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[DavidRam]

What device do you guys use for your DSP software??? Laptop, tablet, smartphone?

 

[BradKnob]

What device do you guys use for your DSP software??? Laptop, tablet, smartphone?

Most of them only work on windows based computers. I used my dell at first then I bought an Asus transformer so I wouldn't have to lug the bigass laptop to tune.

 

[DavidRam]

Most of them only work on windows based computers. I used my dell at first then I bought an Asus transformer so I wouldn't have to lug the bigass laptop to tune.

Oh cool.

I am thinking about getting a tablet and mounting it on a hinge inside my center console.

That way I can tune the DSP with it and also use it to store and play music...

 

[BradKnob]

May wanna double check the system requirements on the deq 8 website and make sure the tablet matches.

 

[DavidRam]

May wanna double check the system requirements on the deq 8 website and make sure the tablet matches.

Smart idea...

 

[BradKnob]

If I hd done it, would have saved me a lot of time... I spent about 2 hours at best buy trying to download it on every tablet they had. I never claimed to be intelligent

 

[Etroze86]

Lol you would

 

[DavidRam]

PPI Deq-8 system requirements:

PC Environment
1. PC with 1GHz or higher processor clock speed recommended / Intel® Pentium®/Celeron® family, or AMD K6®/AMD
Athlon®/AMD Duron® family, or compatible processor recommended.
2. 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended
3. USB 2.0 port
4. Keyboard and mouse or compatible pointing device
5. Microsoft• ® Windows® Vista® SP1/ XP pro SP2/Win7
6. Microsoft• ® .NET framework v3.5
7. Adobe AIR environment (latest version)
8. Adobe Flash player (latest version)

MAC Environment
9. Intel based MAC with 1GHz or higher processor clock speed recommended
10. 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended
11. USB 2.0 port
12. Keyboard and mouse or compatible pointing device
13. Mac OSX 10.4 or higher
14. Adobe AIR environment (latest version)
15. Adobe Flash player (latest version)

 

[DavidRam]

Hmmm, not showing Windows 8... Gonna have to call them.

 

[DavidRam]

Do you guys know if/how I can download the PPI Deq-8 program?? I can't figure it out...

Do I have to wait to connect it to my PC?

 

[troutspinner]

I've downloaded it on both my PC and Mac. You can run it in offline mode. Should work on Win 8.

 

[DavidRam]

I guess I am not that bright... lol.

Could you post a link where I can download it from, please?

 

[Etroze86]

DEQ-8 - Signal Processors - Accessories - Products
under the little support tab is a zip file you need to download.

 

[DavidRam]

Got it thanks!

 

[troutspinner]

I use the audiotools app for my iPhone along with the Dayton mini-mic. Works just fine!

I've read the reviews, this is a cheap and effective setup so I am going to start with this. Keeping my rhythm of cheap going

But! How do you "physically" do measurements with this mic? Do you get an extension wire and seat it where your listening position is (6" or so in front of headrest) or do you just lay it in the center of the cab somewhere?

 

[BradKnob]

You want the mic to measure about where your ears would be, so like u said, a few inches off the head rest.

Audio tools will be a decent start but if you want to get the most out of your DSP, you will need a program that can smooth more than 1/3 octave. 1/3 isn't really enough to dig into the problem spots. You can probably use that mic with a laptop and get REW. It's a free program that will allow you to see what is really going on.

You also want to average the response. If you measure where ur right ear is then where ur left ear is, you will get 2 different responses. With REW u can take multiple measurements and get an average response. With audiotools, u cannot.

 

[Etroze86]

REW is cool as hell and there are some great instructions out there on DIYMA to help with how to use it.

Edit: don't know if it was mentionted before but it's a free program

 

[troutspinner]

What mics are you guys using with REW?

 

[BradKnob]

Daytion umm-6 usb mic

 

[troutspinner]

Daytion umm-6 usb mic

I've seen some mics for REW require a pre-amp. Do I need to buy anything else besides this?

Thanks