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Hello everyone.
I've just received my UMIK-1 mic and have downloaded REW on a laptop. My 5m double shielded USB cable (to hook laptop into my system) should arrive in the next day or two.
My system is a 2-channel music system (NAS > Streamer > DAC > pre-amp > power amp & active Sub) but the REW guides I have scanned so far seem to be aimed at A/V systems which connect the laptop running REW to an AVR via HDMI or the headphone/mic output.
Am I correct in assuming that I can simply run a USB cable from a USB output of the laptop to the USB input on my 2-channel DAC and use the pre-amp for volume control? Anything I need to be aware of, would I need to load a driver on the laptop for the DAC (I haven't previously used the laptop as a source as I prefer not to have a computer in the listening room)?
My goals are to:
1) see if I can improve the subwoofer integration by measuring Left + Sub and Right + Sub (the sub is connected via stereo Left/Right SE cables from the second pre-amplifier output and sums them at the sub input) ... I'm pretty happy with the LPF XO and Gain settings on my sub but using sixth octave tones and a a Rat Shack SPL meter I haven't been able to identify any changes through the crossover region when adjusting the Phase dial. REW should make this easier.
2) identify whether there are any significant peaks/nulls in the crossover region or above that could be improved by adding something like a miniDSP Studio into the system to take on HPF/LPF duties and perform room correction via Dirac and PEQ.
3) determine the RT30 of my listening room before adding any additional absorption/diffusion
Any tips/links from those who have been down this path would be very much appreciated as I'm completely new to REW.
I've just received my UMIK-1 mic and have downloaded REW on a laptop. My 5m double shielded USB cable (to hook laptop into my system) should arrive in the next day or two.
My system is a 2-channel music system (NAS > Streamer > DAC > pre-amp > power amp & active Sub) but the REW guides I have scanned so far seem to be aimed at A/V systems which connect the laptop running REW to an AVR via HDMI or the headphone/mic output.
Am I correct in assuming that I can simply run a USB cable from a USB output of the laptop to the USB input on my 2-channel DAC and use the pre-amp for volume control? Anything I need to be aware of, would I need to load a driver on the laptop for the DAC (I haven't previously used the laptop as a source as I prefer not to have a computer in the listening room)?
My goals are to:
1) see if I can improve the subwoofer integration by measuring Left + Sub and Right + Sub (the sub is connected via stereo Left/Right SE cables from the second pre-amplifier output and sums them at the sub input) ... I'm pretty happy with the LPF XO and Gain settings on my sub but using sixth octave tones and a a Rat Shack SPL meter I haven't been able to identify any changes through the crossover region when adjusting the Phase dial. REW should make this easier.
2) identify whether there are any significant peaks/nulls in the crossover region or above that could be improved by adding something like a miniDSP Studio into the system to take on HPF/LPF duties and perform room correction via Dirac and PEQ.
3) determine the RT30 of my listening room before adding any additional absorption/diffusion
Any tips/links from those who have been down this path would be very much appreciated as I'm completely new to REW.
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