#1903141 - 03/04/08 09:35 AM
Re: R+D Support Central
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Ethan Winer
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I just emailed Doug Plumb and ask him to chime in.
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#1922854 - 04/06/08 03:06 PM
Re: R+D Support Central
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Doug Plumb
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"Does anyone know how to set RPlusD to not make use of Filters that boost (when doing the automatic EQ fitting)?"
This is necessary to properly set cut filters. The dips in the response is always artifacts - these artifacts need to be removed to properly set the cut filters - ie dips in the response artificially shift peaks - the peaks need to be shifted back through dip correction before they are correctly EQed.
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#1934723 - 04/30/08 09:49 AM
Re: R+D Support Central
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Hamp
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Hi all.
This is probably a pretty basic question but I have not seen it described anywhere. Normally, I am pretty good with setting up electrical connections but I do not seem to "get" how to hook up my system to use RDPlus with the following components.
Notebook computer
Firewire card
Presonus Firestudio
Power amp + speakers
Microphone (SM 58 and Rat Shack digital sound level meter)
I have a sneaking suspicion that the problem is in the setting up of the Firestudio mixer to deal with loopback but I am not sure what should plug into where on the Firestudio to create the loopback either. (I am a little nervous about looping something in the wrong way on my new toy).
I know that a better mic is needed also. That is coming soon.
It looks like some of you have used this or similar preamps and have gotten RDPlus to work. Any tips/diagrams would be appreciated. I have begun to pull together some room treatments and hope to use RDPlus to document how well each works - and maybe understand the why as well.
Thanks much.
--Hamp
Edited by Hamp (04/30/08 02:00 PM)
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#1935876 - 05/02/08 09:22 AM
Re: R+D Support Central
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Ethan Winer
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Hamp,
I don't have a FireStudio, so I can't tell you about its mixer other than to say you should set it up to mimic a standard sound card. That is, you don't want the inputs echoed to the outputs, as is sometimes done for "zero latency monitoring." Also, the drawing below is from the ETF program's Help file, but with the addition of a Y splitter I added for clarification.
--Ethan
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#1937013 - 05/04/08 07:51 PM
Re: R+D Support Central
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Hamp
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Ethan,
Thanks. With your diagram and a reread of the documentation I think that I have learned how to wire up the Firestudio (FS) for the loopback. However, I am not sure if in the end it is possible to use a FS as I cannot find a way to have RPlusD "listen" to any of the FS inputs. It seems that RPlusD (and this is a guess) is looking for an input signal from a "Windows line_in" source, i.e., one that shows up on the Recording Control dialog called "Line In." This would explain the statement in the docs about notebook computer sounds cards "that they generally do not work." They generally do not have the correct input connection.
In this case, it looks like I will have to invest in a simpler USB soundcard. Any recommendations? From the discussions above, it seems that pretty much anyone will do.
I have emailed Doug to inquire directly of him as well.
Thanks.
--Hamp
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#1937179 - 05/05/08 08:07 AM
Re: R+D Support Central
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Ethan Winer
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You need to tell Windows to use the FireStudio's line inputs as the default sound card for recording. This is in Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Audio tab.
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