Fixing the Low end

The article I read was from Pro Soundweb and it focused on fixing the issue with phase in your speaker system when it comes to putting subs in to get low end coverage. The article was extremely interesting and helpful in many ways. It helped explain phase in a basic simple way that I think would make sense to anyone whether they were into sound design or not. It was just so simple that the minute you read it it made sense to  you and having some illustrations to explain it as well definitely helps. The images they used to show how the sound is traveling in a space was extremely helpful and made everything seem a lot less complicated than trying to understand what they were explaining just in your head. I wasn't aware of the "power alley" issue that they were trying to address and I probably would have definitely set myself up for failure with my first gig by setting up my subs the way I've seen so many other people do it. It was interesting to think about all the shows I have been to and have just seen walls of subs with no change in angle and to think that there were so many people at that show who were getting screwed because the tech didn't want to pay attention to how his speakers work together. I definitely would have never thought that by changing the angle of your array you can drastically change how the audience hears the low end. When you think of a sub being omni-directional you think thats how it works and don't pay much attention to the fact that if you put more than one of them together things are going to change in a lot of ways and mostly not good ways. Yeah the people in the middle will think its the best bass they have ever heard but people on the outside will be wondering where the bass is the entire show and that's not doing your job correctly. You want everyone to leave the show feeling the same way and if you have drastic phase differences out in the audience people aren't going to feel the same way and you will have failed at producing a solid show for that night. I think this article has something for everyone to learn from whether you are just learning about sound design or have been on hundreds of shows and set up thousands of stages. The best thing about sound is there is always more to learn and more to take in especially when you can guarantee someone has been doing this longer than you have. This is an extremely interesting article and one that I have saved and will use in the future.