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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 59621" data-attributes="member: 24">Re: Tough measuringI tend to look for broader trends on the magnitude as well, hence I think I like to see a little more smoothing, but I do usually look at the lower level of smoothing also. The 1/12 octave seems to be a nice compromise for me. I remember Jamie talking about looking for broader trends in the magnitude, even if he did suggest that he prefered less smoothing. I am not sure if it really is a usual practice, but while everything is in place, I like to take the broader pits shown at 1/12 octave and change the eq to see how the measurements responds (over the entire range, over part of the range, or not at all). I think that helps me, determine if I am looking at a meadurement/room artifact or something that can be helped by eq.For example, in this set, I see the same 300, 500, and 3K dips in both the average of the tops, and the mains plus the subs. Those would be my first candidates for a little tweaking.In addition, when I look at the side by side configuration of the mains, I can estimate where I expect to see the combing, and smooth that out to see more general trends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 59621, member: 24"] Re: Tough measuring I tend to look for broader trends on the magnitude as well, hence I think I like to see a little more smoothing, but I do usually look at the lower level of smoothing also. The 1/12 octave seems to be a nice compromise for me. I remember Jamie talking about looking for broader trends in the magnitude, even if he did suggest that he prefered less smoothing. I am not sure if it really is a usual practice, but while everything is in place, I like to take the broader pits shown at 1/12 octave and change the eq to see how the measurements responds (over the entire range, over part of the range, or not at all). I think that helps me, determine if I am looking at a meadurement/room artifact or something that can be helped by eq. For example, in this set, I see the same 300, 500, and 3K dips in both the average of the tops, and the mains plus the subs. Those would be my first candidates for a little tweaking. In addition, when I look at the side by side configuration of the mains, I can estimate where I expect to see the combing, and smooth that out to see more general trends. [/QUOTE]

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