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Toward the end of the discussion, Andrew touches on his recent experience as one of the judges at this year’s Ohio Speaker Design Competition (OSDC). Camera focus goes in and out a few times during the talk, but the audio track was very good. I found the video very entertaining with lots of good info on accurate measurement techniques and the difficulties of relating measurements to what we actually hear. Big thumbs up.
Thanks, really enjoyed the talk. Great, humble master
Fascinating, thank you
I don’t think that any of us really design “to the tracks selected” for the OSDC. It’s always just been a method for testing the entrees capabilities. Without music, there is no method to test, save for objectivity, sine sweeps, or pink noise spectrum measurements. The judges selecting tracks just makes their job easier to do with familiarity involved.
Sure, I listen to the tracks when released, so I know what to expect. But I use more what is familiar to me to voice and design a project.
I’m with Andrew, that vocals are very important, and thusly the mids. If it’s wrong, it’s very wrong. Low bass extension (but not peaky boomy) is nice when you can get it, and treble has to have detail without tearing off your ears.
The KEF study mimicking the room with 32 channels was interesting. We all could learn a lot from Andrew.
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Yeah, there are two scenarios for me. (1) I get done around 5:00am and load the car and head to SDC, so never hear the test tracks before they play at the competition. (2) Bring something that was completed months before SDC, in which case I may or may not bother to play the test tracks to see how they sound.
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This one I have yet to watch as well. Seems we have the same stuff popping up in our feed.