The tried and true method for setting speaker delay is to use a microphone and a sharpie at the FOH position and adjust the second cluster by ear. Matthew Polashek Associate Editor, Silver Burdett Ginn - Music Scott Foresman/Pearson Education 299 Jefferson Road Parsippany, NJ 07054-0480 office: 973.739.8709 fax: 973.739.8098 Matthew.Polashek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ---------- > From: Mark Knecht > Reply To: A list for linux audio users > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:10 PM > To: A list for linux audio users > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] measuring sound volume > > Patrick Shirkey wrote: > > > > Definitely > > > > So if a zone is 10 meters a minimum distance between systems would be > > 100 meters? > > > > Could that be cut down to 50 to provide fusion at the edges of the > zones? > > > > > > We used to set up some large outdoor concerts here in California. Don't > forget that there are timing differences based on where people are > standing WRT each set of speakers. If someone is just beyond the second > set they will hear both the main set on stage as well as the set close > to them. > > We used to set up all the speakers going in the same direction away from > the stage and then digitally delay the later speakers by 1mS/foot that > the two sets were separated. This worked really well and gave much > better sound in the back of the area we were covering. > > I would think this would be very easy with Jack and some little digital > delay app running under Linux. > > HTH, > Mark > > > > **************************************************************************** This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ****************************************************************************
