Hello boys and girls:
It's quite an honor to help moderate this forum. I think. I do have a vague feeling that I may have volunteered for something in a manner similar to the 3 stooges when they, firmly remaining stationary, were asked to step forward to volunteer for service in a war effort when everyone else in the line stepped back.
Doug called me about this last Wednesday while I was on the road to a gig about 9 hours away. I was 1 hour into the trip at the moment of his call and during our conversation (I was in the passenger seat of the truck), I looked through the side view mirror at the trailer and noticed it was nearly sideways at 75 mph with sparks flying everywhere. In case you have lost sleep over this, a borrowed single axle trailer with one side riding on what's left of a steel rim will go sideways with the tire-less rim leading. Never heard or felt the tire exit - the Dodge RAM 3500 diesel maintained its cruise control setting with no apparent effort. Had to hang up. Spent 4 hours on the side of the road waiting for some friends to rescue me with new leaf springs. I had a spare tire/wheel like any good boy scout.
Concerning the topic at hand, next to Syn-Aud-Con and reading, nothing has helped me gain an intuitive grasp on how things work in this realm as much as measurement software and experimentation with same. People are next on the list and that's apparently where I come in. I pity both of you.
If you're serious about this, buy a couple of cheap (
expendable)
single driver computer speakers, get a loudspeaker processor, then begin at the
beginning.
If you're really serious,
keep reading.
I also have enjoyed reading the manuals to every successful piece of measurement software on the market, though I only own a few of them, all work off the same physics and all are very helpful. Older versions of the manuals are just as good - often better due to the additional detail. If you only read one manual in addition to the one for the software you own, make it
ARTA and everything else that brilliant Croatian has written.
Tomorrow, by the grace of God, I'm hoping to have time to make raw measurements of a pair of Danley SH100's and a TH112 that I'm about to install in a small church. I'll be taking pictures and walking you through the process of mating the tops to the sub as well as EQ and limiting decisions. I have some rather unorthodox procedures that I'm either very proud of or very embarrassed about, depending. :)
