Today while listening I started to laugh a little because of a recent few posts made about spec testing vs listening tests. It reminded me of times engineers would come to my rooms and I would make variable changes with my system that would completely freak them out. Some of the listening changes are common practice for us, but for those less exploratory these changes were one, bigger than life, and two beyond their ability to explain or even know how to test. I've had engineers from SUNY to Berkeley to Yale (all 3 had me build tunable studios for them). Warner, Sony and EMI engineers also came. Along with countless others who support the findings.
for example
The electrical leads that went from the fuse box to the components being tunable. The listener could sit in the room and I could stand outside making slight tension adjustments on the power cable to make the soundstage grow or shrink.
another one
I would have the listener sit in the room and listen to a recorded instrument. I'd ask them to leave the room and I would go in the room and make adjustments to the walls making the instrument bigger or smaller, tighter or more full or even move it backward or forward. The listener would then come in the room and listen telling me the exact change I made. Then I would show them where in the room I went to make the change (a spot on the wall ceiling or floor that corresponded with where the instrument was being playback in the stage).
one more for now
I would stand outside the room with the equipment, while the listener was inside. I would have them listen to an instrument of their choice in the recording. I would play it then make a variable change to the electronic components, and play the music back changing the sustain time on the recorded instrument. For example if they chose a guitar note I would change the amount of sustain play time on the note. To make it more reasonable for the ones having a hard time getting it, I gave them a stop watch and had them start at the beginning till they heard the note fade, make the change then do it again.
Applying these technologies is what allows me to help someone get the sound they want whether it be live, in the studio or in playback mode.
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For those of you who are spec tests gurus, here's your chance to show the rest of us what kind of tests you do to shape the sound and measure where your performance is.
I have a few questions for you but would like to see your tests and tests methods first. Thanks, hope this can be a positive thread, and give us all understanding into the types of tests that help us make our sound the very best it can be.
spec me
michael green
MGA/Roomtune
Today while listening I started to laugh a little because of a recent few posts made about spec testing vs listening tests. It reminded me of times engineers would come to my rooms and I would make variable changes with my system that would completely freak them out. Some of the listening changes are common practice for us, but for those less exploratory these changes were one, bigger than life, and two beyond their ability to explain or even know how to test. I've had engineers from SUNY to Berkeley to Yale (all 3 had me build tunable studios for them). Warner, Sony and EMI engineers also came. Along with countless others who support the findings.
for example
The electrical leads that went from the fuse box to the components being tunable. The listener could sit in the room and I could stand outside making slight tension adjustments on the power cable to make the soundstage grow or shrink.
another one
I would have the listener sit in the room and listen to a recorded instrument. I'd ask them to leave the room and I would go in the room and make adjustments to the walls making the instrument bigger or smaller, tighter or more full or even move it backward or forward. The listener would then come in the room and listen telling me the exact change I made. Then I would show them where in the room I went to make the change (a spot on the wall ceiling or floor that corresponded with where the instrument was being playback in the stage).
one more for now
I would stand outside the room with the equipment, while the listener was inside. I would have them listen to an instrument of their choice in the recording. I would play it then make a variable change to the electronic components, and play the music back changing the sustain time on the recorded instrument. For example if they chose a guitar note I would change the amount of sustain play time on the note. To make it more reasonable for the ones having a hard time getting it, I gave them a stop watch and had them start at the beginning till they heard the note fade, make the change then do it again.
Applying these technologies is what allows me to help someone get the sound they want whether it be live, in the studio or in playback mode.
_________________________________________
For those of you who are spec tests gurus, here's your chance to show the rest of us what kind of tests you do to shape the sound and measure where your performance is.
I have a few questions for you but would like to see your tests and tests methods first. Thanks, hope this can be a positive thread, and give us all understanding into the types of tests that help us make our sound the very best it can be.
spec me
michael green
MGA/Roomtune