azinck3 Wrote: > I know this was for Hugh, but I couldn't help piping up ;). The idea is > the same as the Room EQ wizard. But once you get the FIR filter using > the Room EQ wizard you have to do something with it to actually get the > correction. This must be done via specialized hardware (like a TacT or > the Behringer unit or a more generic parametric eq) or (in the case of > systems that source their audio from a computer) software. Hardware > has the advantage of being able to affect any audio source. But > software has the advantage of being cheap. > > In software you have two options: you could run the processing on all > of your audio files so that the actual data is changed to reflect the > correct correction for your room. But that's lousy if you want to do > anything with those files except play them on that exact system, in > that exact room. The other option is to use a convolver to process the > room correction in real-time based on the FIR filter. This is great as > it allows you to set up different filters for different rooms and use > the same files. Not to mention it doesn't "ruin" your perfect, > lossless files. Inguz's plugin sets up a convolver for windows which > works with Slimserver--something that was missing to this point. There > are existing solutions for Linux. What's not clear to me is if a filter > that's generated with the Room EQ wizard could be plugged into InguzDSP > or if you have to use the tools Hugh provides...
I wonder though. Starting from scratch, I'll need an audio interface, which look like they run about $250 on the low side. An adequate Berhinger mic looks to be about another $60 - $80. We've passed the $300 threshold for this free solution already. Granted, the Behringer deq2496 doesn't include a mic, but throw one on and you've got the same expense threshold, roughly speaking. I'm not knocking this software solution. Quite the contrary, I think I'll try it. But there is some comparable associated expense that places it in the same expense domain as buying a seperate piece of hardware with embedded (and optionally, outboard) equalization software. -- GreenMan My computer -> SB2-> Krell KAV-300i -> Thiel CS2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GreenMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1173 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
