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2. ERGO and RoomPerfect™
As the room itself is one of the most important factors when considering the re-production of audio signals it makes
sense to take this issue seriously.
Room acoustics is without doubt a complex science and while we endorse and encourage physical room treatment we
also understand that it can be fraught with difficulty and without proper expertise can often lead to undesirable
results. Using baffles can sometimes results in timing and precision errors in the low frequency response of the room.
Room issues such as resonance, ringing, absorption and reflections can be highly complex by nature and treatment
can often have unwanted side effects. In the age of the project/professional studio quite often the room is a
compromise, which can’t be easily negated. Finally in a studio, which is constantly evolving with new equipment,
and structure changes associated with them mean any previous physical correction results could be destroyed.
ERGO utilizes the RoomPerfect algorithm licensed from what we consider to be the authority on room correction,
Lyngdorf Audio. This technology developed in Denmark uses highly complex test tones, multiple measurements and
over one thousand EQ points to control your audio environment. The system can derive data on room modes, power
response, directivity and LF roll-off, which inferior modes of correction do not account for. The RoomPerfect
technology is exclusively licensed for KRK ERGO.
One fantastic advantage of ERGO’s implementation of RoomPerfect is the Focus and Global modes of operation. In
Focus mode the monitoring position/sweet spot is corrected and is the setting, which should be used during mixing.
In Global mode the signal processing power is applied in a different way to correct the whole room, ideal for when
artists, producers, A&R people want to all be in the room and it still sound right.
An important thing to note regarding the RoomPerfect algorithm is that one of the main advantages when compared
to other methods of room correction. This ability to act as non-destructive correction actually maintains the character
of your monitoring system. RoomPerfect does not try to remove the issues such as reflections and absorption as these
are required to give us spatial positioning references, it actually adapts to them in a corrective manner.
The RoomPerfect algorithm in ERGO works on frequencies up to 500Hz, which equates to around 2ft, this works well
in the studio environment where the user is working in a near-field mode and has a considerably smaller sweet spot
than that of the home theatre. Lyngdorf offer a high end full-bandwidth solution for home theatre systems based on
the same algorithms, which is considered by many to be one of the industry leading solutions.
Once your room is calibrated and ERGO is applying the RoomPerfect correction, you will notice the difference. Over
time you will be able to “trust” the sound of your room, concentrate on your music, mix faster and more accurately,
with results that will properly translate to other listening environments.
To read more about RoomPerfect and its benefits please visit the Lyngdorf Audio website: http://www.lyngdorf.com/
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