audio monitoring software?

eaz135 · 12th October 2005, 11:00 AM

Hi, im wondering if there are any applications out there which monitor the output of my sound card. For example if my soundcard plays a sound it would return me readings such as a wave/ decibels / frequencies / balance etc.

philipbarrett · 12th October 2005, 08:43 PM

Since you're looking for much more than simple spectrum analysis there are 2 major players in the software only field;

for the PC it's Smaartlive - http://www.siasoft.com/
for the Mac it's Spectra-Foo Complete - http://www.mhlabs.com

Good news is, both are excellent products and will do all you ask and a whole lot more (scare yourself by doing a phase response test on your favorite loudspeaker). Bad news is they're both over $600. IMHO the Spectra-Foo is the better product being highly customizable and more sensitive.

Much of what you're wanting to know could be done with a simple oscillascope, you'd have to do some math to extrapolate your results but you can find them on ebay for well under $100.

PB

jleaman · 13th October 2005, 06:27 AM

thanks i just did some downloading

philipbarrett · 13th October 2005, 12:18 PM

Oh yeah - I forgot, Spectra-Foo has a fully operational demo good for 12 days, download from their site, make sure you click on Spectr-Foo Complete for the stand-alone.

PB

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12th October 2005, 08:43 PM	#2
philipbarrett diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas	Since you're looking for much more than simple spectrum analysis there are 2 major players in the software only field; for the PC it's Smaartlive - http://www.siasoft.com/ for the Mac it's Spectra-Foo Complete - http://www.mhlabs.com Good news is, both are excellent products and will do all you ask and a whole lot more (scare yourself by doing a phase response test on your favorite loudspeaker). Bad news is they're both over $600. IMHO the Spectra-Foo is the better product being highly customizable and more sensitive. Much of what you're wanting to know could be done with a simple oscillascope, you'd have to do some math to extrapolate your results but you can find them on ebay for well under $100. PB

13th October 2005, 06:27 AM	#3
jleaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2002	thanks i just did some downloading

13th October 2005, 12:18 PM	#4
philipbarrett diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas	Oh yeah - I forgot, Spectra-Foo has a fully operational demo good for 12 days, download from their site, make sure you click on Spectr-Foo Complete for the stand-alone. PB

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