Re: Smaart DI vs Systune Standard
Hey Ben,
Long time Smaart guy (well, not THAT long but maybe a decade) here. I have limited experience with Systune, to be honest, I have banged around in it a few times to see how it compares but never used it in anger.
What I like about Smaart, and version 7 is by far the best, is that it is written and supported by field engineers. So while it has very technical guts (there's more to building even a simple RTA than you might believe, and it's easier to get frequency binning wrong than you might think) the surface is designed for what I need it for: It lets me get good measurements very quickly. Smaart also has an active and extensive beta testing group who are constantly finding and documenting small inconsistencies that are probably not even seen by the majority of their users. The program definitely benefits from their regular training seminars as well, I think Smaart is exposed to more users in more situations than other software and so I find it can shine in more cases for me. In the end Smaart just works for me, for one mic or four, and while I could certainly spend a lot of time changing windows and IR sizes - the tools are there - it's the only software I have come to trust to get me data minutes after turning my laptop on and be done ASAP. In production that's worth every penny.
