GLM 5.2 and GRADE report example

[Mort]

This is not a review per se, but there have been some significant improvements in GLM Version 5.2 (@amirm reviewed Genelec GLM version 4.1 here.)
The biggest might be the GRADE report, which I got permission from Genelec to share.

• GRADE reports are PDF's they assemble in the cloud based on room data from GLM.
• GLM is the DSP and room calibration software that is central to the SAM lines.
• One gets 12 of these reports lifetime, which isn't nearly enough but there may be workarounds.

I realize not everyone will want to look at a 35-page PDF so here I've posted a few examples.

• Table of contents
• Summary/Composite Score
• Example of the recommendations they offer.

While it could not solve every issue, it helped me decide to pull the mains much farther into the room and toe-in sharply.
I am listening differently now, more aware of the impact of reflections.




Table of Contents

Here is the helpful Summary and composite 'Grade'

Recommendations

 

[staticV3]

One gets 12 of these reports lifetime

Curious decision by Genelec.

If limited cloud storage is the motivator, then I wonder why they don't make it so that reports are available for download for 30 days and after that they're deleted.

Perhaps @Ilkka Rissanen could tell us more?

 

[Joachim Herbert]

You can buy additional reports (6 for 30 and 12 for 50 Euros) as well as an unlimited yearly subscription (100 Euros).

 

[Mort]

Two graphs.

The first are my REW measurements, room before and after GLM 5.2. The second is GLMs measured and predicted response.

Compared to DiracLive, I find GLM more consistent and restrained.