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Post by Topend on Aug 10, 2010 16:27:42 GMT -5
I use an iPhone app for a sound meter. It has proven to give consistent results so I would recommend it. I alway hold it upside down so the mic points up and avoids my hand interfering with it.
Dave.
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Post by moe on Aug 10, 2010 16:57:42 GMT -5
Lonnie, you have my deepest sympathy.............
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Post by LCSeminole on Aug 10, 2010 17:54:37 GMT -5
you can set up the UMC-1 with any test tone, prefereably pink noise but white noise will do. Hopefully your test disk will say whether the reference/test tones are recorded at -20 or -30db. That's important to know. If the test tones are recorded at -30db, then set the UMC volume to 50 and adjust the speakers individually to 75db output (using your radio shack meter, your iphone meter, your friends sound meter....you need one of them). If the test tones are recorded at -20 db then you have a choice....you can set the volume to 50 and play very very loud test sounds and then adjust each speakers so the sound measures 85db....or you can let sanity step in, protect your ears and let your neighbors enjoy their day in peace and set the UMC volume dial to 40 and then set each speaker so the meter reads 75db output. While you are calibrating, make sure that both dolby volume and midnight mode (in parameters) are set to off. Would someone copy this and send it to everyone in the world so I don't have to write it again.....or Lonnie, I give you or LC or any of your immediate friends or families permission to copy any word, phrase, sentence or paragraph and post it where folks will see it and/or put it on a scrap of paper and send it in the box with the UMC-1 if you don't have a manual. GH GH, If you want to add to the Dolby Volume sticky since it's not a locked thread, or start another thread, I'll be glad to sticky that as well.
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Post by woodworker on Aug 13, 2010 13:45:55 GMT -5
Hi Lonnie Rather than questions about how exactly to put the information into the public domain, I guess what we're looking for is just how to correctly configure the UMC re: DV. Given the variable test tones, this seems to be pretty complicated - ghstudio has had a crack at it and what we're looking for is the "official" way to do it. At present, the UMC has DV, but if you just run EmoQ and then turn on DV, it doesn't seem to be correctly configured. So, does EmoQ configure the speaker levels so that DV is correct at present in your view. And, how can you configure DV manually. pete S Exactly my thoughts. While this is not really in line with the original poster's question (this thread got really out of whack in that regard). I understand that we have really beaten you up over a lot of things Lonnie but three days later and I still do not find any new posts giving us any official instructions on calibrating and configuring Dolby Volume. GHStudio has done an commendable job in documenting his procedure and my thanks goes to him for putting this much work into what he has done to better the community. What is unfortunate is that Lonnie has still not even responded with an "aha, I get it" with respect to this request and still seems tied up with worrying about why we are beating him up over the technical decision to go with variable tones rather than fixed tones. Please let's move on past the variable tone discussion (except to document in the manual that they are implemented in this way) and move forward with document the official calibration and configuration processes for our gear. ;D
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Post by ghstudio on Aug 13, 2010 14:26:11 GMT -5
thx woodworker and I second your request....it should come from Emotiva.
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Post by rocky500 on Aug 13, 2010 20:40:28 GMT -5
I don't totally agree. I brought a few very big name products with advanced audyssey features. There manuals were little help and through forums I found sites/users that had the best way to setup my products.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2010 23:10:43 GMT -5
I've never had a receiver or a pro that has had "fixed" test tones. Having them fixed seems to be a terrible idea IMO.
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Post by ghstudio on Aug 13, 2010 23:21:06 GMT -5
I've never had a receiver or a pro that has had "fixed" test tones. Having them fixed seems to be a terrible idea IMO. You obviously never owned a lexicon DC-1, DC-2 but there are many others. However, the fixed test tones are at a level of -30db which reduces the risk of overpowering your speakers. The UMC-1 tones are significantly louder, at -20db.
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Post by edrummereasye on Aug 14, 2010 2:53:39 GMT -5
I have no doubt that the manual is very complicated and difficult to write. Has Emotiva considered having an outside company well versed in writing technical manuals write the manual for Emotiva? It appears that Emotiva has a small staff so maybe having an outside company handle the manual would be very helpful and speed up the process. Bill Bill, you are absoultely correct and the points you make are very valid. For the processors we build in the past we did use an outside company to write the manuals. Unfortunately that company is no longer in existance and we have not been able to find a qualified replacement. We are still looking though it is difficult to find a company who actually gets audio gear. There are a number of techincal writing companies out there, but most deal in industrial applications which don't translate well to the audio field. Hmm...well, I don't have a company...not my own, anyway...but I am not bad at technical writing, and aside from some things that I don't/didn't until recently know (e.g., the LFE crossover is a crossover, not an LPF), I actually have managed to "get" the UMC-1 to the point that I feel it's fairly straightforward...maybe Computer Science translates well to pre/pro interfaces, I don't know...but anyway, I also would consider working for gear.* *That's gear, not beer...although, come to think of it...no, better not...
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