Need help with Room Correction

[Vignus]

Hi All,

I know that every ear and room are different and that you must trust your ears, but since I have adventured in RC I have tried so many different settings that I kinda got lost in it and I keep wondering what the best settings are, if they exist. Here's what I'm using now:

Target curve: flat
Freq: 26.0 to 400.0Hz
Max gain: 10.0 db
Max Q: 10.0
Smoothing: 1/6 Octave
Multiple calibration: enabled
Speakers: stereo

I'd really love to hear from members what your best practice is and what you have tested with RC, with what results.

Can anybody help?

Thanks

 

[Smartplug]

Hi All,

I know that every ear and room are different and that you must trust your ears, but since I have adventured in RC I have tried so many different settings that I kinda got lost in it and I keep wondering what the best settings are, if they exist. Here's what I'm using now:

Target curve: flat
Freq: 26.0 to 400.0Hz
Max gain: 10.0 db
Max Q: 10.0
Smoothing: 1/6 Octave
Multiple calibration: enabled
Speakers: stereo

I'd really love to hear from members what your best practice is and what you have tested with RC, with what results.

Can anybody help?

Thanks

If you run twice you will get different frequency of different boost/cut even if you held your phone the same. Some don’t like rc but many do. The flat curve may not appeal to many. It’s too polite. It’s like eating a food without seasoning. I guess you know what I’m talking about. I would suggest stick with bk as most users use this curve.

 

[slartibartfast]

Hi All,

I know that every ear and room are different and that you must trust your ears, but since I have adventured in RC I have tried so many different settings that I kinda got lost in it and I keep wondering what the best settings are, if they exist. Here's what I'm using now:

Target curve: flat
Freq: 26.0 to 400.0Hz
Max gain: 10.0 db
Max Q: 10.0
Smoothing: 1/6 Octave
Multiple calibration: enabled
Speakers: stereo

I'd really love to hear from members what your best practice is and what you have tested with RC, with what results.

Can anybody help?

Thanks

Maybe you need a better microphone if you are still using your phone mic.

 

[Vignus]

If you run twice you will get different frequency of different boost/cut even if you held your phone the same. Some don’t like rc but many do. The flat curve may not appeal to many. It’s too polite. It’s like eating a food without seasoning. I guess you know what I’m talking about. I would suggest stick with bk as most users use this curve.

I have experimented with the bk curve, but I find it has too much bass for my likings

 

[Vignus]

Maybe you need a better microphone if you are still using your phone mic.

I agree but I struggle too much to make my android phone to detect external mics

 

[slartibartfast]

I agree but I struggle too much to make my android phone to detect external mics

Which external mic have you tried? Detection should be automatic.

 

[Vignus]

Which external mic have you tried? Detection should be automatic.

I have tried the DSPeaker mic. I'm trying to get the Danton USB, but I'm concerned it might be too low quality

 

[slartibartfast]

I have tried the DSPeaker mic. I'm trying to get the Danton USB, but I'm concerned it might be too low quality

So when you use the UMIk-1 don't you see the message that it is being used for room correction? Can you show a screenshot of the message you do see?

 

[Vignus]

So when you use the UMIk-1 don't you see the message that it is being used for room correction? Can you show a screenshot of the message you do see?

Can't get a screenshot right now, but the message I see is "Using internal microphone".

 

[slartibartfast]

Can't get a screenshot right now, but the message I see is "Using internal microphone".

Strange. Are you using a USB C to USB C cable or a USB C to USB A with an adapter? I use an adapter that came with my phone. Does the blue LED on the mic come on?

 

[Vignus]

Strange. Are you using a USB C to USB C cable or a USB C to USB A with an adapter? I use an adapter that came with my phone. Does the blue LED on the mic come on?

I think you're assuming I'm using specific mic... there's no blue LED on mine.
I'm aware using the phone mic is not ideal, but that's what I have for now. I opened this thread mainly to get suggestions on what parameters are best to be used when doing RC (see first post). Hopefully I'll get a better mic at one point, or maybe WIIM will release their own mic (like eversolo did), which would be ideal to get a proper measurement (I think).
However, I appreciate your comments

 

[slartibartfast]

I think you're assuming I'm using specific mic... there's no blue LED on mine.
I'm aware using the phone mic is not ideal, but that's what I have for now. I opened this thread mainly to get suggestions on what parameters are best to be used when doing RC (see first post). Hopefully I'll get a better mic at one point, or maybe WIIM will release their own mic (like eversolo did), which would be ideal to get a proper measurement (I think).
However, I appreciate your comments

Which mic is it then?
Never mind I am confusing DSPeaker with MiniDSP

 

[Vignus]

Which mic is it then?

It's the mic that came with my DSPeaker DSP

 

[slartibartfast]

It's the mic that came with my DSPeaker DSP

Yes I realise that now, sorry for my confusion

 

[Vignus]

Yes I realise that now, sorry for my confusion

No problem!

 

[Wiimer]

Hi All,

I know that every ear and room are different and that you must trust your ears, but since I have adventured in RC I have tried so many different settings that I kinda got lost in it and I keep wondering what the best settings are, if they exist. Here's what I'm using now:

Target curve: flat
Freq: 26.0 to 400.0Hz
Max gain: 10.0 db
Max Q: 10.0
Smoothing: 1/6 Octave
Multiple calibration: enabled
Speakers: stereo

I'd really love to hear from members what your best practice is and what you have tested with RC, with what results.

Can anybody help?

Thanks

If you are using an Android phone mic, I recommend doing it in the 80Hz-400Hz range.

This is just an example, but first run RC at 80Hz-1kHz , 1/3 octave. Then turn off the bands above 400Hz from the saved PEQ and use them for manual adjustment of the low frequencies.

Finally, check for the presence of a band with a positive adjusted high Q value. If it is present, turn it off, save it, and compare the two PEQs.

 

[Vignus]

If you are using an Android phone mic, I recommend doing it in the 80Hz-400Hz range.

This is just an example, but first run RC at 80Hz-1kHz , 1/3 octave. Then turn off the bands above 400Hz from the saved PEQ and use them for manual adjustment of the low frequencies.

Finally, check for the presence of a band with a positive adjusted high Q value. If it is present, turn it off, save it, and compare the two PEQs.

This is a useful suggestion, thank you Wiimer! Would you recommend using stereo RC or L & R?

 

[Wiimer]

This is a useful suggestion, thank you Wiimer! Would you recommend using stereo RC or L & R?

I think it depends on the speaker set up position and room conditions as to whether stereo or L/R is better.

I am manually using L/R PEQ, but now that I have added a new sub, I am trying Multiple RC

 

[wkamil]

If you are using an Android phone mic, I recommend doing it in the 80Hz-400Hz range.

This is just an example, but first run RC at 80Hz-1kHz , 1/3 octave. Then turn off the bands above 400Hz from the saved PEQ and use them for manual adjustment of the low frequencies.

Finally, check for the presence of a band with a positive adjusted high Q value. If it is present, turn it off, save it, and compare the two PEQs.

"Low" you mean frequencies below 80Hz?

 

[Wiimer]

"Low" you mean frequencies below 80Hz?

Yes, as needed.
But I should add that I use a Dayton IMM-6C mic.