I had an interesting visit to my room today. The acoustic engineer who designed the entire treatment of my room during the renovation came here.
He took some new measurements and listened to the music to further analyze the frequency response and how to improve it.
He found the room well balanced with no obvious null zones, despite the REW graphs. He said that within a couple of weeks he will be able to study the measurements to determine whether or not to do something, just to fine-tune the sounds of the critical area.
For example, filling the empty spaces inside (or better behind) the furniture on the front wall with rock wool. He also completely removed all the magnetic diffusers fixed on the side walls, to reposition them after having studied the measurements.
It was a funny afternoon and I’m looking forward to seeing what he can suggest.
This should be required education. You have to watch it a couple of times to get the work flow but it appears to be the most correct way to generate convolution files.
It is really interesting and probably why I never could get my generated correction filters to sound clean.
None of that is necessary with ORC. No learning curve. Three minutes tops to accomplish all that with zero software to learn. (unless you are Vmax). And the Head Tracking really works so you can groove to the music.
It’s still interesting to understand how sound fields can be shaped by the method of choice and get accurate pleasing predictable results. Guided electrons meet and shape sound waves. Who knew?
Oh, and some of the Peanut Gallery are still patiently waiting for the Next Big Thing to arrive.
One question though. Can you tell the ORC software to follow a curve that you would like to hear?
I will also be able to use the 64 slot EQ to plot a curve when it arrives.
Should be fun.
There are various curves you can choose from, plus quite a few ways to change up this and that to help you accomplish what you wish to. It’s pretty easily customizable once you get by the insanely detailed control options.
When I first got my adio, the dedicated iPad that came with it with 7 pages of this and that looked like I would need a PHD in Science to understand. It’s an easy learn. Bacch4Mac is just way too much on first, second, third… glance.
Agreed. And REW is not a very good tool for advanced filter designing. If want proper filters, you should use specific software as acourate or audiolense.
I used acourate and believe me that ORC beats it, no questions asked. I don’t know if for the measurement method (binaural instead of a single mic), for the algorithm or both. Sincerely, I don’t care. It just sounds better.
Yeah it helps if the ORC filter Bin isn’t mysteriously set to-20dB down. Even teo 1.2KW amps has a hard time overcoming that signal deficit. Luckily I figured that out and overcame that deficit on my own. I figured it was a feature of the design and it’s supposed automatic level matching auto setting it. But after Edgar reset that filter and the other two Bins he set had no issues i became suspicious and learned how to set it to zero dB.
The bin volume is not a new feature, it has always been there. It can be accidentally set low or high with a misplaced click. I have learned from you to check it if things seem quiet.
ORC works on frequencies. The result of it, like any other equalizer is if you cut a lot of frequencies the overall volume is reduced. I have some gear that if you enable EQ it automatically cuts the output volume by 6 dB. Lots if kids like to boost this and that. I have never been interested in equalizers.
