Soundcard Calibration vs Loopback Measurement

wus

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I bought a new USB soundcard, the Focusrite Scarlett 8i6. One of the first things I did with it was to run REW's soundcard calibration. I have REW v5.20.4.

I followed the instructions shown in the help section in the bottom part of Preferences > Soundcard. Connected the output directly to the input, set the output level to -12dB as remommended, adjusted the input channel's volume until it matched the output bargraph (+/- 0.2dB), then proceded to the measurement panel. This is what it showed:

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Except for the very minor glitches at 50Hz and multiples thereof, I think this looks decent. Do you agree? Please do write if you don't, and tell me why.

Subsequently, I could then make the cal file.

I don't remember why, but for some reason I then did a regular measurement (not calibration) with the exact same physical setup. Same wiring, same level settings on out- and input.

This is what I got:

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I do not understand why this curve is so very different. Shouldn't it be equally linear???
 

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It's probably the effect of the mic cal file.
Select change cal and remove it from this measurement to confirm.
 

wus

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2 x JBL 305P MkII
Right! Thank you!
 
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