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Outdoor Auto-eq setup. Does this look ok?

b00terb00ter Posts: 33
edited April 2013 in PA General Discussion
I read the posts on RTA'ing a system and decided to give outdoors a try. Like gadget, I too live in a somewhat concrete jungle as our houses are close together.

I had the speaker and mic setup like this:

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Mic is approx 20 feet away centred with the speaker. I was only measuring singles like it mentioned.

I set the curve to flat, and precision to high and it finished 1 pass before my jog wheel broke. With that said does this setup look like it would cause issues with the response? Behind the speaker is a concrete barrier that leads to a road with some decent traffic on it. I wasn't sure if the mic was supposed to be away from buildings a certain distance as well.

Comments

  • GadgetGadget Posts: 4,915
    I haven't read your post yet, only looked at the pix... not going to be usable.. the building behind the mic provides buildup that can't be processed out indoors...
  • b00terb00ter Posts: 33
    how far should the mic be from any solid objects? approx same distance as the speaker?

    other than the mic issue do I look ok in terms of proximity to solid walls etc or should I just use the indoor method you posted.
  • GadgetGadget Posts: 4,915
    If your going to do it right reverse the two, but keep the speakers away from the building by 8' or so, then put the mic out about 6-8feet...
  • b00terb00ter Posts: 33
    Gadget wrote:
    If your going to do it right reverse the two, but keep the speakers away from the building by 8' or so, then put the mic out about 6-8feet...

    Why 6-8 feet? In the posts I have read here it mentions 20-25 feet out? Or was this a typo?
  • GadgetGadget Posts: 4,915
    Depends on the application... in your case you get the mic out that far and you'll end up with too much boundary interaction form the tree's fence etc...
  • b00terb00ter Posts: 33
    Gotcha!

    If I were to do 20-25 feet out, what sort of distances would we be talking from anything significant that would cause interaction.
  • GadgetGadget Posts: 4,915
    Boy, that's a hard question to answer... even trees in the distance cause slapback of HF energy.. If you can't do it in the open stay close.. there isn't really a down side top this method...
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