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Room eq wizard software#
In the past few years I have tried out and purchased several software for measuring loudspeaker systems. However, I have not yet tested this myself and therefore cannot make a clear recommendation. The Behringer UMC22* is priced for less than 50 USD and might be all you need if the interface is intended purely for measurement purposes. If you want to connect the interface with a Hifi-Receiver you might need a RCA / jack cable. You might need two of these adapter cables for the Focusrite and maybe XLR cables like these.
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Some interfaces have XLR outputs, some jack sockets. Make sure that you order the correct connection cable directly. We even get by with one output for measuring the room modes, to which we connect our loudspeaker or subwoofer. Most audio interfaces will have at least two outputs anyway. Common tripods like this one* do not extend into the upper corner of the room, but at least enable precise measurements at the listening spot. I therefore still use this 13” gooseneck *.įor occasional measurements, the tripod should of course not necessarily cost more than the measurement microphone. However, the maximum height of 1.93 m is not quite sufficient to get into the upper corners of the room with a measurement microphone. I now own eight of these Manfrotto tripods*, which I can take with me to every job in my suitcase due to their weight of less than 1kg and their small size. If you often take measurements, it is definitely worth buying a microphone stand. So even without a tripod you can start right away and get a first impression of your space. The findings regarding room modes are likely to be very similar in all corners of the room. Or in the simplest case, you simply place the microphone on the floor. Tripodįor a one-time measurement, you can certainly also attach the microphone to the wall with some adhesive tape. If you do not have a measurement microphone, but you have a few microphones in your recording studio, try using a condenser microphone with omnidirectional characteristics (pressure receiver) due to the better linearity in the low frequency range compared to a cardioid characteristic. Abstract: a Behringer ECM8000* for around 44 USD delivers 99% the same results in terms of room modes as a microphone at 10 times the price. If you are about to purchase a new measurement microphone, then I recommend this blog article with a detailed comparison of my microphones. By the way, I use the EMX-7150 from iSEMcon. Measurement microphoneĪs before with the loudspeaker, the following also applies here: every cheap measuring microphone is good enough for measuring room modes. If this has a low-pass filter, it should be deactivated for the measurements or set as high as possible. I therefore only used a subwoofer (the Genelec 7350 APM*) for my measurements.
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The biggest problems we have in our room or the most difficult problems to tackle are below 100Hz. It would be nice, of course, if the loudspeaker also reproduces low frequencies if possible. The oscillation of the room, in particular an acoustically almost untreated room, produces such large changes in the frequency response that any speaker is suitable for this measurement. Equipment: What you need in order to measure the room modesĪ bit of equipment is of course necessary to make your current room acoustics visible: Speaker (or subwoofer) So you can quickly determine where in the room your absorbers are actually making an improvement.
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On the other hand, the measurements can be saved and compared. On the one hand, you can read very precisely at which frequencies the room resonates. A single measurement, however, shows you the problems of your room in seconds.