Live Listening & Measuring Session

This sessions takes place in real acoustic environments and focus on developing critical listening skills supported by measurement data. Participants learn what a well-tuned sound system actually sounds like, how to recognize when things are working - or not - and how to connect what they hear with what they see in magnitude, phase, and coherence measurements within the space.

The emphasis is on listening, interpretation, and decision-making in context. This is not a software training or a system design class. Measurements are used as a support tool, not the goal.

You will learn:

• What a properly tuned system should sound like.
• How to identify when things are right - and when they’re not.
• When further adjustments are no longer improving the result.

At its core, this part of the masterclaes is about listening critically and interpreting measurements intelligently.

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What you will work with:

• FOH vs. system tech responsibilities
• Listening as the main reference.
• Measuring polarity, phase, and coherence.
• FOH console routing and effective use of matrices.
• Using external system controllers (e.g. Lake) with Smaart.
• Tuning mains, subs, fills, and delay systems.
• Achieving proper low-frequency balance.
• Measurement tools: RTA and transfer function.
• Knowing how to tune - and when to stop.
• Real-world workflows in live venues.

All topics are approached from a practical, real-world perspective. Measurements and tools are used to support mix and tuning decisions, not to teach software operation or presets.

Important: To attend this Academy session, you must have participated in the System Engineering for FOH Mixers – Fundamentals session or completed the corresponding Masterclaes online course.