What is System Tuning?  I'm glad you asked!!! 

This is one of my favorite subjects of life, since I teach it daily at Full Sail Education in Orlando. 

System Alignment involves computerized sound measurement tools such as SIM, SMAART, & TEF and there are many others.  Sound systems can play havoc on your senses when not properly aligned.  Proper alignment means all drivers (frequencies) or all subsystems should be arriving to the listener at relatively the same time.  So we use measurement tools to be able to read and make decisions for the adjustment of these arrival times.  How much time you ask?  Well as Pat Brown of SynAudCon says "It Depends" and it does, it depends on the sound system, the drivers, the processing gear, the room, the acoustics, and many more factors.  Even as little as 1 ms of time offset can cause 24-30 dB of cancellation at 500 Hz.

We use measurement systems for adjustment of the equalization process.  Since our ears are always adjusting, due to weather conditions, health, ever changing environments of noise, age and other factors.  Computerized measurement systems help take the guess work out of the equation, of course, our ears are always the final analyzer, these measurement systems are tools, just like hammers.  If you get good with one you can build a house in no time.  If you are not good with one, call a contractor.

These are just a few of the measurements we perform, some other tests performed are:  RT60 - calculation of reverberation, localizing and determining useful and destructive reflected energy, noise analysis, etc

MSA Productions currently uses SMAART LIVE 5 and Goldline TEF25 with Earthworks M30 Microphones  for Sound System Alignment.  Some of my past clients:

•     Florida Music Festival - Main Stage
•     Full Sail Live (JBL Vertec System)
•     Full Sail Studio A
•     Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church
•     Brian Hoenstine Home Theater
•     The Zone Productions
•     First Baptist Church of Oviedo
•     Bethel Baptist Church of Orlando
•     Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Recording Studio
•     Jack Link & Associates
•     Rockledge High School
•     Keith Sound
•     Full Sail Dubbing Stage
•     Full Sail Live Behind the Scenes Setup
•     Success Seminar at UCF Arena

Education

•     Course Director of Show Production Computer Aided Systems (7+ years)
•     SynAudCon - Sound Reinforcement for Designers
•     SynAudCon Acoustic Test and Measurement
•     SynAudCon Loudspeaker Arrays
•     Certified SIM II System Operator
•     SIM III School
•     Goldline TEF Basics
•     TEF Level 1 Workshop
•     TEF Level 1 Assistant Instructor
•     TEF Level II Inteligibility Workshop
•     Goldline 5.1 Surround Workshop
•     SMAART LIVE Seminars with Sam Berkow & Jamie Anderson
•     Meyer Sound Seminar
•     Basics of Audio Instrumentation NSCA

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