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Origineel geplaatst door gringo
Hier nog een meting op een modale luisterpositie, op 1,25m van de speakers. Onbehandelde kamer, is dit een normale curve?
... Hoe staat het met de rest van de curve? 


V4.00 22nd January 2007
A great deal has changed from V3.29 to V4, far too much to list everything here. The key changes are:
* User interface revised to make it much less cluttered and more measurement-centric
* Measurement by log sweep only
* Sweep lengths of 128k, 256k (default), 512k or 1M samples
* Multiple sweeps per measurement with synchronous pre-averaging
* Impulse respose plots can be normalised or absolute and can be plotted inverted
* The default soundcard selections from the OS can be used
* 800 x 600 screens are supported
* Target response allows selection of 12 or 24dB/octave crossover slopes
* Filters can be sorted by frequency, magnitude or Q
* Graph plotting has been improved for smoother trace rendering and better colour saturation
* Mouse wheel can be used to zoom in/out on graphs
* Save graph as jpeg uses lower compression for higher quality images
* Filter settings exported as text include the coarse/fine frequency values for the DSP1124P
* Added file preview information for WAV, jpg, gif and png files in file chooser
* Added an approximation of the R-DES parametric filters
V4.11 10th March 2008 New features
* Level of sweep on left ref channel adjusted to get ref input to -6dB FS
* System delay measurement compensates for measurement bandwidth for sweep end frequency >= 200Hz
* Added label to show distance equivalent to the System Delay
* Data import tolerates a mixture of decimal delimiters
V4.11 Bug Fixes
* Start time of captured data on scope plot was incorrect when using left channel as ref
* Meters were not being disabled properly when sig gen or spl meter stopped
* When REW was used with a Creative X-Fi the signal generator would only work once
V4.10 8th March 2008 New features
* Added spectrum and RTA displays
* Added RT60 graph and added RT60-related traces and info on Impulse graph, can export RT60 data as text via the file -> Export menu
* Added low crest factor pink and white Periodic Noise sequences to the signal generator, with ability to save PN sequence to a WAV file
* A left channel loopback connection can be used as an automatic calibration reference, selected via the soundcard settings as an alternative to using a soundcard cal file
* Added an Analysis Settings option to calculate the response of the reference channel when using a left channel loopback as the ref, response is shown in the soundcard cal trace
* When using the left channel as a calibration reference the system delay is estimated and shown in the Details panel of the measurement info, if the cursor is hovered over the value the equivalent distance in metres and feet is shown in a tooltip
* Measurement start frequency can now be specified, measurements starting at >= 20Hz use a measurement signal that begins at half the start frequency, sweeps starting below 20Hz have an initial linear sweep from DC to 10Hz then log from 10Hz to the end
* Added Analysis setting to enable IR Decimation, reducing sampling frequency of the IR for low frequency measurements to greatly reduce data size (as much as 30 times for measurements up to 200Hz) and increase processing speed
* Added a Clip indicator in the SPL Meter to warn of clipping on the input
* Inverse C weighting correction is not applied below 5Hz
* Logarithmic interpolation is applied between data points in mic/meter calibration files
* Added option in house curve settings to use logarithmic interpolation between data points
* Added image size tags to the help file images for faster and more accurate loading
* Restored the graph showing the A/B/C weighting responses in the Mic/Meter settings help
* Revised startup system property setting to help appearance on Mac
* Improved fractional octave smoothing of traces
* Added Ctrl+Shift+1 and Ctrl+Shift+2 shortcuts for full and half octave smoothing respectively
* Allowed file import to handle numbers with digit grouping
* Improved quality of graph JPEGs when JPEG is larger than original graph
* Improved speed of preview thumbnail for image files in file chooser
* Settings panel no longer set to Always On Top
* Clear Peaks action only enabled when there is a list of peaks found to be cleared
* Changed default for using thick traces on Mac to false (causes very poor drawing performance)
* Updated R-DES EQ setting to allow 5 filters
* Changed wording on check/set levels combo box to choose sub or main speaker
* Show unsaved channels in exit warning dialog on separate lines
* Allow data import files to have .txt, .dat and .frd extensions and remember the import file name independently of other text files
* Sweep settings now defaults to expanded so new users are aware settings are there
* Disabled trace labels are drawn in system disabled colour
* Zoom/measure box shows units in delta values, time deltas also show equivalent distance in metres and feet
* Impulse response window defaults in Analysis settings are remembered for next startup
* Removed LaF selection from the View settings, defaults to System LaF
* Improved cursor readout on graphs so maxima are returned
* Added dither option for sine gen output
* Added controls for replay and record buffer settings
* Made a new icon for the EQ filters button
* Simplified the SPL meter (removed tracking and harmonic levels) and incorporated it in the toolbar
* Changed VU meters to show Left and Right instead of just Input
* Added impulse response envelope (aka ETC) to the Impulses graph page
