Re: Progress?

On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:30:59PM +0100, Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> >>Before implementing any new meters, have you read about Bob Katz's 
> >>K-System for metering?
> >>
> >>http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=59
> > 
> >Yes, thats what inspired the request.
> 
> Cool. I see you've got to get hold of a hardware SPL level meter to set 
> it up properly, but it seems like a step in the right direction.
> 
> I've been wondering about this monitor calibration malarkey. Surely if 
> you have a known audio interface with a built-in phantom power pre-amp 
> (e.g. Focusrite Saffire) and a known condenser microphone, it should be 
> possible to set both monitor level and room correcting EQ through 
> software something like Jamin? It seems a little crazy to put all that 
> extra hardware into the monitor speakers themselves, when the computer 
> they are connected to is more than capable of running a little DSP. 
> However, I suppose it helps sell new self-calibrating monitors :-)

My suspicssion is that rooms, montors and microhones all have a lot of
variablility in them, and handled SPL meters are cheap :)

- Steve


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