| 1.Q: |
"What
do the different weighting curves do and what situations do I use
them in?" |
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The weighting
curves are included because at different monitoring levels, low
frequencies offer different contribution to the apparent loudness.
Therefore 'A' weighting is best used when monitoring at low levels.
'B' is for monitoring at intermediate levels and 'C' is nearly
flat, best used when monitoring at high levels. You can also select
unweighted for precise, what you see is what you get, measurements.
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| 2.Q: |
"Which
sections of the meters am I changing when I make changes in the
option boxes?" |
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The settings
of the PS22 are applied to all three meters.
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| 3.Q: |
"Exactly
how many bands of response am I looking at?" |
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That depends
on the low frequency resolution settings. When set at 40Hz, the
PAZ gives you 52 bands of resolution. At lower resolution levels
the PAZ can give you up to 68 bands of resolution.
Above 250Hz the Q of the bands is approximately 10.0, which closely
matches the resolution of human hearing.
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| 4.Q: |
"The
stereo position display is very nice, but can it tell me if there
are any phase problems?" |
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The information
display when there is signal in the anti-phase sections of the
graph can help you determine if there is any sort of phase problems.
It is a bit tricky to define when a signal is out of phase because
signals can have opposite polarity at a single instant and not
be heard as being out of phase. Generally for us to hear a sound
as being distinctly out of phase, there needs to be a consistent
opposite polarity over a period of time. In this case, you will
be able to see constant information in the anti-phase areas of
the graph. To get a good example of this, see what the display
looks like when you intentionally flip the phase of one side of
the stereo signal.
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| 5.Q: |
"The
response of the PAZ seems very slow. Is there something I can do
about this?" |
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There are several things
you can do to increase performance. First, lower the number of
colors in you monitors control panel. Remember to only us the
component that you need. The full plug-in with all three meters
will have the heaviest demand on the host computer.. If you are
working with ProTools, you can click and hold on any of the controls
of the PAZ. This will free up all of the idle time of the computer
for graphic updates. This will freeze the ProTools meters, but
won't affect any of its functions. If you have another audio card
available, open the PAZ window within MultiRack on the other card.
This will also allow you to have the PAZ window open all the time.
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