How To NOT Tune A Sound System (Don't Make These Mistakes)

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00:24 - Go Into A Show Without A Plan
04:53 - Relying Too Heavily On A Plan
07:40 - Blast Your Favorite And Hack Away With A Graphic EQ
10:05 - Using a SINGLE Channel RTA
13:30 - Over-indexing On Measurements From FOH
15:15 - Using Your Target Curve As Gospel
19:30 - Expecting EQ To Solve Your Problems

Everyone’s got their own secret sauce to optimizing and tuning a sound system. Reference tracks that reveal everything about a rig, super fancy measurement microphones, foolproof target curves.

The truth is none of these tactics work without understanding the underlying principles that make them work. Most engineers have ZERO plan when tuning a rig. Zero. They may have some of the right tools and software, but no proven system to make it work.

That was me several years ago - unknowingly making mistake after mistake on high level shows. Today I’m going to share with you 7 ways to NOT tune a sound system, key mistakes to avoid when you’re both planning a show and in the field setting it up and tuning.

We'll answer:

- Why EQ is your LEAST powerful tool in system optimization
- How to use your reference tracks the right way
- Why FOH isn’t the holy grail for analyzer measurements
- What target curve you should use (and when to ignore it)