advice testing speaker

[Dg1JOG]

i'm a new diy-speaker hobbiest and i'm a bit at a loss how to get Arta to test the speakers with the following setup.

i have Arta software installed on Win7-x64 wanting to test some speakers here at home.

i have a USB Roland Quad-Capture preamp with a Dayton Audio EMM-6 measurement microphone connected to my computer (Left Channel).

i got as far as loading the calibration file for the mic into Arta.

i think the Arta SW produces some test tone and i should have one of the speakers to test hooked up to the output of the Roland Quad-Capture device and the EMM-6 microphone positioned withing a meter of the speaker?

or is there some test "music/tone flac file" i play through the receiver to the speaker?

 

[Dg1JOG]

i saw a video on youtube, "RMAF12: Measuring Loudspeakers and Room Performance for Everyone" and it explained the sound interface setup. the only thing missing i didn't have was a loopback patch cable for connecting an input-to-output on the roland quad-capture.

the video also mentioned eqroomanalyzer software which is free vs the Arta.

working well now.

 

[JonSnell Electronic]

I use a Sabien Workstation and a Shure Beta 87 as a reference mic. The workstation sends pink noise to the speaker on test and the mic monitors the sound produced then the Workstation plots the frequency response.

 

[Dg1JOG]

I use a Sabien Workstation and a Shure Beta 87 as a reference mic. The workstation sends pink noise to the speaker on test and the mic monitors the sound produced then the Workstation plots the frequency response.

thanks for the reply.

i got it to work once i learned about the loopback needed. the software sends pink noise to the speaker and the mic i use, the EMM-6 monitors it and software graphs what is being monitored.

like your setup a bit without the Sabien.

 

[JonSnell Electronic]

Excellent. You will get good results from your system.

 

[Dg1JOG]

Excellent. You will get good results from your system.

i spoke too soon

i got the microphone to work with the quad-capture but to test speakers, the output of the quad-capture doesn't fireup any speakers i have except the krk rokit5. of course they have their own power.

all i was wanting to do was test some new speakers i built.

guess i'll try and generate a pink-noise file via software, have my denon play that through the speakers i want to test and get the microphone to capture that into the acoustic software.

 

[arnyk]

i'm a new diy-speaker hobbiest and i'm a bit at a loss how to get Arta to test the speakers with the following setup.

i have Arta software installed on Win7-x64 wanting to test some speakers here at home.

i have a USB Roland Quad-Capture preamp with a Dayton Audio EMM-6 measurement microphone connected to my computer (Left Channel).

i got as far as loading the calibration file for the mic into Arta.

i think the Arta SW produces some test tone and i should have one of the speakers to test hooked up to the output of the Roland Quad-Capture device and the EMM-6 microphone positioned withing a meter of the speaker?

or is there some test "music/tone flac file" i play through the receiver to the speaker?

You may be doing things the harder way.

Forget about the calibration curve for the mic, at least until you get more experience.

I suspect that Room Eq Wizard may be far easier to use than Arta. It is freeware. There is a lot of doc for it. There are more user forums for it. Ditto for Holme Impulse.

 

[Dg1JOG]

You may be doing things the harder way.

Forget about the calibration curve for the mic, at least until you get more experience.

I suspect that Room Eq Wizard may be far easier to use than Arta. It is freeware. There is a lot of doc for it. There are more user forums for it. Ditto for Holme Impulse.

i suspect that also. ;-)

room eq is easier in its design is a bit more intuitive and i've hooked up with some tutorials on youtube and forum. thx