Measuring in the Chaos: Smaart vs. Ambient Noise
Silent rooms are lovely in theory. In practice: AC hums, crews shout, caterers drop forks. Don’t despair—you can still get clean data.
1. Boost the Signal
Ambient noise at 70 dB? Make your pink noise 80–85 dB. Can’t turn it up? Move the mic closer—near field physics to the rescue.
2. Threshold Wisely
Set Smaart v9 to only listen above a certain level. Quiet gaps in the test signal? Background noise need not meddle.
Pro Tip: Use a pink sweep in IR mode. Steady-state fans and HVAC? Sweeps shrug them off.
Smaart is excellent on its own, but most users find they get much more out of it after some structured training. That’s where our seminars come in. At TZ Audio we run practical seminars, both online and in-venue. We offer seminar-only or full “all you need packages” including software & hardware. It’s simply the fastest way to become comfortable and confident with the measuring a sound system.
If you’re in Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Iceland – or elsewhere – we offer is online seminars and traveling to Norway is a valid option too of course. We’re here if you have any questions about the software or upcoming seminars.
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