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Examine the Magnitude trace (frequency response). Use the 1/3 octave smoothing (Ctrl+3) to see the tonal balance. Insert EQ on your system processor to flatten the response within ±3dB. The Impact of Smaart V8 on the Industry When Rational Acoustics released V8 in 2018 (following public betas), the reaction was seismic. Because it went 64-bit and native macOS, thousands of Apple-using engineers who had previously relied on bootcamp or third-party RTA apps could finally run the gold standard natively.

Click the "Delay Finder" button. Smaart V8 analyzes the impulse response and automatically inserts the time-of-flight distance into the delay offset. You can then fine-tune by watching the Phase trace go flat. Smaart V8

Right-click in the View pane → New Transfer Function View . Set A Input to your microphone channel. Set B Input to your reference loopback. V8 will automatically calculate the complex transfer function. Examine the Magnitude trace (frequency response)