Testing iLoud Precision MTM's "dawless" room correction
Added 2022-10-06 11:43:44 +0000 UTCHi!
As you may have been in my "Fix Studio Lies" video, I'd rather have synths in my studio than massive blocks of Rockwool.
The problem is, bass modes in small rooms generate a lot of pressure and low-end mud, and are impossible to treat without large amounts of material (and spending). Software room correction can really help.
However, the problem with software room correction is that you need to remember to use it, remember to remove it from your mix when you're done, and it lives in your DAW, not in your system. Sonarworks has software that takes over the entire OS but can introduce latency and still requires audio to pass through a computer.
Speaker manufacturers like Genelec, Adam and IK Multimedia have caught on, and have started including room correction built into the speakers - this means you can enjoy the benefits of room correction "dawless" and even computerless.
In this video, I take an in-depth look at IK Multimedia's Precision MTMs - and use third-party testing tools to check whether their room correction works.
I go into the testing methodology quite a bit in this video and the previous one, so I hope you find it helpful if you decide to implement hardware or software room correction tools, to see if they actually work!
All my best,
Ziv (reviewing synths instead of Rockwool on a youtube channel called "Loopop"...)