* Enabled auto calculation of IR envelope when trace selected & removed "Generate All ETC" button
* Measurements pane updates while data files load
* Progress bar updates when calculating IR envelopes (ETC curves), smoothed envelopes or octave filtered results
* Added Schroeder integral to Impulse Controls graph group
* Added View settings to set the font size for the interface elements and the graph axes (applied after restart)
* Moved the REW log files into a folder called "REW"
* Changed the impulse start (zero) time to be first point response exceeds 10% of the peak amplitude (1% of peak energy)
* Octave filters can be applied to measurements using the control on the Impulse graph page, traces are drawn with dashed lines if a filter is active
* Shortened graph names
* Show EQ icon for .frq files in file chooser
* Transferred additional waterfall controls to graph panel
* Added individual enable buttons for the x, y and z waterfall perspective controls
* Waterfall and LF Decay plots now cover full range of measurement, 96 points per octave with 1/24th octave smoothing
* Waterfall plot walls have depth shading
* Changed LF Decay to Spectral Decay
* Changed "Load measurement" and "Load filters" to "Open measurement file" and "Open filter file", use "O" in corresponding shortcuts instead of "L"
* Changed log file location on Mac to ~/library/logs/REW
V4.10 Bug Fixes
* Corrected index entries in spl meter and sig gen help TOC
* Sweep end freq was not checked against samplerate/2 when sample rate changed
* Changing sample rate while sig gen was running would stop sig gen from working
* Exported frequency responses could have digit grouping applied and would fail to re-import
* Bass management internal filter cutoff was reset to 80Hz when changing the bass mgmt slope
* Restored ability to control Java Sound Audio Engine volume from wave volume spinner
* Impulse response calc would fail if the captured data was all zeroes (can happen if the input volume is set to zero)
* Averaged Trace stroke type was not updated according to View settings
* "Freq tracks cursor" in signal generator was not limited to generator min (10Hz)
* Impulse response export of measurement or filter set didn't list latest measurement
* Third harmonic distortion value was always displayed as <0.01%
* Filter BW in Hz display was incorrect after the BW setting was changed
* SC Cal and Mic/Meter cal trace labels are now drawn in disabled color if cal files not loaded
* SPL meter could lock up if data returned from soundcard was all zeroes while tracking a generator frequency
* The selected y Axis type was reset when changing between graph groups
* Corrected the scaling of energy-time curves
* Fixed an error in the .frq export format
* Various GUI updates to correct layout and formatting problems on Mac
Hallo,me even voorstellen;ik ben dragstar en nieuw op dit forum !Bij deze een thread over de [gratis!!!] tool: Room EQ Wizard van John Mulcahy. [Zover ik begrijp heeft hij het programmaatje geschreven]
linkje: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.mulcahy/roomeq/index.html
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En er zit ook een nederlandse handleiding bij [hoewel ze hier en daar nog wat snippets engels ertussen hebben laten zitten].
Wat is het nut van dit programmaatje?
Nou, voor iedereen die wilt weten wat de frequentie response van z'n studio/kamer is, is dit programmaatje een aanrader.
Benodigdheden:
Een full-duplex geluidskaart [L uit, R uit, L in, R in], een meetmicrofoon en een vrije middag
Het programma genereert zelf een noise-signaal dat langzaam over alle frequenties "sweept". Dit signaal wordt uitgezonden via de linker- en rechter uitgang van de geluidskaart. Het signaal op die linkeruitgang gaat meteen weer de geluidskaart in middels de linker ingang. Dit is om zo de frequentiecurve van de geluidskaartuitgangen te bepalen [deze zijn ook nooit perfect glad, vooral niet de analoge uitgangen die in dit programma gebruikt worden].
Het rechter signaal gaat naar de speakers toe en wordt dus de kamer ingeblazen.
Dit signaal wordt weer gemeten door de meetmicrofoon die op de rechtingang van de geluidskaart aangesloten wordt.
Aan de hand van de meetingen van het uitgezonden signaal wordt een curve gegenereert van de frequentie response van je studio/kamer. En met behulp van deze curve kun je je kamer dus heel mooi neutraliseren middels akoestisch materiaal, equalizers, feedback destroyers, verbouwingen, whatever
Met als hoofddoel: mixen die beter gaan klinken [dat is in ieder geval de achterliggende gedachte]
Ikzelf heb een beetje ervaring ermee. Ik weet dat Hanz hier er meer ervaring mee heeft en heeft me ook al een paar keer goed geholpen met het geheel. Maar toch blijven er onduidelijkheden en volgens mij zijn die er ook nog genoeg bij andere mensen...
Vandaar deze thread om over dit leuke programmaatje te discussieren en elkaar tips te geven over het gebruik ervan.
Nog een andere thread waar dit mooie stukje software in terugkomt:
https://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=513552&t=149#post513552
Mijn eerste vraag:
In hoeverre heeft de "zoem" die van de PC-ventilatoren afkomt effect op de metingen? Ik ga er vanuit, hoe harder je het signaal uitgeeft en meet, hoe minder effect dit heeft... Maar kan het de metingen royaal up-fucken?
Ik krijg binnen nu en een week als het goed is, m'n nieuwe processor binnen en dan kan ik eindelijk eens m'n m'n dualcore watercooled systeempje in elkaar zetten wat als alles klopt, muisstil is. Waarschijnlijk dat ik dan de metingen opnieuw zal moeten gaan doen, maar daar hou ik jullie dan wel van op de hoogte.