Thank you very much for the video. It explains a lot for newbies who are utterly confused with these things. I saw two models of 32-bit audio interfaces on sales on Aliexpress going for £22.88-£83. I'm thinking of buying one of them or buy a second hand USB mixer which I think can be used for this purpose and it will have more functions like inputs, outputs, effects, tone control, etc.
Absolutely in love with your channel. And fresh recruit here. Have learned and relearned so much stuff here. All thanks to you. Love the quality of content and depth of knowledge. Since you have a helix dsp, can you please please please do a video on how to properly use the helix dsp auto eq feature. I admit that it may not be as powerful as the manual eq via REW but still if you can then please do shed some light on it. I have been using jazzis xl sheet to export house curves for helix rta recently to set the acoustic crossovers.
@@RAW-CAt i have the same dsp, dsp pro mkII, and yes it doesn’t have virtual channels and doesn’t run on V5, but it does have auto eq and auto TA ( autoset and setEQ) and I have used it occasionally
Great video with detail.... looking for the same video since long. I have ordered dayton audio UMM6 anf IMM6. Waiting for the delivery. You helped me in case how to use IMM6 with PC or Laptop. Thanks man.....keep doing. It will be great if you could make specific video on how to correct phase issues in home theatre setup like 5.1.4 with help of REW.
excellent presentation. 31:04 w/ such high frequencies because of the small wavelengths, measurements can be super sensitive to positioning (even half a cm) and/or anything changing/moving in the environment, such as the user doing the testing..
I have a UMIK-1 and a UMIK-2, and while I have no idea which one is actually more accurate, what I can say is the UMIK-2 measures 2-3dB lower than UMIK-1 above about 2kHz, and the resulting tune from using the 2 is a nicer sounding result.
I just found out. Thanks to your usb mic time alignment video, combined with this one. That a focusrite 2i2 GEN4 has the possibility to loopback internaly using the focusrite control 2 software. The direct monitor can be use to loopback.
Love your channel man, awesome info and I thank you for it! Have my little imm-6 ready (tho will I need an adapter or can I use it in my laptop with an extension aux?), waiting for my musway dsp to come and to install it properly and start to tune this shitty focal fiberglass 2-way, hopes are slim to make it sound good (mid is midbass in the door... :( and the tweeter is aluminium sibilant one) but I would like it to stage properly and sound a bit better. Maybe will go to 3 way active next time something like focal flax evo (what are your thoughts about it?) I don't know, for now want to stay as stock as I can. And wait for my wife to calm down at my money pit waste for car audio haha. Anyways :)
You can use the imm with an extemtion, but I would recommend getting a USB soundcard, you can get one of eBay for less than $10. Focal Flax are good speakers and will make you happy. But to he honest, don't discard cheap and simple speakers like you have now, with correct tuning, they can sound very decent and image well. Play with the tining and upgrade the speakers only when you can't squeze more out of these.
@@RAW-CAt thank you man, will do! It's a shame cause I have a Volt-1 audio interface at home, could use it somehow with imm-6 maybe instead! Will try to improve the ones I have of course before throwing another grand in a new set and A-pillars remake haha.
Thank you for this content. For someone starting that's going to get IMM-6 for my first attempt at tuning, would you suggest adjusting the reference curve by 5db above 10k to compensate for the IMM-6 reading higher up there? I've seen several comparisons and that seems to be common for IMM-6. Curious if adjusting reference curve for that difference would make things more accurate?
The reference curve depends on personal preference. Try flat and see how you like it. If you feel that there are some top end missing, you can adjust the curve and try again.
Regarding the loopback on the audio interface, does a digital loopback work the same for impulse response measurement as the diy cable you showed? I have a Motu M2 and it has digital loopback (shows up as additional input device on Windows), my understanding is that the Scarlett doesn't have this feature.
Yes, but the clock drift still is a problem. It's not an issue for a one off measurement, but when you have to measure 6-8 drivers multiple times, that clock drift scewes the timing.
@@RAW-CAtyes i undersjanger that, and thank you for awnsering on such an old video, I really appreciate it. I’m wondering if it is possible to make a loop back cable to use with the Dayton mic, or if you need an audio interface for it?
@@krijolee8981 in order to use a loopback you need to have two inputs. Laptops have only one input on the combo jack. So yes, you need an interface with two inputs.
@@RAW-CAtit should be “noise floor“. Floor noise is the sound that floor makes. Whereas noise floor is the level of noise that is inherent to the system.
