Tuning Continued
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A little off topic... but I have been using RTA Analyzer and Sound Spectrum Analyzer to EQ systems in bars, frat houses, wedding venues, and churches for the last 5 years or so and they do a bang up job! Great FREE tools for getting a system to sound good!
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Originally Posted by ssmorga78
A little off topic... but I have been using RTA Analyzer and Sound Spectrum Analyzer to EQ systems in bars, frat houses, wedding venues, and churches for the last 5 years or so and they do a bang up job! Great FREE tools for getting a system to sound good!
It's just a great little feedback tool that guys should be leveraging in some regard. It's not gonna guide u to the perfect tune but it's gonna provide some damn helpful feedback.
Just one of the endless details as we try and raise the sled audio bar for us commoners.
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Parts express sells an external cell phone mic for ~$16. that works with some of those apps.
They also sell an 8 channel DSP for ~ $150. + $30 for the BT dongle if you want it. I bought one , but haven't had the time to check it out.
They also sell an 8 channel DSP for ~ $150. + $30 for the BT dongle if you want it. I bought one , but haven't had the time to check it out.
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Yes if you are going to use an RTA or Spectrum analyzer you will want to run Pink Noise thru the system to see what frequencies are boosted or lacking.
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Do you have a link for the dsp? I cant seem to find it on the site.
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What r ur guys thoughts on slope?
On the HPF side i seen to get better performance from the speaker at no less than a 12, 18 or even 24. Seem to be able to set a lower crossover freq within the speakers capability with a fairly steep slope. 6 is no bueno.
On the LPF, most speakers will naturally roll off at 12 thus as long as the LPF freq I select does not allow freqs that are outside the speakers wheelhouse then a 6 or 12 seems to work for me. If I'm overlapping w a tweeter/Horn this seems to work well for overlap but could be totally wrong here as some folks try and setup a pretty defined transition or gap. Maybe not so much with a woof and tweet but more so w a sub to mid bass to mid range.
Thoughts?
On the HPF side i seen to get better performance from the speaker at no less than a 12, 18 or even 24. Seem to be able to set a lower crossover freq within the speakers capability with a fairly steep slope. 6 is no bueno.
On the LPF, most speakers will naturally roll off at 12 thus as long as the LPF freq I select does not allow freqs that are outside the speakers wheelhouse then a 6 or 12 seems to work for me. If I'm overlapping w a tweeter/Horn this seems to work well for overlap but could be totally wrong here as some folks try and setup a pretty defined transition or gap. Maybe not so much with a woof and tweet but more so w a sub to mid bass to mid range.
Thoughts?
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I am interested in the miniDSP and have emailed them a few questions. It looks like it is just the right size to fit under my head unit beside the CB module. They list a 12V miniDC Isolator for 12v power which looks to be similar in function to a PAC TR-4.
I am torn between getting one of these and saving up for another RF TM400x4ad to replace the SoundStream PN4.1000d with in the fairing. The EQ control would do what I want with the Motos in the fairing and I could just get a set of Harrison Labs FMODS to cap the high frequencies going to the Mmats in the lowers:
Harrison Labs
I have used FMODS before in my truck and they do exactly what they claim with zero noise introduced. I just don't know if the 6.5KHz part will be low enough for the Mmats. Right now they are not capped at all so I figure it couldn't hurt.
????????
I am torn between getting one of these and saving up for another RF TM400x4ad to replace the SoundStream PN4.1000d with in the fairing. The EQ control would do what I want with the Motos in the fairing and I could just get a set of Harrison Labs FMODS to cap the high frequencies going to the Mmats in the lowers:
Harrison Labs
I have used FMODS before in my truck and they do exactly what they claim with zero noise introduced. I just don't know if the 6.5KHz part will be low enough for the Mmats. Right now they are not capped at all so I figure it couldn't hurt.
????????