Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this design the ground subs are fills, supplementing the main flown array for the first rows of the audience. We can align to the mains or the subs, but not both. I decided to align sub to sub since the greatest amount of the operating range will be affected and because the center position of the flown sub array approximates the acoustic center of the entire flown system (flown mains + flown subs).
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The Complete Guide to Measurement Microphone Placement for Subwoofer Alignment
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In this design the ground subs are fills, supplementing the main flown array for the first rows of the audience. We can align to the mains or the subs, but not both. I decided to align sub to sub since the greatest amount of the operating range will be affected and because the center position of the flown sub array approximates the acoustic center of the entire flown system (flown mains + flown subs).
SubAligner
subaligner.com
The Complete Guide to Measurement Microphone Placement for Subwoofer Alignment
sounddesignlive.com/the-complete-guide-to-measurement-microphone-placement-for-subwoofer-alignment
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Music from Uppbeat:
uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/running-water
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๐ Get Started with Sound System Tuning - sounddesignlive.com/get-started-with-sound-system-tuning
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๐จโ๐ SOUND SYSTEM TUNING ONLINE COURSE - proaudioworkshopseeingsound.com
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๐ Books on sound system tuning - sounddesignlive.com/audio-engineer-training-programs
๐ Podcast for live sound engineers - sounddesignlive.com/pro-audio-podcast
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Smaartยฎ and the Smaart logo are registered trademarks of Rational Acoustics LLC and are not affiliated with Nathan Lively or Sound Design Live.
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Be friendly
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I love to geek out about the physics of sound. This channel focuses on the growing opportunity for live sound engineers to improve their confidence and consistency through the understanding of the principles of sound system design and optimization. My goal is to make this channel upfront and honest about my success and failure, so you can learn from both.
I am always open to suggestions and feedback so please comment on this video or contact me through my site.










![Can you use smaller arrays in immersive sound design?
The answer is yes.
Consider the Fender Twin Reverb. It does only one thing: reproduce the guitar, and it can ruin the experience for everybody because itโs so freakinโ loud. So how do those two twelve-inch speakers out-do our whole $100,000 PA? Itโs an object device that only streams a single channel, while [the sound system] is reproducing 32 channels or something like that.
-Bob McCarthy
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I love to geek out about the physics of sound. This channel focuses on the growing opportunity for live sound engineers to improve their confidence and consistency through the understanding of the principles of sound system design and optimization. My goal is to make this channel upfront and honest about my success and failure, so you can learn from both.
I am always open to suggestions and feedback so please comment on this video or contact me through my site. Can you use smaller arrays in immersive sound design?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e_KlMWFieic/mqdefault.jpg)