Studio Speakers: Master ROOM CORRECTION (speaker calibration) in your home studio STEP-BY-STEP

[@SrDirector]

The sneakers in the back just distract me so much jajajajaja but nice video mate!! Thank you

[@patrickguth3796]

Thank you, very interesting. I disabled my correction entirely on my AMTs. Right at the crossover point. Gave me the best and most natural representation. Cuts and boosts up there often look more random anyways.

[@jayddd4946]

Good timing! I just finished room treatment and am about to update my Sonarworks calibration. I know that a significant boost will still be required by Sonarworks for my room. I was thinking that if I boost the bass setting on the monitors first (Focal 65 has low freq shelving at +/- 6db from 0 to 250hz), then Sonarworks would need to do less boosting overall in the bottom end. I understand it depends on what exactly is happening in the bottom end of my room, but my thinking was that it would be better for Sonarworks to cut bass rather than to add bass. Does that make sense? Or does it matter? Any opinions or input welcome. thanks!

[@nicknagurka3666]

Jesco, how do you feel about systems such as DIRAC that do phase rotation in addition to just EQ? I personally have had excellent results with MiniDSP/DIRAC. Additionally, do you have a rule of thumb when it comes to midrange adjustment & how far up the spectrum you would apply correction? My experience has been that the margin of error in mic placement at shorter wavelengths makes for some wildly inaccurate “corrections”.

[@spencerleehorton]

This is perfect and exactly what I emailed you about 🤘

[@spencerleehorton]

Could you maybe also talk about display and desk proximity in more detail and their effect on monitors as I think I’ve got my big display too far forward and it having an effect on the monitor phantom speaker image?

[@DrEvil026]

Hi Jesco. What do you think about boosting for example 80hz if i have a null on the listening spot there? Does it make sense at all to boost?

[@Pattarns_Music]

boosting nulls doesn't work because they are waves cancelling each other. Higher amplitude of the waves won't make a positive difference, it will probably only make matters worse.

[@happyshadow]

What do you call a dog that can do magic? A Labracadabrador

[@CurlyHoward928]

All you experts might want to read Doctor Floyd Toole's "Circle of Confusion."

[@esoesjeff]

Hey what do you think about the ik multimedia arc? Does it worth?

[@richertz]

I can say it works well I’ve used a few and I own the first MTMs. I bought arc and I have used it but do treat the room first. I think with time you get used to how to set this up and I can mix without it, but I used the MTMs to check my mix on just to keep me in check.

[@palmal3542]

You didn't mention reference tracks? Surely the point of room correction is that you can't trust your ears? Your description didn't really tell anyone how to really judge their system/room combination...you just pointed out the options, not how to get it right?

[@CurlyHoward928]

No subjective adjustments should be made until you have a hearing test by an audiologist. You may discover that you hear better than average or worse than average.

[@DemetriYoung]

ur funny man!

[@puciohenzap891]

It's not like human ears prefer flat frequency reaponse....pointless to set for ruler flat.

[@CurlyHoward928]

thanks

[@CurlyHoward928]

How do you know?

[@niccster1061]

Yeah but you still have a reference of what realism sounds like to your ears, even if they have an abnormal frequency response. Our brains do a good bit of compensation

[@patrick5301]

This might work for cheap speakers, but if it isn't a Trinnov, I found the sound quality improve dramatically when I solved every problem using acoustic measures

[@patrick5301]

Really all I did was build a mini desk, put absorption on the floor and covered 100% of the walls and ceiling in bass traps. I also added a subwoofer to even out the last noticeable dip I had in the bass region by placing it along the standing wave in a way where it wouldn't interfere at my listening position

[@WyattBrown377]

@@patrick5301 you don't find 100% wall coverage too dead?

[@patrick5301]

@@WyattBrown377 my room dimensions are 2.4m x 2.5m x 6.5m WLH. The bass traps are anything between 30 and 70cm deep. I don't find that dead sounding, no. I do have 2 windows that I didn't cover though

[@prodby430]

A tutorial for speaker calibration with a Hypex Amp would be nice I think. Since it's probably also the best sounding solution out there if you don't own an Trinnov Setup.

[@SvenOliverHeck]

The way you are explaining these topics is always empowering and relaxing at the same time. Thanks for sharing your knowledge