Waves TRACT Sytem Calibration

TRACT System Calibration is your fast and powerful tool for tuning any sound system to perfection-whether you're in a live venue, studio, or house of worship. Designed to work seamlessly with Smaart analysis software, TRACT automatically measures your system's response, then applies corrective EQ and time alignment to bring your sound to its full potential. It reads the room, identifies issues, and corrects them with minimal effort, making your mixes more accurate and impactful.

You can run TRACT inside the eMotion LV1 mixer, SuperRack, or your favorite DAW. It includes both minimal-phase and linear-phase FIR filters, plus an 8-band parametric EQ, letting you tailor your system's sound precisely. TRACT also supports up to 8 snapshots for comparing different mic positions, and lets you create custom reference curves. Use it to align speakers, clean up frequency response, or make sure your subs and tops are working together perfectly. With TRACT, what you hear is what your audience gets-clean, balanced, and ready to impress.

• Auto-correction equalization and time alignment for any sound system

• Integrated with Smaart software (supports Smaart version 9 Suite, RT, and LE)

• Ideal for live performance systems, monitor correction, and studio spaces

• Automatically detects and corrects EQ issues in room acoustics

• Applies time alignment to minimize phase problems between system components

• Runs as a plugin within Waves eMotion LV1, SuperRack, or any major DAW

• Mix with confidence, knowing you are hearing accurate, calibrated audio

• Includes both linear-phase and minimal-phase FIR filter options

• Features 8 bands of high-quality parametric IIR filters

• Restore sonic clarity lost in untreated spaces

• Customize your own reference target curves

• Save and recall up to 8 measurement snapshots

• Designed to simplify PA tuning, front fill delay alignment, and sub phase correction

• User-friendly workflow with capture, merge, and auto-calculation tools

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:

• Plugin for automatic EQ correction and time alignment

• Integrates with Smaart v8 and v9 (Suite, RT, LE)

• Compatible with eMotion LV1, SuperRack, and major DAWs

• Runs in SoundGrid environments or standard plugin hosts

• No additional hardware required

MEASUREMENT INTEGRATION:

• Uses real-time spectrum and transfer function measurements from Smaart

• Captures and stores up to 8 room response snapshots

• Allows merging of multiple captures into averaged snapshot

• Reference signal compared to measurement to generate correction

EQ CORRECTION FEATURES:

• Calculates and applies corrective EQ to flatten frequency response

• Includes FIR filter curve generation based on captured measurements

• Supports user-defined or factory reference curves (flat, boosted, X-curve)

• FIR banding resolution selectable from 1 octave to 1/48 octave

• Constrains FIR correction by frequency and amplitude range

TIME ALIGNMENT FEATURES:

• Automated delay detection using Smaart's delay finder

• Inserts and adjusts delay based on measured vs. current alignment

• Track mode compensates for changing delays in real-time

• Apply delta function to sync system delay

EQ PROCESSING TOOLS:

• 8-band IIR EQ (used with or without FIR processing)

• Band types: bell, shelf, tilt, flat-top, cut, all-pass

• Custom user reference curves can be created from IIR or captures

PHASE AND SUB ALIGNMENT:

• Phase trace alignment supported for sub and crossover integration

• Sub Zoom view for low-frequency monitoring (27 Hz to 240 Hz)

• Optional use of all-pass filters for phase alignment

WORKFLOW AND USE CASES:

• Tune full-range speakers, align front fills and subs

• Suitable for FOH system engineers or mix engineers

• Can operate standalone with IIR only when Smaart is unavailable

• Allows accurate, consistent tuning across venues

DISPLAY AND CONTROL FEATURES:

• Graph displays spectrum, magnitude, phase, and EQ traces

• Remote control Smaart generator and measurements from TRACT

• Toolbar includes preset management, undo/redo, and resize options

LATENCY:

• Minimal Phase: approx 0.15 ms

• Linear Phase: approx 11.7 ms depending on configuration

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires Smaart license and configuration for measurement functionality

• SoundGrid or DAW host needed for plugin operation

• Manual or auto configuration of IP via Smaart API connection panel