Target Traces: Garbage or Gospel?

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Are target traces garbage or gospel? Is a predetermined tonal target all you need to get your systems sounding great?

Although they can’t make a bad rig sound amazing, using the right tools to align your system throughout an audience to a target curve definitely helps you get more consistent results.

We'll answer:

What target traces I use to help me tonally balance my systems
Why EQ should be the last tool you use when getting your system to bend to a target trace
How to download and set up the target traces I use in SMAART and OSM

00:00 - Intro
01:26 - What do target traces and target curves help us do as sound system engineers?
04:22 - Target Traces vs Target Curves
05:54 - How do import and use target traces in SMAART and Open Sound Meter?
07:47 - What target traces I use on every show and why
11:22 - How do you align your system's tonal balance to a target curve?
15:30 - Where do you place your measurement microphone for EQ'ing for your target trace?
17:17 - Trace-book.org - Another fantastic data driven resource
19:06 - Closing, Caveats, and What to do AFTER you align your system to a target trace