Considering that I only play digital music using my laptop with a miniDSP and a Class D amplifier, should I be ashamed of using the equalizer in Easy Effects?
In the end, is there any difference with loading a generated room correction file from REW into miniDSP?
In the end, is there any difference with loading a generated room correction file from REW into miniDSP?
Thanks for your response. With the traditional way, with a lot of phase shifting because of the many (aggressive) RC networks, yeah.
In an earlier thread I described my situation that I use Linux now, and don't have Windows anymore, nor the plugin that is required for miniDSP. Since I moved houses, I was looking for an alternative to get my audio system ready for the new room. I found the Linux terminal variant minidsp-rs software, but don't quite know (yet) how to use in combination with roomeqwizard (the Linux variant of REW).
I since discovered Easy Effects, and am surprised by its possibilities. Hence my question.
In an earlier thread I described my situation that I use Linux now, and don't have Windows anymore, nor the plugin that is required for miniDSP. Since I moved houses, I was looking for an alternative to get my audio system ready for the new room. I found the Linux terminal variant minidsp-rs software, but don't quite know (yet) how to use in combination with roomeqwizard (the Linux variant of REW).
I since discovered Easy Effects, and am surprised by its possibilities. Hence my question.
So, is your question should you use EQ, or are you asking should you do it through your PC?
If you need EQ but you don't do it, that will prevent phase from looking tidy. It depends what causes the problem.
@phofman No, I just started very recently with Easy Effects, and hardly have any experience with REW. I've got a lot to learn. One way is to read here (and other places) and ask questions.
@AllenB What I recall from analogue electronics classes, any RC(L) circuit introduces phase shift. Some more, some less. So, the traditional analog way of say 32 rulers (pots) in series - with each an opamp with a RLC circuit - might do havoc with the signal, phase wise. Especially since their individual band is narrow and the gain/attn band is narrow which requires higher order filters. Not considering the summation of noise and degradation of the overall SN ratio.
I did not complete a course on digital filters or digital signal processing, but I remember Fourier transformation from math class. I forgot though wether DFT (and hence its fast FFT implementation) introduce phase shift (if you don't want it) or could correct phase. Correct me if I am wrong.
And yes... my question is.... Is Easy Effect (or another software solution) a true competitor for loading REW data into a DSP/DAC like miniDSP??
To me, after experiencing just a few days with Easy Effect (feeding into miniDSP which just converts D/A and does no magic), it seems to me that the various LSP plugins have a lot more to offer in comparison with what I could achieve with REW and miniDSP. Correct? I do realize that "more" does not always mean "better" overall sound, because with a few mouseclicks I have much more sound effects than just a graphical equalizer.
@AllenB What I recall from analogue electronics classes, any RC(L) circuit introduces phase shift. Some more, some less. So, the traditional analog way of say 32 rulers (pots) in series - with each an opamp with a RLC circuit - might do havoc with the signal, phase wise. Especially since their individual band is narrow and the gain/attn band is narrow which requires higher order filters. Not considering the summation of noise and degradation of the overall SN ratio.
I did not complete a course on digital filters or digital signal processing, but I remember Fourier transformation from math class. I forgot though wether DFT (and hence its fast FFT implementation) introduce phase shift (if you don't want it) or could correct phase. Correct me if I am wrong.
And yes... my question is.... Is Easy Effect (or another software solution) a true competitor for loading REW data into a DSP/DAC like miniDSP??
To me, after experiencing just a few days with Easy Effect (feeding into miniDSP which just converts D/A and does no magic), it seems to me that the various LSP plugins have a lot more to offer in comparison with what I could achieve with REW and miniDSP. Correct? I do realize that "more" does not always mean "better" overall sound, because with a few mouseclicks I have much more sound effects than just a graphical equalizer.
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Thanks. I am using LXQt as desktop on Linux (sometimes Lubuntu, or sometimes another distro that runs on LXQt).
I can assure you that LXQt in this respect (and only this respect) luckily is not as "user friendly" as Windows 😛 No hidden settings which are very hard to find, and already "checked on" (active by default) for the Windows users convenience. 😱
I can assure you that LXQt in this respect (and only this respect) luckily is not as "user friendly" as Windows 😛 No hidden settings which are very hard to find, and already "checked on" (active by default) for the Windows users convenience. 😱
What they didn't say is that a driver resonance is no different to an electrical resonance. If you don't fix it you won't end up with flat phase.
Regular digital filters are no different to analogue filters.
So, creating a simple digital equalizer with one band, which lowers a narrow band with a few dB, or increases it with a few dB, will have the same effect phase-wise as its analogue counterpart??