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Post by Chuck Elliot on Sept 3, 2013 21:34:28 GMT -5
Anyone downloaded and installed the trial version of Dirac which installs as a PC sound card?
If so experiences? I'm going to give it a shot this weekend.
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Post by geebo on Sept 3, 2013 21:48:24 GMT -5
Anyone downloaded and installed the trial version of Dirac which installs as a PC sound card? If so experiences? I'm going to give it a shot this weekend. I've downloaded but I'm probably going to wait to install till this weekend as well. I verified that it will work with the Omnimic and will accept it's cal file too.
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Post by Chuck Elliot on Sept 3, 2013 21:56:16 GMT -5
Anyone downloaded and installed the trial version of Dirac which installs as a PC sound card? If so experiences? I'm going to give it a shot this weekend. I've downloaded but I'm probably going to wait to install till this weekend as well. I verified that it will work with the Omnimic and will accept it's cal file too. I have a miniDSP UMIK-1 and its cal file. Since Dirac sells the UMK-1 I expect this to work well. I've downloaded as well and scanned the enclosed PDF. It doesn't look too complicated. They also now have a stereo only version for about 1/2 the price. Since I'm solid digital via a HTPC this may be my 2 channel solution. We'll have to compare notes next week.
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Post by geebo on Sept 3, 2013 22:04:03 GMT -5
I've downloaded but I'm probably going to wait to install till this weekend as well. I verified that it will work with the Omnimic and will accept it's cal file too. I have a miniDSP UMIK-1 and its cal file. Since Dirac sells the UMK-1 I expect this to work well. I've downloaded as well and scanned the enclosed PDF. It doesn't look too complicated. They also now have a stereo only version for about 1/2 the price. Since I'm solid digital via a HTPC this may be my 2 channel solution. We'll have to compare notes next week. I haven't read up on it but I know it will work with iTunes and the Dirac rep thought it might work with Foobar as well. I hope we can stream Dirac's test tones.
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Post by LCSeminole on Sept 4, 2013 9:33:01 GMT -5
Gentlemen, I do plan on doing the free trial as well, it just won't be this weekend as I've got uncle/godfather duties this weekend for my nephews birthday. Chuck, I see you have the calibration file, I also have the calibration files provided from Cross Spectrum Labs where I bought it from. I just checked the DIRAC site and yes they do sell the UMIK-1, just not in the US as of yet, it does however have a look up for your particular serial # UMIK-1 and provides the calibration as a .txt file. I haven't compared the files from Cross Spectrum Labs and DIRAC but I suspect DIRAC's calibration file for your specific UMIK-1 may be what's needed and not the .FRD file from CSL. Calibration file download link for those of you that have a miniDSP UMIK-1 is below. www.dirac.se/umik-calibration-file-download.aspxI'm quite excited to give the trial a go, just not until next week some time. Post your results here and I'll sticky this thread for those who are interested, have questions, or are actually giving this trial a go.
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Post by LCSeminole on Sept 4, 2013 12:07:54 GMT -5
Since I've been quite pleased with REW, it should come as no surprise to anyone that having actually attended Michael's demo/lecture on DIRAC at EmoFest, that DIRAC has several of us peaked to a higher level of interest. Not only is DIRAC, IMO, more complex in it's view of room correction, but it adds a dimensional look at room anomaliies by taking in to consideration the effect of the time domain on frequency.
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Post by Chuck Elliot on Sept 4, 2013 12:17:06 GMT -5
The Dirac link for the cal file is just a link to the miniDSP site where I got my cal file for use with REW. You can buy the UMIK-1 directly from miniDSP for $75: MiniDSP UMIK-1
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Post by LCSeminole on Sept 4, 2013 12:21:43 GMT -5
The Dirac link for the cal file is just a link to the miniDSP site where I got my cal file for use with REW. You can buy the UMIK-1 directly from miniDSP for $75: MiniDSP UMIK-1Excellent, now that puts my mind at ease that DIRAC will work just fine with the UMIK-1.
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Post by solidstate on Sept 4, 2013 18:13:56 GMT -5
Have any of you seen/tried out that XTZ microphone for $150 bucks? You even get a nice case for it and the mic amp/USB ADC is it's own device and not built into the mic. When you compare to the Dayton ($300 with software) it looks like the best deal around. I'm sure it's no earthworks but I assume it's better than the miniDSP unit if being used for loudspeaker design work.
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Post by solidstate on Sept 4, 2013 18:16:38 GMT -5
Bizarre...
XTZ says it will only work with Dirac software and the version that can work with other software costs DOUBLE.
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Post by Erwin.BE on Sept 19, 2013 14:49:35 GMT -5
As a heads up to Mac stereo music-users, I want to mention that Sonic Studio has teamed up with Dirac and introduced Amarra Symphony with iRC. iRC is simply Dirac. Amarra is the best sounding software player, period. Introductory price is $645. As an upgrade from previous Amarra versions, it's less. For me in EU coming from "standard" Amarra, it's €442 including VAT, which is added upon checkout, hence the €365 is misleading (and this practice is against EU law). Dirac alone is €389. I will probably buy Symphony iRC. www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarrasymphony_irc
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Post by solidstate on Oct 2, 2013 15:43:56 GMT -5
As a heads up to Mac stereo music-users, I want to mention that Sonic Studio has teamed up with Dirac and introduced Amarra Symphony with iRC. iRC is simply Dirac. Amarra is the best sounding software player, period. Introductory price is $645. As an upgrade from previous Amarra versions, it's less. For me in EU coming from "standard" Amarra, it's €442 including VAT, which is added upon checkout, hence the €365 is misleading (and this practice is against EU law). Dirac alone is €389. I will probably buy Symphony iRC. www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarrasymphony_ircThat might just well be a decent audio player but if you are willing to spend that kinda money on a software player you outta get your head examined! The pricing for that software is LAUGHABLE and I don't care how well coded or how it sounds it's a SCAM. WASPI exclusive with XMplay/BASS library I bet sounds just as good if not better and is FREE. A decent commercial product is JRiver and I'm sure it's feature-set bests that outrageously priced scammer apple software.
