Recent content by TimVG

I would understand if you'd rather not share too much details: but, I'll ask anyway: since you spoke in the past of time alignment - how do you go about that in relation to a design such as this. Is the acoustical axis (not necessarily listening axis) halfway between planar and woofer? Or the...

Here's what 4 subs can do in a smallish space before and after MSO optimalisation measured over 5 seats. MSO is free, so it's really not that complex if you have a measurement microphone and are willing to follow a pretty standard procedure.

I tend to agree. I like music first, the rest comes secondary. When I'm working on a recording myself however, then I'll do whatever I feel it needs. I use EQ, I use compression, I've even used saturation! All of my recordings are archival, so you're always working within a set of boundaries anyhow.

Yes, exactly. Not snake oil necessarily, but other pitfalls coming down to (questionable) subjective opinions, without feeling the need to consult, much less appreciate the science on sound reproduction that has been done. It’s a bit like with sound reproduction itself: speakers are by far the...

Here's a typical orchestral modern studio microphone layout for those interested. THe "tree" and "wide" microphones are what we call the main mics, after the Decca tradition. They are practically exclusively diffuse field equalized omnis (Neumann M50 or modern equivalent)

General comment as someone who has in recent years entered the world of recording orchestral music: the world of recording is as much subject to nonsense as the rest of the audio world. Music recording (and the whole production process) is extremely subjective, as it's as much a part of the...

Everything gets 'tweaked' at one point or another. It depends on how you interpret it. Choice and especially position of microphones for starters is often tweaked on the spot based on what is heard in the control room.

Sample from a live concert (voice & organ) recorded by a friend, mixed by myself. Recorded and processed at 96kHz. Please note there was a voltage drop at 6:13 which gave a little buzzing sound (be warned).

This looks like a very sensible design. I think I recognize the planar.. Funny coincidence, I was thinking a while ago of how to solve (well, work around..) the issue of a dedicated center channel which I can only fit beneath my screen (slanted sealing), which simply does not work well...

Due to a lack of time, I'm selling my Directiva R2 prototypes and remaining parts Set contains one pair of Directiva R2 prototypes, one pair of Wavecor SW18BD03 and one pair of Hypex FA253. Since I unfortunately lost much of my data of previous projects, you will have to remeasure the...

How does the wide(ish) front affect the baffle step, Rick?

NoHype for sure!

And the community cannot thank you enough for the work you've done, and are still doing. Legend.

"Smoothed 9/octave" - Does this imply 1/9 octave smoothing?

I don't disagree with any of this per se, but to me ambiance does not equal depth. I would not put M/S in the same discussion as there is an artificial TOA difference. I have used double 8s in Blumlein and M/S as mains and complemented them with with other mics, with very nice results under the...