Post by wilburthegoose on Feb 17, 2015 11:22:56 GMT -5
I reran Dirac yesterday (received my new UPA-200 to run the back speakers). I started, and remembered to check the AGC in Windows, and sure enough it was set on.
Lesson learned - you need to turn off AGC and set the mic gain to max every time you plug the mic's USB to your computer!
PS - The Dirac results are amazing. It's a LOT better than what I was getting with Audyssey XT32.
I reran Dirac yesterday (received my new UPA-200 to run the back speakers). I started, and remembered to check the AGC in Windows, and sure enough it was set on.
Lesson learned - you need to turn off AGC and set the mic gain to max every time you plug the mic's USB to your computer!
PS - The Dirac results are amazing. It's a LOT better than what I was getting with Audyssey XT32.
Good point. I noticed that my AGC setting reverts back to ON upon a power cycle of the laptop.
Sold everything! Starting from scratch. Focusing on 2-channel (for now).
I reran Dirac yesterday (received my new UPA-200 to run the back speakers). I started, and remembered to check the AGC in Windows, and sure enough it was set on.
Lesson learned - you need to turn off AGC and set the mic gain to max every time you plug the mic's USB to your computer!
PS - The Dirac results are amazing. It's a LOT better than what I was getting with Audyssey XT32.
Good point. I noticed that my AGC setting reverts back to ON upon a power cycle of the laptop.
Updated FAQ to include users reporting AGC getting turned back on automatically.
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So additional question on this: When I turn on Dirac, my volumes are lower. - This is normal. Dirac will reduce the overall volume and turning up your XMC will not degrade anything. Alternatively you can turn up the Levels in the Dirac Preset on each speaker to make the levels the same (Menu | Setup | Speakers | Dirac | Levels ).
After I ran my DIRAC, I noticed my volume are considerably lower. I took out my SPL meter and ran the 75db sound test, and all my speakers levels are only reading about 68dB or so. Does this mean that even if I set my XMC1 volume to 0, I would still be playing 7-8dB below reference? Should I bump up the gain level for each speaker to read about 75dB?
I feel like I'm not getting enough bass as well. I wonder if I'm just used to too much bass, or something is wrong. On the subwoofer graph, I'm flat to about 100Hz, and I noticed a big dip (about 10db) between 100Hz-200Hz. I'll try to post my graph tonight.
I just opened REW and it popped up with a new update and the XMC-1 is listed in it, maybe EMO is getting ready to release the XMC-1 access to it
Mitch
You can now import REW into the XMC as well as.
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Tony, Can you shed any light on the use of the Channel Volume sliders included in Dirac Full? The Emotiva/Dirac manual does not have any info about them.
There will be a new version of the Dirac Addendum along shortly that includes that.....
Basically, the individual Channel Volume sliders allow you to set the levels of each channel individually. Note that this is THE LEVEL OF THE TEST SIGNAL, and shouldn't affect the speaker levels set by Dirac.
Most people, whose speakers are all more or less similar in efficiency, can get the test levels set just fine with the single Output Volume slider. However some few people, whose different sets of speakers vary wildly in efficiency, had a situation where, when they set the Output Volume level correctly for their more efficient speakers, the level of the lesser efficient ones was so low that Dirac Live had trouble picking their signal out of the noise floor. This could result in less accurate results, or even in faults when Dirac tries to analyze the results.
The individual Channel Volume sliders, which operate IN ADDITION TO the main Output Volume slider, were added as a way to address this by allowing you to adjust each channel individually.
Basically, if your speakers all have similar efficiency, then just ignore the individual Channel Volume sliders and use the main Output Volume slider (like before).
However, if your speakers are very different in terms of efficiency, then use the individual sliders to pull down the gain of the more efficient speaker sets until they're at more or less the same output level as the others. Then, once you've done that, use the single Output Volume slider to set the level of all of them into the appropriate range (as before).
