Can we fix mismatched speakers? || Sound System EQ 

Thanks again for having me on, James! Was a blast to finally work with you in person. I appreciate the opportunity to come on and share.

Love to see you here Michael! Two of my favorite channels together! 👏👏 I’m already half way through the book you recommended, I’m loving how simple and straight forward it is.

Great video! My church didn't have budget for bass traps so they just asked fat people like me to sit in the corners. Just kidding. Your videos are always helpful! God bless you!

yeah! 2 of my favourite youtubers on the same video !!! great job! well done 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Two of my favourite RU-vid advisors on Sound, not watched yet but had to comment, best wishes from the U.K 🙏

The step count comment is no joke😆

Recently subscribed to Michael’s channel. Good stuff and great teaching format.

Subbed to both of you guys👍 i do dj but occasionally i set up in church gyms and church outdoor events 3-6 mics and 300-400 people..

Wow two of my favourite sound/system guys in one room! Great video guys! Question: Would you recommend getting one quality measurement mic with a calibration file or three less quality mics without a calibration file? Looking at Sound ID's reference mic vs a couple Behringer ECM8000's. Thanks!

The two very best audio guys in one screen! Awesome vid!

You can have the matrix linked, but then change the link preferences so the EQ is seperate

That looks about like something you would find at a church. Churches have the most messed up audio of anyone.

Sir please make one video for phase reading

nice,thats a lot of subs, 🥰😍

Michael is the man! I mean, so are you, James. But, yeah.

James I cannot get enough of your content it's just the best. Never stop, I appreciate what you do for the world of live sound. I have a question, I've never had the privilege of using Meyer boxes in person, are they really as good as everyone says?

I'm an audio enthusiast. I have my own sound system. But recently I have been looking at many youtube videos on sound system tuning using smartt, open sound meter, REW etc. Everyone seems to have different ways of how they go about this but in the end their objectives are the same. In this video you said that the measurement microphone (unidirectional) should be pointed directly to the projected axis of the speaker. What I'm trying to understand is what happens to off axis response of the speakers? Not everyone is sitting on axis. Or i'm guessing that the idea is to get the on axis response of both speakers at the same audible level and equal measurement distance to determine how they interact at that point in the room, then perhaps use eq or delays to try and fix and issues? I guess it would be wrong to place the microphone slightly off axis since in reality, a speaker sound different as you move to the side. I would really like a recommended book or tutorial on how to go about doing it.

I have to say that you spent so much time to get target curve and after all you revert major majir broad changes to “Get it by ear” i think kt was bad move. Maybe you need to know something like “ok i like lows at 3db but target is 12 db.. so every sundey i rise 1 db up to get the sound smooth transition from “old” curve ti the “new target” curve.

Nice collaboration guys! Enjoyed the information!

This video i love it

One of your best videos ever!

Great video!😊👍 Did you eq the subs to the target curve aswell in a similar way to the mains? I get that you turned up the level of the subs to match the curve but what if they have a big bump at say 80hz. Would you use eq to level that out so you could a smoother fit to the curve?

the xtec eq1 effect adds 0.71ms of latency when inserted when the transformer parameter is on it isn't entirely flat, it cuts a little lows and highs around 10k personally i would use the builtin EQ for main outputs because of the xtecs latency, but what do you think?

For me, the most important part in matching two different speakers was missing: The phase trace. It's nice to have some similar spectral curve for every speaker by its own, but if the timing differences are not aligned, you will end up by having lots of comb filters. And most of your signals will always be on both speakers at the same time, so your vocals will not sound nice even with similar spectral curves. This is a problem which could (at least up to a certain degree) be fixed with allpass filters, which are not part of a X32. But i was hoping this would at least be mentioned in the end of the video. Thanks for the video!

What if you just have 2 mains ,2 monitors ,1sub and a analog mixer don’t understand your terminology

The target curve section was of massive interest to me. If I want that curve to be my goal should I use pink noise? I don’t use SMAART but I do have a couple of RTAs.

What's a good staring point for a crossover with qsc K12 and 18 subs

Legends 👌👌🍻🍻

I love the collaboration, both of your channels are my go to audio sources.

there would have been difference if the system was tuned before the speakers were put in their respective places?

Awesome video, where can I get the target curvatures that are being used in this video?

Hey I live in south Arkansas blahahaha 😂😂😂

What a great time! I really enjoyed this video! And I learned a lot

smaart is crazy expensive, can we do this using something on a shoestring budget like Room EQ Wizard?

Love seeing both of you in one video👍🏻 Where can we get that Michael Lawrence target curve file? Thanks

What was the Meyer box you had up there?

Great video , thanks! ...

It's all about the low end!

Really great video. Thanks for sharing those insights. I always thought I need to work with a graphic eq and tune all the frequencies in detail to flatten the curve. But obviously this is wrong. You processed the big rocks. For me this is really helpful cause I am doing sound for different bands in different venues on different PA‘s and here it is even more necessary to have confidence about the sound of the PA.