Start to Finish Sound System Design Tutorial In EASE Focus 3

[@timshin]

Thank you so much for this Michael! Just used Ease Focus 3 using this video and the other video you have on it to create my first project for a new church space we are moving into in the early Spring 2025. I'm no expert but definitely feel more confident with the tools you teach here! Thank you for providing such an invaluable resource.

[@isaacsitiakalaabwenje]

Thanks, Michael Curtis for varsity Knowledge on Speaker Placement when it comes to sound Design in our Churches.

[@brianisbrined9255]

Thanks Michael. I've been diving into EASE Focus 3 the last few weeks and your videos have been a lot of help.

[@JohnSotomusic]

Michael, that is a great video. I have purchased your courses. They have helped a lot. I know you are super busy but think of doing a course on Focus 3 and SMAART. Thank you for your great work brother.

[@tobin_nathan]

Michael this SO helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make such great videos. Will have to watch this one a few times

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

You got it!

[@panca4238]

Hello, does this software also calculate sound distribution by considering sound reflections and room acoustics?

[@stephenstewart8435]

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! I'm going to go back through it again just to make sure that I'm understanding everything, but great video!

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

You're very welcome! So glad it was helpful to you.

[@a.h.1665]

Hey Michael, how do i design an Audiance Zone as an Open Air field or Freefield area without "walls" is there a way to tell Ease focus that there shall be no ground or side reflections?

[@soundoffaithministries]

How do the fulcrum speaker sound compared to a RCF hcl and where can you buy them?

[@viteku73]

Good afternoon. Thank you for the video. I am sorry for my English. I have a question. In such a project, how can one align (in time) the central cluster relative to the main loudspeaker? Where to place the measuring microphone? How to find the point where these two elements (main and center) will work at the same volume (level)? Where to go? After all, you can move from the central cluster to the main one (from the center to the side) and this point will be there. Or you can do it in the center, from the first rows to the middle of the hall, and there will also be a moment when the center moves into the operating area of the main loudspeaker. How correctly and in what cases? Thank you!

[@mitas3484]

Looks awesome, you have deep knowledge and it shows. Thanks for sharing!

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

Thanks a ton!

[@galgogergo]

Awesome video, thank you very much. I started to experiment, and realized there was an "Auto splay" option for line arrays, which works really well. Don't you know why they don't have an 'auto align' function or similar for loudspeakers, to calculate the optimal rigging height AND vertical tilt without needing to "eyeball" it? It would be so much easier...!

[@soundman1402]

A couple questions regarding your system design services... How do you decide which mfrs to use? Do you, yourself, sell the equipment, or do you recommend vendors, or...?

[@djbassick]

Have you found a free VM for Mac so we can try this program?

[@xhinggaming]

I hope you can discuss maximum gain before feedback. I'm struggling with choir mic because of the long distance to the mouth to the mic position. But this discussion will be interesting. Thank you.

[@rddye1]

Just curious why you selected the Fulcrum CX loudspeakers instead of the CCX. Seems like for this application the CCX may be more advantageous?

[@rddye1]

Also, along that same logic, you could use their passive cardioid subwoofer in the center flown position.

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

You're absolutely right, could have definitely rolled with the CCX series as well as one of their passive cardioid subs. I chose the CX series for this demo to keep the total price tag closer to what the client had allocated since the passive cardioid speakers are more expensive.

[@AaronNguyen79]

Hi Michael, what's the reason for having your centre fill 13f in the air instead of having it on front stage centre and pointing it directly into the audience? Do you find it easier to time align it to the Main LR?

[@AaronNguyen79]

Forget it. I just realised it's a centre fill instead of front fill :)

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

No worries : )

[@florensiaesperancelie8244]

wow, thank you very much for helping me with my final architecture assignment about churches. But what about the Catholic church? How to determine the type of speaker and its placement?

