Hello,
I had a few questions that I was hoping to get answered.
Some are about DRC in general and some are more about DRC Designer
1) I am more trying to get people opinion on this one. But is DRC Designer a good way to get ones feet wet and get 95% of the way there? Or should I really just cut to the chase and learn it through the way outlined by gmad?
I have a 7.2 setup but am mainly looking to improve my stereo music listening. So I run my PC --> AVR (which looks after bass management and crossover at 100hz) --> L&R HTM-12s (they have a woofer and a compression driver) and to a behringer amp that has its own PEQ of dual 18” subs. So would that be simple enough for DRC Designer? Or should I deep dive into the method outlined by gmad? More so looking for opinions on this one.
2) My understanding is that even if the initial recording is done in REW with the mic calibration in REW that it also needs to be loaded into DRC correct?
If that is the case, I tried to edit my mic calibration text file to follow the required formatting but this is the error that I receive through DRC Designer:
“Reading mic compensation definition file: E:\John\Audio - HiFi\REW\UMIK-1\7060719_90deg - DRC.txt
Mic compensation direct inversion.
Allocating mic compensation filter arrays.
Mic compensation FIR Filter computation...
FIR Filter computation failed.”
Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Or do I need to even worry about this if I do my initial recording in REW with its mic calibration activated?
3) Should I do my baseline / raw measurements with or without my pre-existing parametric EQ in place? I spent a bit of time making a combination of nearfield gated measurements and then MMM in room measurements to create a quite good sounding PEQ file that I have been using and really enjoying. I have since become interested in DRC and thus I am wondering if it would work best if I ‘layered’ DRC ontop of the existing EQ or if I should start from the ground up and just measure the raw speaker/sub response with no EQ. Really the question is, if one wants to add PEQ should they do it pre or post DRC?
4) Is there any easy way to make correction files for surround channels and also for the LFE/Sub channel? I am mostly going to use if for stereo listening but I know the upgrade bug will bite at some point. So could I just record them in REW and then export and label them as if they are left or right channels and then when I get the correction files then rename / assign them back to their actual channel? Do people do multichannel EQ with DRC and what’s the best approach for that?
5) Can I use Equalizer APO as a convolver? As it looks like DRC Designer puts output convolver WAV files in “ConvolverFilters” file, so can I use these and import them into into EAPO? Is that adequate? Sorry it is just unclear how Convolver VST fits into the system flow and if it is needed if one uses EAPO?
Thanks for any input and replies! Looking forward to learning more about DRC and trying it out!
I had a few questions that I was hoping to get answered.
Some are about DRC in general and some are more about DRC Designer
1) I am more trying to get people opinion on this one. But is DRC Designer a good way to get ones feet wet and get 95% of the way there? Or should I really just cut to the chase and learn it through the way outlined by gmad?
I have a 7.2 setup but am mainly looking to improve my stereo music listening. So I run my PC --> AVR (which looks after bass management and crossover at 100hz) --> L&R HTM-12s (they have a woofer and a compression driver) and to a behringer amp that has its own PEQ of dual 18” subs. So would that be simple enough for DRC Designer? Or should I deep dive into the method outlined by gmad? More so looking for opinions on this one.
2) My understanding is that even if the initial recording is done in REW with the mic calibration in REW that it also needs to be loaded into DRC correct?
If that is the case, I tried to edit my mic calibration text file to follow the required formatting but this is the error that I receive through DRC Designer:
“Reading mic compensation definition file: E:\John\Audio - HiFi\REW\UMIK-1\7060719_90deg - DRC.txt
Mic compensation direct inversion.
Allocating mic compensation filter arrays.
Mic compensation FIR Filter computation...
FIR Filter computation failed.”
Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Or do I need to even worry about this if I do my initial recording in REW with its mic calibration activated?
3) Should I do my baseline / raw measurements with or without my pre-existing parametric EQ in place? I spent a bit of time making a combination of nearfield gated measurements and then MMM in room measurements to create a quite good sounding PEQ file that I have been using and really enjoying. I have since become interested in DRC and thus I am wondering if it would work best if I ‘layered’ DRC ontop of the existing EQ or if I should start from the ground up and just measure the raw speaker/sub response with no EQ. Really the question is, if one wants to add PEQ should they do it pre or post DRC?
4) Is there any easy way to make correction files for surround channels and also for the LFE/Sub channel? I am mostly going to use if for stereo listening but I know the upgrade bug will bite at some point. So could I just record them in REW and then export and label them as if they are left or right channels and then when I get the correction files then rename / assign them back to their actual channel? Do people do multichannel EQ with DRC and what’s the best approach for that?
5) Can I use Equalizer APO as a convolver? As it looks like DRC Designer puts output convolver WAV files in “ConvolverFilters” file, so can I use these and import them into into EAPO? Is that adequate? Sorry it is just unclear how Convolver VST fits into the system flow and if it is needed if one uses EAPO?
Thanks for any input and replies! Looking forward to learning more about DRC and trying it out!
I've not seen complains regarding current EqualizerAPO's convolution engine but, if you mean DRC Designer has packed all WAV files into one file... I doubt EqualizerAPO can extract individual files from it. If you mean WAV files are stored in ConvolverFilters folder then you should be OK with EqualizerAPO (remember: it is sample rate specific system).