to my own music when I want, instead of only getting to hear others tunes when we get booked for an event...
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