Hi All,
First of all I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this kind of question. Please direct me to right one in case it is.
I bought myself UMIK to try and be more scientific about my HT setup (in non-dedicated room).
I have found this great guide linked in reading materials of this form and located in AVSforum (It seems that I cannot link it directly)
Which I am trying to follow but my UMIK is set to 18db gain when the guide calls for 12bd. I am trying to open this thing to change it to 12db but I cannot so far (I tried to soak it in Isopropyl and in nail polish acetanol based).
It normally should not matter that much to what gain setting UMIK is set but there is also gain slider in Windows 10 with mixes thing up. The guide calls to set windows 10 to 9.9db for UMIK with 12db internal gain. So when I do so with 18db UMIK I am about 10db a drift (lower reading) in compare to my random dedicated SPL meter which reads almost the same as my HTC One phone. To compansate for it in Windows I have to put gain in range of +20-24db, but I have read that windows gain is very bad as it is a digital gain.
So what will happen if I switch UMIK to 12db - will I get close to my other SPL meters reading with windows gain 9.9?
Does anybody know the right Windows gain setting for 18db UMIK in case I would fail to open this god thing!
Many thanks my friends for any advice or explanation provided.
First of all I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this kind of question. Please direct me to right one in case it is.
I bought myself UMIK to try and be more scientific about my HT setup (in non-dedicated room).
I have found this great guide linked in reading materials of this form and located in AVSforum (It seems that I cannot link it directly)
Which I am trying to follow but my UMIK is set to 18db gain when the guide calls for 12bd. I am trying to open this thing to change it to 12db but I cannot so far (I tried to soak it in Isopropyl and in nail polish acetanol based).
It normally should not matter that much to what gain setting UMIK is set but there is also gain slider in Windows 10 with mixes thing up. The guide calls to set windows 10 to 9.9db for UMIK with 12db internal gain. So when I do so with 18db UMIK I am about 10db a drift (lower reading) in compare to my random dedicated SPL meter which reads almost the same as my HTC One phone. To compansate for it in Windows I have to put gain in range of +20-24db, but I have read that windows gain is very bad as it is a digital gain.
So what will happen if I switch UMIK to 12db - will I get close to my other SPL meters reading with windows gain 9.9?
Does anybody know the right Windows gain setting for 18db UMIK in case I would fail to open this god thing!
Many thanks my friends for any advice or explanation provided.