Re:!To!Jamie!..re!Phase!response...!

SIA!Support!Forum!
From:!Jamie!
E"mail:!Jamie@SIASoft.com!
Date:!13!Oct!2000!
Time:!13:40:12!
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Here!is!a!quick!way!to!look!at!these!two!types!of!
crossover!time!alignment!(best!impulse!response!vs!
best!crossover!response).!I!have!posted!a!Smaart!
.rgp!file!of!my!data!(crossalign.rgp)!for!those!of!you!
playing!along!at!home.!! !
Ref!Trace!A1!(Brown)!
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Start!with!a!simple!mid"high!crossover.!Add!the!
NOTE:!For!the!rest!of!the!measurements,!DO!NOT!
same!amount!of!delay!to!both!drivers!(in!the!case!of!
CHANGE!THE!SMAART!DELAY.!We!will!be!looking!at!
the!data!I!am!posting,!I!used!50!ms).!Start!with!just!
the!high!driver!on.!Measure!the!delay,!set!Smaart's! phase/timing!relationships!so!we!want!to!keep!the!
measurement!delay,!and!make!a!Transfer!Function! same!time!reference!for!all!of!our!subsequent!
(TF)!measurement.!The!high!driver's!phase!response! measurements.!!
should!look!like!a!smile!with!the!majority!of!it's! !
range!having!a!relatively!flat!phase!response.!(Ref! Now!turn!off!the!High!driver!and!turn!on!the!low!
trace!A1!in!my!data)!Notice!that!the!phase!trace!has! driver.!Vary!the!delay!on!the!low!driver!and!watch!
a!downward!(read!left!to!right)!angle!at!crossover.! it's!effect!on!the!low!driver's!TF!phase!response.!
This!downward!angle!is!mostly!due!to!the!crossover! Start!by!taking!away!delay!(this!is!why!I!had!you!add!
extra!delay!to!both!drivers!"!its!hard!to!do!negative!
filters!and!is!normal/standard!in!most!analog!and!
delay)!until!the!low!driver's!phase!response!is!
digital!crossovers.!This!downward!angle!also!
basically!flat!with!much!the!same!smile!shape!as!the!
indicates!that!the!energy!in!the!crossover!range!is!
high!driver.!Adjust!the!delay!as!necessary!so!that!the!
lagging!behind!the!rest!of!the!driver's!energy.!(Don't!
two!phase!traces!cross!at!crossover!while!trying!to!
believe!me?!Add!some!delay!to!Smaart's!
keep!as!much!of!the!low!driver's!phase!response!
measurement!delay!setting!"!you!will!see!that!down"
"flat"!(this!is!shown!as!trace!B1!in!my!data).!!
angle!part!of!the!phase!trace!level!out!as!the!rest!of!
the!trace!begins!to!take!on!a!significant!up"angle!"!
which!indicates!leading!energy.)!!
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Save!the!TF!trace!for!your!high!driver.!!

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Ref!Trace!B1!(Green)!
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Now!combine!the!two!drivers!and!note!what!
happens!at!crossover.!(this!is!shown!as!trace!C1!in!
my!data)!You!should!see!addition!right!at!crossover!
but!not!so!much!above!and!below.!This!makes!sense!
because!the!phase!traces!are!diverging!above!and!
below!crossover.!In!general,!the!speaker's!phase!
response!will!be!relatively!flat!over!it's!pass!band.!!

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Ref!Trace!E1!(Turquoise)!
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LISTENING:!If!your!crossover!has!an!input!EQ,!EQ!
both!alignments!to!match!each!other!as!closely!as!
possible!in!TF!amplitude.!Now!listen!to!each!
alignment.!!
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Ref!Trace!C1!(Yellow)! Keep!in!mind!that!the!lower!in!frequency!the!
! crossover!point,!the!greater!the!difference!in!time!
Now,!mute!the!high!driver!again,!bring!up!the!stored! between!the!two!alignments.!!
high!driver!trace,!and!now!add!delay!to!the!low!
driver!until!it's!phase!trace!OVERLAPS!the!high!
driver's!phase!trace!THROUGH!CROSSOVER.!(This!I!
stored!as!trace!D1).!What!you!have!just!done!is!time!
aligned!the!two!drivers!through!crossover.!!

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Best!Impulse!Vs!Best!Crossover!
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Ref!Trace!D1!(White)!
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Now!when!you!add!both!drivers,!you!will!see!more!
addition!through!crossover,!but!not!as!flat!a!phase!
trace.!(My!trace!E1)!!
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Best!Impulse!Traces!
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Best!Crossover!Traces!