Tuning Continued
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Originally Posted by Dsm Limited
I believe that's exactly right. After reading Respects post, I started looking at RTA setups. If there's interest of others, I may invest in one.
At a minimum it will help calibrate ur ears to what is actually happening in ur tuning process.
Plenty of You Tube vids on how the process works and what u might be looking for. Keep in mind that these You Tube vids are not for sleds thus some of your actual objectives might slightly different.
Respect might be able to assist with what would be a broad recommendation for fairing 6.5s as an educational discussion.
Just want to reiterate not to dive in on expensive equipment until u understand what value the RTA tools might present.
Fun stuff.
T
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Which flash and how arc psm is hardwired comes into play for sure for on vs run difference and found same problem with dsr 1 on choosing preset configuration.This is what gives me the most chasing tail time. Have had many great tunes static and never once completely happy going down road. as much as i don't want to, thinking Sony this winter and give up a little and ditch the dsp at first.
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Hold off on that investment brother. Guys can first try a simple little app from a reputable company to first see what the hell an RTA is and does. Many are compatible with IOS and Droid and have pretty respectable microphone calibration. Play some pink noise and see if what is presented matches what u thought u had tuned. If u like what this basic concept accomplished then u can dive deep into the professional equipment if desired.
At a minimum it will help calibrate ur ears to what is actually happening in ur tuning process.
Plenty of You Tube vids on how the process works and what u might be looking for. Keep in mind that these You Tube vids are not for sleds thus some of your actual objectives might slightly different.
Respect might be able to assist with what would be a broad recommendation for fairing 6.5s as an educational discussion.
Just want to reiterate not to dive in on expensive equipment until u understand what value the RTA tools might present.
Fun stuff.
T
At a minimum it will help calibrate ur ears to what is actually happening in ur tuning process.
Plenty of You Tube vids on how the process works and what u might be looking for. Keep in mind that these You Tube vids are not for sleds thus some of your actual objectives might slightly different.
Respect might be able to assist with what would be a broad recommendation for fairing 6.5s as an educational discussion.
Just want to reiterate not to dive in on expensive equipment until u understand what value the RTA tools might present.
Fun stuff.
T
get you started thats for sure.
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Hold off on that investment brother. Guys can first try a simple little app from a reputable company to first see what the hell an RTA is and does. Many are compatible with IOS and Droid and have pretty respectable microphone calibration. Play some pink noise and see if what is presented matches what u thought u had tuned. If u like what this basic concept accomplished then u can dive deep into the professional equipment if desired.
At a minimum it will help calibrate ur ears to what is actually happening in ur tuning process.
Plenty of You Tube vids on how the process works and what u might be looking for. Keep in mind that these You Tube vids are not for sleds thus some of your actual objectives might slightly different.
Respect might be able to assist with what would be a broad recommendation for fairing 6.5s as an educational discussion.
Just want to reiterate not to dive in on expensive equipment until u understand what value the RTA tools might present.
Fun stuff.
T
At a minimum it will help calibrate ur ears to what is actually happening in ur tuning process.
Plenty of You Tube vids on how the process works and what u might be looking for. Keep in mind that these You Tube vids are not for sleds thus some of your actual objectives might slightly different.
Respect might be able to assist with what would be a broad recommendation for fairing 6.5s as an educational discussion.
Just want to reiterate not to dive in on expensive equipment until u understand what value the RTA tools might present.
Fun stuff.
T
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try tuning only one speaker at a time. The other one of the pair should sound the same. Bring them all on to check final tune.
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Which flash and how arc psm is hardwired comes into play for sure for on vs run difference and found same problem with dsr 1 on choosing preset configuration.This is what gives me the most chasing tail time. Have had many great tunes static and never once completely happy going down road. as much as i don't want to, thinking Sony this winter and give up a little and ditch the dsp at first.
I know I've joked about riding beotch with a laptop but I think that's the ticket especially with the Boom head unit.
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Originally Posted by Dsm Limited
I have finally given up on the 2 separate tunes for static vs riding. I now tune just for the ride. I figured that's why I bought the bike. If it happens to sound good in the parking lot, bonus!
I know I've joked about riding beotch with a laptop but I think that's the ticket especially with the Boom head unit.
I know I've joked about riding beotch with a laptop but I think that's the ticket especially with the Boom head unit.
But since I got called out by J&M I'm gonna have to get that parking lot tune dialed in.
I'm also staying loyal to the Boom for as long as I can. It's 100% humidity most of the year in H-Town thus that damn waterproof thing has got me locked in. And the library / play list / song search.
T
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I have used a couple of the free RTA programs from the app store, Nice tool!, easy to see what is going on.
I tuned my Sony and a Buddies Boom 6.5. I can tell you there is a definite difference between our tune plots and by the time I was done they did sound similar with same songs playing. We do not have the same speakers or amps.
Juice.
I tuned my Sony and a Buddies Boom 6.5. I can tell you there is a definite difference between our tune plots and by the time I was done they did sound similar with same songs playing. We do not have the same speakers or amps.
Juice.
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Speaking of DSPs, does anyone make an affordable four channel unit? The ARC and Rockford units most use here just seem way overkill for what little tweaking I would like to do. I already have individual level adjustments I can change while riding so I would just be interested in a little EQ adjustment on the front stage. The basic EQ setting on the TM400x4ad seems to do fine on my rear stage for what I listen to.
I am interested in decreasing some of the mid frequencies on the Motos in the fairing and capping off the Mmats in the lowers.
I am interested in decreasing some of the mid frequencies on the Motos in the fairing and capping off the Mmats in the lowers.