[@laszloturi9633]

Thanks! I was waiting to see this topic!🎉

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

You got it : )

[@keeganmccarthy6756]

is there a way to search the EASE Focus Speaker library by coverage angle? I'm trying to build the room of a church I am working with. The speakers they have are the Electro Voice Sx100+, which have a coverage angle of 65 x 65. That specific speaker I don't believe is in the library. So a way to search the Library by coverage angle would be super helpful. Any ideas?

[@keeganmccarthy6756]

In fact, I'm not even seeing the coverage angle of any speaker I bring into my design. I must be missing something!

[@TheNtizda]

Would love to see you do our room, back in 2006 a integrator installed JBLVRX932 in L/R with 2 boxes on a side in our low ceiling room and it sounds awful and has a huge volume/intelligibility drop off after the 4/5 row but slams the 2nd/3rd row Was looking at point source with delay fills to even it out. 80x60 long room side with 12' trim height. Would be cool to send over the Google sketch up of it

[@ericdeweese3748]

Do you account for audience height when making these calculations? Especially in low trim height situations?

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

Absolutely! And like you mentioned, it matters all the more in low trim height since that simple change from sitting to standing is a much larger delta as a percentage of the total trim height. It's something I didn't cover here, but should have. I'm almost positive this was done with a standing audience.

[@ericdeweese3748]

@@MichaelCurtisAudio it is possible that you did it with standing height, I couldn't tell when watching what height your probes were set. I just generally shoot for seated height on axis at furthest distance and go from there. I did like seeing your general process starting out with the initial design.

[@adam_churchfront]

Love it, thanks for sharing!

[@anupkoshy9545]

I have a doubt. If there's lets say 2 audience zones and the sound system is setup and tuned for those 2 zones, how does a mixing engineer mix properly if the console is at the center and at the back of the hall?

[@MichaelNatrin]

Great video! I learned a lot.

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

You're very welcome!

[@Gershy13]

Great video! Could you do a video on basically the same thing but if you are not allowed to fly any speakers? So with speakers on sticks only at normal speaker stand height? Would delays be needed, and how you would go about deciding on the placement for speakers.

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

That's a great idea. I don't have a single video that talks through all of that, but a few others that tackle your question in pieces: Delay Speakers | Selection, Placement, and Time Alignment - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXenlIWOjaqJmNE Speaker Placement Basics For Small Concerts, DJ's, and Portable Churches - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZbEfqeIq66sqa8 My paid 2hr system tuning workshop uses a speakers-on-sticks setups with a few subs and a front fill as its test case - www.producedbymkc.com/systemtuningworkshop

[@Gershy13]

@@MichaelCurtisAudio Thanks! I've already seen your videos on those, but a simple all in one video in ease focus that incorporates delay speakers and just general placement using low speaker heights would be cool! Do the same principles for aiming speakers apply when on stands? Should I use the 7.5° angle or not on the k12 and similar speakers etc.

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

@@Gershy13Ok, perfect. Love that!

[@HS-oi4uc]

Loved the video.... minor item to be careful on. Scaling the drawing you selected a line that was 28'-6" and then plugged in 28.6 feet. Should have typed 25.5 feet. Minor item that should not affect any of your results. I'm just nerdy enough to catch this type of detail :-)

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

Ah yes, thanks for pointing that out! Couldn't remember if EASE used foot-inches or a true decimal.

[@josephehab4224]

can you please make a video for bose modeler

[@bharat712]

how to add speaker details in this softwere spl qsc n ev n jbl

[@sylvainpierre-justin9164]

Thanks a lot.

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

You got it.

[@thomasjeffrin8261]

Hi folks! I'm getting this error msg whenever I import gll files of some of the speakers "The following System Definition is not licensed for the current version of the application: SRX910LA EASE GLL V1.0.gll. Please contact the supplier of the GLL data file for more information and possible updates." Can someone help me navigate it ? Cheers !!!

[@MichaelCurtisAudio]

TL;DR - you can only use the SRX910LA GLL files in the paid version of EASE. However, JBL's new Venue Synthesis software now has their SRX line array speakers built in.

[@thomasjeffrin8261]

Thanks mate! Your videos are all of great help. Keep up ✨

[@abecoulter8550]

need to de-ess the video a bit lol