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x SlowlyincreasethepoweramplifiergaintofullwhilewatchinganSPLmeterattheRTAmicrophone
position.Donotincreasethelevelabove85dBSPL.
x PushtheXCurvebuttonontheequalizertosettheinitialEQsettings.TheXCurvebuttonadjuststhe
equalizertothe
SMPTE202M1998Xcurvewithoutconsiderationofauditoriumacoustics.Itisa
suggestedstartingpointtoadjusttheroomequalizationtomatchtheXcurvespecifiedinthe
preceedingtable.
x Adjustthegaincontrol(outputtrim)ontheequalizeruntilameasuredsoundlevelof85dBSPLor
82dBSPLforsurroundchannelsispresent.
x AdjusttheRTAgaintoputthemidbandlevelat0dB.
x AdjusttheequalizercontrolstoputeachfrequencybandwithinthelimitsoftheXCurveasshownon
thetableabove.Asdiscussedabove,thedecaytimeshouldbeincreasedformorestableandprecise
measurementasyoucloseinonthefinalequalization.
x Turnoffthegenerator.
x CopytheequalizersettingstothenextchanneltobeequalizedusingtheCopybutton,asdescribed
above.Thenrepeattheprocessforthenextchannel.
LFEEqualizationProcedure
TheLFEorsubwooferchannelusesaparametricequalizerinsteadofagraphicequalizer.WhentheLFEis
selectedintheEqualizerwindow,theparametricequalizeradjustmentsbecomevisible.
x Aswiththeotherchannels,startwiththeamplifiergainallthewaydownandtheequalizergainall
the
waydown.
x Slowlybringuptheamplifiergaincontroltofullwithoutexceeding85dBSPL.
x AdjusttheequalizergaincontrolupuntiltheRTAshowsthesubwooferatthesamelevelasthemid
bandfrequencies(0dB).
x Adjusttheparametricfilterfrequencytothecenterofthe
worstpeakordipinthefrequency
response.
x SettheQto4,andthenadjustthelevelcontroltotakeoutthediporpeak.TheQcanbeincreasedto
narrowthecorrectionorreducedtomakethecorrectionwider.Adjustthelevel,frequency,andQ
forthe
bestlowfrequencyresponse.
x SelecttheoutputtabandclickGeneratorunderthecenterchannelslider.Atthispoint,thepinknoise
generatorshouldbedrivingboththeLFEandcenterchannels.Selecttheequalizertabagain.
x AdjusttheLFEgainandmakeminoradjustmentstotheLFEparametricfiltertogetasmooth
frequencyresponseoverthetransitionintotheLFEfrequencyrange.Itmaybenecessarytoflipthe
phaseoftheLFEspeaker.ThephasecanbechangedontheOutputstabusingtheInvertbutton
undertheLFEoutputlevelcontrol.
x Finally,ontheequalizertab,adjusttheLFEgainsotheLFEis10dBabovethemidrangefrequencies.
OutputsTab
Theoutputstabprovidesamethodoftrimmingtheoutputlevelofeachaudiochannel,mutingthechannel,
invertingthephase,ordrivingitwithagenerator(pinknoise,tone,oratonesweep).Thesecontrolsare
generallysetonebyonefromtheEqualizertab.Thistabmakesallthesettingsvisibleatonce.
GlobalTab
Globalsettings,thosethatdonotchangewithformatorEQset,aresetordisplayedhere.Underthistab,the
currenttimesettings,sleep
settings,status,andsurrounddelaycanbeobserved.Inaddition,thesleep
settingsandsurrounddelaycanbeset.
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