Calibrating Your Studio Monitors Explained

Though we can do our best with acoustic treatment, even the most expensive speakers and best rooms can benefit from proper calibration. Despite the many automated procedures available nowadays, the best room and speaker calibration is still done manually. Fortunately, the best software for the task is completely free, and all we need is a calibration microphone and an audio interface. This monitor calibration video course is for those new to the monitor calibration process.

Videos

• Overview (11:59) - Alberto introduces you to his new room, its layout, the speaker setup, and the challenges ahead.

• REW Setup & Preferences - Pt. 1 (13:05) - Before taking any measurement, it's time to prepare REW to do exactly what we want. Alberto will guide you through his own settings and the reasons behind them.

• REW Setup & Preferences - Pt. 2 (16:46) - Alberto continues with his breakdown of his settings and there purpose.

• Taking Your First Measurement - Pt. 1 (13:28) - Join Alberto in his first measurement, covering three major techniques in the field: single-point, multi-point, and moving-microphone.

• Taking Your First Measurement - Pt. 2 (15:14) - Alberto continues the process by saving the first two measurements, before taking several more.

• Taking Your First Measurement - Pt. 3 (10:25) - In this video, Alberto wraps up the process of taking measurements.

• Formulating a Correction Curve - Pt. 1 (13:38) - Now that we have the data, it's time to analyze it and come up with a suitable correction curve.

• Formulating a Correction Curve - Pt. 2 (15:29) - Alberto continues the process of finding a suitable correction curve.

• DAW Implementation (11:16) - Alberto guides you through the steps he takes in Nuendo to implement the correction in his monitoring path.

• Advanced Techniques - Pt. 1 (24:18) - In this episode, Alberto takes his correction a step further and analyzes and optimizes phase response to make his room and speakers sound even better than before.

• Advanced Techniques - Pt. 2 (26:51) - Alberto continues by using the software rePhase to make everything sound better.

• System-wide Implementation (Windows PC) (19:36) - Learn how any Windows PC can implement your correction curve in a system-wide solution, which is also great for media centers and home theaters.