BFD Installation and Setup Help

[Rich-n-Texas]

I have to tell ya the truth. I'm starting to lean towards the REW method. The only other piece of hardware I need is the USB "soundcard" which has Line-out L/R & Line-in L/R. I can get exactly what the crew at HTS talks about direct from Behringer for under $50, and since I already have a laptop and necessary cabling, there'd be no other expense. The materials I need to finish my panels have already been paid for as well.

I get it that the manual mode, while tedious is probably going to give me better results, as has been pointed out, but OTOH the REW would quicken the process and satisfy the computer geek in me. We'll see, but in the meantime I'm plodding along in manual mode.

[kexodusc]

I have to tell ya the truth. I'm starting to lean towards the REW method. The only other piece of hardware I need is the USB "soundcard" which has Line-out L/R & Line-in L/R. I can get exactly what the crew at HTS talks about direct from Behringer for under $50, and since I already have a laptop and necessary cabling, there'd be no other expense. The materials I need to finish my panels have already been paid for as well.

I get it that the manual mode, while tedious is probably going to give me better results, as has been pointed out, but OTOH the REW would quicken the process and satisfy the computer geek in me. We'll see, but in the meantime I'm plodding along in manual mode.

Hey rich - get crackin'.

I wouldn't bother with the frequencies below 20 Hz much. Go after the audible stuff in 20's and higher first. Try some cuts, tell us what you did and post your results. Shouldn't take too long. I made a cheat sheet on a note pad to get the steps in the right order - made it quicker for me.

[bfalls]

I didn't see it listed in the thread, but there's a correction list for the Radio Shack SPL meter Rich is using with substantial correction for the low frequencies. I found this one on the Audiogon Forum site. It's listed all over the web.

10Hz +20.5
12.5Hz +16.5
16Hz +11.5
20Hz +7.5
25Hz +5
31.5Hz +3
40Hz +2.5
50Hz +1.5
63Hz +1.5
80Hz +1.5
100Hz +2
125Hz +0.5
160Hz -0.5
200Hz -0.5
250Hz +0.5
315Hz -0.5
400Hz 0
500Hz -0.5
630Hz 0
800Hz 0
1KHz 0
1.25Khz 0
1.6KHz -0.5
2Khz -1.5
2.5Khz -1.5
3.15Khz -1.5
4KHz -2
5KHz -2
6.3KHz -2
8KHz -2
10Khz -1
12.5KHz +0.5
16KHz 0
20KHz +1

[Luvin Da Blues]

I'm starting to lean towards the REW method. The only other piece of hardware I need is the USB "soundcard" which has Line-out L/R & Line-in L/R.

Rich, I have a USB SC I'm not using anymore if your interested. Let me know.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Rich, I have a USB SC I'm not using anymore if your interested. Let me know.

Thanks LDB. It has to have Line-in & Line-out as opposed to Mic & headphone. I'd suggest that shipping it would cost more than just buying one since it would be an overseas shipment correct?

bfalls, the Excel table that I plug the readings from the RS meter into automatically convert the raw SPL numbers to "compensated" numbers (based on the model # of the meter) using a formula in each cell. Thanks for posting that in any event.

[Luvin Da Blues]

Thanks LDB. It has to have Line-in & Line-out as opposed to Mic & headphone. I'd suggest that shipping it would cost more than just buying one since it would be an overseas shipment correct?.

Well Rich, it does have line in and 5.1 line outs, unfortunately they're 1/8" mini jacks. Yer probs right bout the shippin' tho.