Waves TRACT System Calibration

Waves TRACT System Calibration - Professional Sound Field Correction System | Seamless Integration with Smaart® to Build the Perfect Listening Foundation

Mixing in an untreated acoustic space is a challenge. Every sound system and every room has its own unique acoustic flaws, which can seriously affect your judgment. Waves TRACT System Calibration is a revolutionary system calibration tool designed to completely solve this fundamental problem. It can transform any sound system into a balanced, precise, and trustworthy mixing foundation, ensuring that what you hear is the most authentic sound.

At the core of TRACT is its deep integration with the industry gold standard, Smaart® audio analysis software. Through Smaart®'s powerful real-time measurement capabilities, TRACT can accurately "read" your room's acoustic response, automatically identifying and analyzing flaws in frequency response and phase issues. It then generates a high-precision FIR correction curve, automatically correcting EQ imperfections and completing the system's time alignment. This means you no longer need to painstakingly "fix" room-related problems in your mix, but can create on an ideal acoustic canvas from the very beginning. This complete sound field correction solution is an indispensable tool for all professional recording studios, live sound engineers, and sound designers.

Fundamentally improve your workflow efficiency and mix quality. TRACT provides unparalleled precision through its advanced Smaart integration technology. Whether it's correcting low-frequency muddiness caused by standing waves or smoothing out mid-to-high frequency spikes from irregular reflections, TRACT provides a data-driven, scientific solution. Its powerful FIR EQ correction engine and flexible IIR manual adjustment tools allow you to retain final artistic control on top of the automatic correction. Start using TRACT for acoustic correction now, say goodbye to guesswork, and build every mixing decision on a solid, reliable foundation.

Core Advantages & Use Cases

Deep Integration with Industry-Standard Smaart®
TRACT works seamlessly with Rational Acoustics' Smaart® v9 (including Suite, RT, and LE versions, sold separately), leveraging its industry-recognized high-precision measurement and analysis capabilities to provide the most reliable data foundation for your system calibration. This integration ensures the accuracy and professionalism of the measurement results.

Correction Beyond the "Sweet Spot" to a "Sweet Area"
Traditional room correction systems often only optimize a single "Sweet Spot." TRACT breaks this limitation by capturing and analyzing response snapshots from up to 8 different locations, intelligently merging this data into a single comprehensive correction curve. This technology provides consistent and accurate sound compensation for a much wider listening area, creating a "Sweet Area."

Automated FIR EQ Correction Curve
Based on precise measurement data, TRACT automatically generates a corrective FIR (Finite Impulse Response) EQ curve. You can choose between a Minimal-Phase curve for the lowest processing latency and minimal phase distortion, or a Linear-Phase curve to achieve perfect phase coherence, ensuring absolute signal fidelity.

Powerful IIR EQ Customization Tools
On top of the automatic FIR correction, TRACT also provides up to 8 bands of IIR (Infinite Impulse Response) EQ filters for more musical manual fine-tuning. The filter types are extremely comprehensive, including Bell, Low/High Shelves, Flat-Tops, a Tilt EQ with a variable frequency pivot point, and professional Butterworth and Linkwitz-Riley curves, offering endless shaping possibilities.

Sub Zoom for Precise Low-Frequency Alignment
Muddiness and lack of definition in the low end are the most common challenges in acoustic spaces. TRACT's exclusive Sub Zoom feature allows you to magnify and closely examine the response details in the low-frequency region and precisely perform phase alignment for your subwoofer. This effectively reduces low-frequency energy cancellation, resulting in maximized, clear low-end impact.

Streamlined Mixing Workflow
TRACT's ultimate goal is to let you focus on creating, not fighting your environment. By correcting issues with the sound system and room acoustics at the source, you will significantly reduce the need for compensatory EQ adjustments during mixing. This not only saves valuable time but also makes your mixing decisions more intuitive and accurate.

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Smaart Integration: Supports Rational Acoustics Smaart® v9 (Suite, RT, LE), sold separately
• Number of Measurement Snapshots: Up to 8
• Main Correction EQ Type: FIR (Finite Impulse Response)
• FIR Mode Options: Minimal-Phase, Linear-Phase
• Manual Adjustment EQ Type: IIR (Infinite Impulse Response)
• IIR EQ Bands: 8 bands
• IIR Filter Types: Bell, Low/High Shelves, Flat-Tops, Tilt EQ (variable pivot), Butterworth, Linkwitz-Riley
• Special Features: Sub Zoom low-frequency analysis and phase alignment, System Time-Align
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
• Latency: Varies depending on the selected FIR mode (lower latency in Minimal-Phase mode)
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX Native