As I said, these sliders set the level of the test tone, which Dirac Live takes into account when it analyzes the test results, so the individual setting isn't critical, and it shouldn't be especially critical even that both speakers of a given pair are set precisely the same. (Even though it shouldn't matter, just on principle I would try to set the sliders for each speaker in a given set (like "fronts" or "rear surrounds") as close to the same spot as I could.)
Tony, Can you shed any light on the use of the Channel Volume sliders included in Dirac Full? The Emotiva/Dirac manual does not have any info about them.
There will be a new version of the Dirac Addendum along shortly that includes that.....
Basically, the individual Channel Volume sliders allow you to set the levels of each channel individually. Note that this is THE LEVEL OF THE TEST SIGNAL, and shouldn't affect the speaker levels set by Dirac.
Most people, whose speakers are all more or less similar in efficiency, can get the test levels set just fine with the single Output Volume slider. However some few people, whose different sets of speakers vary wildly in efficiency, had a situation where, when they set the Output Volume level correctly for their more efficient speakers, the level of the lesser efficient ones was so low that Dirac Live had trouble picking their signal out of the noise floor. This could result in less accurate results, or even in faults when Dirac tries to analyze the results.
The individual Channel Volume sliders, which operate IN ADDITION TO the main Output Volume slider, were added as a way to address this by allowing you to adjust each channel individually.
Basically, if your speakers all have similar efficiency, then just ignore the individual Channel Volume sliders and use the main Output Volume slider (like before).
However, if your speakers are very different in terms of efficiency, then use the individual sliders to pull down the gain of the more efficient speaker sets until they're at more or less the same output level as the others. Then, once you've done that, use the single Output Volume slider to set the level of all of them into the appropriate range (as before).
As I said, these sliders set the level of the test tone, which Dirac Live takes into account when it analyzes the test results, so the individual setting isn't critical, and it shouldn't be especially critical even that both speakers of a given pair are set precisely the same. (Even though it shouldn't matter, just on principle I would try to set the sliders for each speaker in a given set (like "fronts" or "rear surrounds") as close to the same spot as I could.)
Tony, Can you shed any light on the use of the Channel Volume sliders included in Dirac Full? The Emotiva/Dirac manual does not have any info about them.
Keith, Thanks for the reply. Can you use the Channel Volume sliders to adjust the subwoofer level?
There will be a new version of the Dirac Addendum along shortly that includes that.....
Basically, the individual Channel Volume sliders allow you to set the levels of each channel individually. Note that this is THE LEVEL OF THE TEST SIGNAL, and shouldn't affect the speaker levels set by Dirac.
Most people, whose speakers are all more or less similar in efficiency, can get the test levels set just fine with the single Output Volume slider. However some few people, whose different sets of speakers vary wildly in efficiency, had a situation where, when they set the Output Volume level correctly for their more efficient speakers, the level of the lesser efficient ones was so low that Dirac Live had trouble picking their signal out of the noise floor. This could result in less accurate results, or even in faults when Dirac tries to analyze the results.
The individual Channel Volume sliders, which operate IN ADDITION TO the main Output Volume slider, were added as a way to address this by allowing you to adjust each channel individually.
Basically, if your speakers all have similar efficiency, then just ignore the individual Channel Volume sliders and use the main Output Volume slider (like before).
However, if your speakers are very different in terms of efficiency, then use the individual sliders to pull down the gain of the more efficient speaker sets until they're at more or less the same output level as the others. Then, once you've done that, use the single Output Volume slider to set the level of all of them into the appropriate range (as before).
As I said, these sliders set the level of the test tone, which Dirac Live takes into account when it analyzes the test results, so the individual setting isn't critical, and it shouldn't be especially critical even that both speakers of a given pair are set precisely the same. (Even though it shouldn't matter, just on principle I would try to set the sliders for each speaker in a given set (like "fronts" or "rear surrounds") as close to the same spot as I could.)
Keith, Thanks for the reply. Can you use the Channel Volume sliders to adjust the subwoofer level?
Yes, to be clear though, it is not a level adjustment for the final results. Just the Dirac input.
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