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Post by geebo on Oct 2, 2013 17:03:22 GMT -5
As a heads up to Mac stereo music-users, I want to mention that Sonic Studio has teamed up with Dirac and introduced Amarra Symphony with iRC. iRC is simply Dirac. Amarra is the best sounding software player, period. Introductory price is $645. As an upgrade from previous Amarra versions, it's less. For me in EU coming from "standard" Amarra, it's €442 including VAT, which is added upon checkout, hence the €365 is misleading (and this practice is against EU law). Dirac alone is €389. I will probably buy Symphony iRC. www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarrasymphony_ircThat might just well be a decent audio player but if you are willing to spend that kinda money on a software player you outta get your head examined! The pricing for that software is LAUGHABLE and I don't care how well coded or how it sounds it's a SCAM. WASPI exclusive with XMplay/BASS library I bet sounds just as good if not better and is FREE. A decent commercial product is JRiver and I'm sure it's feature-set bests that outrageously priced scammer apple software. But none of those software solutions provide Dirac which is $528 US for the stereo stand-alone software. It would be pretty hard to do room correction with those that you mentioned...
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Post by solidstate on Oct 3, 2013 18:30:43 GMT -5
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Post by calimike on Oct 7, 2013 11:36:54 GMT -5
Have any of you seen/tried out that XTZ microphone for $150 bucks? You even get a nice case for it and the mic amp/USB ADC is it's own device and not built into the mic. When you compare to the Dayton ($300 with software) it looks like the best deal around. I'm sure it's no earthworks but I assume it's better than the miniDSP unit if being used for loudspeaker design work. So has anyone compared the XTZ to the UMIK-1 by miniDSP? (I'd be using them with Dirac.) Thanks.
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Post by vthokies on Oct 8, 2013 18:57:53 GMT -5
I have a question...how does Dirac work? I know it is computer based but if you purchased a home theater processor without room correction (Like the Sherbourn PT7030) how do you run Dirac for blu ray players, apple tv, cd players, etc.
I'm just used to the plug and play of the Anthem ARC or Audyssey XT32.
Thanks
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Post by Andrew Robinson on Oct 8, 2013 19:17:25 GMT -5
I have a question...how does Dirac work? I know it is computer based but if you purchased a home theater processor without room correction (Like the Sherbourn PT7030) how do you run Dirac for blu ray players, apple tv, cd players, etc. I'm just used to the plug and play of the Anthem ARC or Audyssey XT32. Thanks Dirac is a piece of software that you run via your laptop or desktop computer (Mac or PC). You take all your measurements and make all your adjustments on your computer then upload the resulting file(s) to your processor, which in the case of Emotiva would be the XMC-1. That's how it's going to work in a nutshell with regards to the XMC-1. Those experimenting with it now are likely using their computers as their source component and running either USB or digital to their setups to hear the Dirac results -albeit in two channels (going by what people have shared thus far).
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Post by geebo on Oct 8, 2013 20:38:42 GMT -5
I have a question...how does Dirac work? I know it is computer based but if you purchased a home theater processor without room correction (Like the Sherbourn PT7030) how do you run Dirac for blu ray players, apple tv, cd players, etc. I'm just used to the plug and play of the Anthem ARC or Audyssey XT32. Thanks Dirac is a piece of software that you run via your laptop or desktop computer (Mac or PC). You take all your measurements and make all your adjustments on your computer then upload the resulting file(s) to your processor, which in the case of Emotiva would be the XMC-1. That's how it's going to work in a nutshell with regards to the XMC-1. Those experimenting with it now are likely using their computers as their source component and running either USB or digital to their setups to hear the Dirac results -albeit in two channels (going by what people have shared thus far). Exactly what I've been doing with the trial. I connect my laptop by way of a Soundblaster X-Fi and an optical cable. Any player I've run on the PC including Foobar, Media Monkey, and Audiogate all worked just fine with the Dirac Audio Processor or DAP as they refer to it. Using Dirac to create a filter is very easy indeed. I can see how transferring the filter to the XMC should be a piece of cake. From that point it's simply a matter of activating it on the XMC much like you would activate any other RC system. A simple on or off I assume. I guess the XMC would basically replace the DAP, which is needed to "play" the filter from a computer.
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Post by geebo on Oct 9, 2013 10:17:43 GMT -5
I'll add that I am so far very pleased with the results of Dirac with 2 channel listening. There is a definite improvement than without.
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Post by solidstate on Oct 14, 2013 12:47:11 GMT -5
I have a question...how does Dirac work? I know it is computer based but if you purchased a home theater processor without room correction (Like the Sherbourn PT7030) how do you run Dirac for blu ray players, apple tv, cd players, etc. I'm just used to the plug and play of the Anthem ARC or Audyssey XT32. Thanks You would use a multi channel audio device like a Motu etc. You would take the preamp outputs and feed them through the Motu and onto your amps.
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