Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
One of my pet peeves is when someone says, "Choosing an alignment position is useless because it will still be misaligned everywhere else." While that is true, there's a world of difference between putting FOH into a region of cancellation and carefully balancing the alignment errors across the audience.
Due to the complexity of audio, there is a tendency to say, "Fuck it. If I don't understand it, then it's not important." But these things are not random. Phase differences over location are entirely predictable. If that weren't true then ArrayCalc, SoundVision, and MAPP3D would not work.
But they do work. And if you would like to find the alignment position that will result in the least error across the audience, you can find it. And you'll get the same answer whether you calculate it ahead of time, try many locations in ArrayCalc, or observe them empirically in the field.
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SubAlign calculator:
https://www.merlijnvanveen.nl/en/calculators/107-sub-align
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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.
One of my pet peeves is when someone says, "Choosing an alignment position is useless because it will still be misaligned everywhere else." While that is true, there's a world of difference between putting FOH into a region of cancellation and carefully balancing the alignment errors across the audience.
Due to the complexity of audio, there is a tendency to say, "Fuck it. If I don't understand it, then it's not important." But these things are not random. Phase differences over location are entirely predictable. If that weren't true then ArrayCalc, SoundVision, and MAPP3D would not work.
But they do work. And if you would like to find the alignment position that will result in the least error across the audience, you can find it. And you'll get the same answer whether you calculate it ahead of time, try many locations in ArrayCalc, or observe them empirically in the field.
SubAligner:
subaligner.com
SubAlign calculator:
https://www.merlijnvanveen.nl/en/calculators/107-sub-align
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💙 Start supporting Sound Design Live today for as little as $5/month on Patreon: patreon.com/sounddesignlive
___
📈 Get Started with Sound System Tuning - sounddesignlive.com/get-started-with-sound-system-tuning
___
👨🎓 SOUND SYSTEM TUNING ONLINE COURSE - proaudioworkshopseeingsound.com
___
📕 Books on sound system tuning - sounddesignlive.com/audio-engineer-training-programs
🎙 Podcast for live sound engineers - sounddesignlive.com/pro-audio-podcast
___
Smaart® and the Smaart logo are registered trademarks of Rational Acoustics LLC and are not affiliated with Nathan Lively or Sound Design Live.
___
Be friendly
Facebook - facebook.com/sounddesignlive
Twitter - twitter.com/nathandofrango
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/nathanlively
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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.
