Engineer; Concept - Martin Audio ENGINEER User Manual

8. Engineer

One of the main features of the Martin Audio Engineer is the Engineer algorithm itself.
Consider the Engineer algorithm as a real-life sound engineer who has been told what kind
of sound you'd like from your sound system and will then make sure that this will be the
case. The underlying technology is quite complex and for this reason the system has been
split up into a simple and an advanced mode.

8.1 Concept

First, let's look at the reason why one would want to use the Engineer algorithm.
Say we have a situation where we have a venue (maybe a bar or a restaurant) with a MP3
player taking care of the music. We tell the machine to play us a nice lounge background
program and the following happens:
-First we get a nicely produced music track which has nice dynamics and a proper mastering
volume, everything is fine and we set the total volume to the level we like in the venue.
-Then the next track is very quiet with very little bass and treble so suddenly the music in
the venue is 'gone', totally drowned in the noise of talking people. A little annoyed we turn
the volume up to the desired level and add some bass and treble until we reach the desired
sound again.
- Then suddenly a new song starts and this song is a very modern track which is mastered
in such a way that no dynamics are left at all. So suddenly the music feels 8 times as loud
as you intended it and everybody in the venue is putting their fingers in their ears and
looking disturbed and due to the massive amount of bass in this track their drinks are falling
off the table...
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