Robin Bowes;228865 Wrote: 
> haunyack wrote:
> > Richard Vandersteen's take on EQ/RC :
> 
> [snip]
> 
> I don't think he quite gets it.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but RC (hint: Room Correction) as I
> understand
> it doesn't really touch the original signal, it simply takes away the
> effect of the room.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> Standard system:
> 
>       Signal-->Speaker-->Room-->Ear
> 
> Room can be thought of as a filter. e.g
> 
>       Signal-->Speaker-->Filter-->Ear
> 
> So, if we want to remove the effect of the Filter(i.e. the room), we
> need to apply the inverse of the Filter to the signal. e.g.
> 
>       Signal-->1/Filter-->Speaker-->Filter-->Ear
> 
> If the filtering is done in the digital domain with sufficient
> precision
> and accuracy it should have little or effect on the signal.
> 
> Of course, this is all theoretical. I've not actually played with RC
> yet.
> 
> R.


Exactly. The use of additive or subtractive convolving filters to
emulate acoustic spaces, microphones etc is now well-established in
Studio Land. Using this technology (which in essence is just a bunch of
rather clever filters/transforms) clearly works.


-- 
Phil Leigh

You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...

...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some
very expensive cables ;o)
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