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boostinthebottomoctavebeforeyougettoocarriedawaywith
thissetting.
• TheSMPTE 202Mcurveisalsoknownasthe“X-curve”andisan
internationalstandardforthehighfrequencyroll-offappliedina
typical500-seatmovietheater.Itisappropriateforprofessional
mixingspacesanddubbingstagesthatmustbecalibratedforlm
soundpostproduction.Itcanalsobeusedinextremelylargeplay-
backspaces(roomvolumegreaterthan5000cu.ft.)
WiththethreesetupmemoriesavailableintheSC-1,itispossibletotakeadvan-
tageofmultipletargetcurves.
Forexample,itisarelativelysimplymattertouseEQ1formovies,inwhicha
FlattargetcurvesandTHXprocessinginthesurroundprocessorismostappro-
priate;EQ2couldbeusedformusiclistening,wheretheStandardHFRolloffis
usuallythemoredesirabletarget;andEQ3mightincludetheGamingcurvefor
yourXBoxorPlaystation3exploits,orsimplywhenyouwouldlikealittlemore
perceived“weight”inyourmusic.Accessingthesesettingscanevenbefully
automatedbymeansofahomeautomationcontroller(Crestron,AMX,Control4,
etc.)viatheRS-232portontherearpaneloftheSC-1.
Disconnect the microphone Havingselectedyourtargetcurve,itisnowtimetoletMultEQ
®
Prodothecal-
culationsneededtofullyoptimizethesystemintheroom.Beforeyoudoany-
thingelse,however,itisessentialtodisconnectthemeasurementmicrophone
andreconnectthenormalLeftchannelinput.Awarningdialogwillpopupon
thePCscreentoremindyouofthisfact.
Warning! YoumustremovetheCalibratedMicrophonePreamplier’sXLR
connectionfromtheSC-1’sLeftinputbeforecontinuing.Notdoing
thiswillcausemicrophonefeedbacktobeplayedonthesystemat
levelsthatcoulddamagethespeakers.