Sub woofer auto calibration for less?

[aceinc]

I am considering building another pair of subwoofers. I have used REW to tune subs to a room using the limited controls on the plate amplifiers with reasonable success. Being the lazy person I am I became enamored with the PE plate amplifiers with the built in DSP/equalizers and microphones, which ostensibly would allow me to plug in the microphone and let it do its thing while I sit back with a brewski. But then my parsimonious tendencies kick in and I said to myself, "Can I do this for less money and still get good quality?"

I looked at PE's "Dayton Audio DSP-LF Low Frequency DSP Controller" it is fairly inexpensive, but the only way to do auto calibration is with Apple products. For reasons outside of this discussion I loathe Apple products and won't own one intentionally.

I got to thinking about REW and its ability to send calibration data to MiniDSPs. The price of those little buggers has gotten out of control, plus I don't need 4 outputs, I only need two. At one point long ago, I believe REW would send data to Behringer products via a MIDI interface. So the question is, "Are there any inexpensive DSP, Equalizer or amplifiers with built in DSP/Equalizer, that REW can upload calibration data to?" Preferably via USB.

I will end up with two separate sealed cabinets, with 1-2, 15" drivers or 1, 18" driver per cabinet. Ultimax or similar drivers. So I will need a fair amount of power & equalization (boost) below 40hz.

 

[John Mulcahy]

There aren't any devices that REW sends settings to over USB. The FBQ1000 and FBQ2496 support Midi transfer, though comms to the FBQ2496 seem unreliable.

 

[aceinc]

Does it communicate with the MiniDSP? If so, how?

 

[John Mulcahy]

No, settings are transferred by file.

 

[aceinc]

I can live with uploading a file. Now we just need to determine if an inexpensive device such as the DSP LF from PE will accept a file. I talks to Android & Apple devices.

If not, does REW currently support uploading files to any other devices such as Pro Amps with built in equalizers?

 

[John Mulcahy]

I have listed the devices that support file transfer in the help.