Affordable DRC software that works?

[Cogito]

I've recently had an interest in Digital Room Correction, but I'm completely confused as to what's important feature wise. DIRAC Stereo Version seems to be very feature rich and popular, but at $435.00, way more than I want to spend.

Are there comparable applications that are more affordable while still being effective? Any and all insight would be welcome!

[jlafrenz]

I would focus on speaker placement and room treatments before turning to any software for room correction.

[Cogito]

Sept 9, 2015 17:51:41 GMT -5 jlafrenz said:

I would focus on speaker placement and room treatments before turning to any software for room correction.

Well, it's more of a curiosity than a need. Room treatments consist of rugs, curtains and leather furniture and the system is sounding sweet.

I'd like see what MY perception of flat and balanced compares to what's measured and if any "correction" will improve the sound.

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Sept 9, 2015 20:20:40 GMT -5 Cogito said:

Sept 9, 2015 17:51:41 GMT -5 jlafrenz said:

I would focus on speaker placement and room treatments before turning to any software for room correction.

Well, it's more of a curiosity than a need. Room treatments consist of rugs, curtains and leather furniture and the system is sounding sweet.

I'd like see what MY perception of flat and balanced compares to what's measured and if any "correction" will improve the sound.

Why not start with a calibrated usb Mic and Rew. You'll see exactly what is going on in your room, and you can make changes to the placement and room and remeasure to see if response has changed.

[millst]

Dirac is considered to be the best DRC by many these days, but has the cost to match. It has a free trial so you might want to check that out since you are just getting started. If it's not for you, then nothing lost. It would also give you a comparison point versus other systems.

J-River's media player would give you a very flexible parametric EQ. This would be a mostly manual process that you would perform through REW, but the cost is cheap. They also have a free trial.

Audiolense and acourate are the other two I've heard about, but haven't used. I think they will fall in between the other two as far as cost and capability.

-tm

[qdtjni]

I used Audiolense with Logitech Media Server for Squeezeboxes and while Audiolense was fairly easy to setup and use itself, the integration into LMS was not as simple.

Dirac is much easier to setup and use and others have suggested, there's a free trial.

[Cogito]

Thanks all. Gonna order a mic from Parts Express and going to try out REW for the hell of it.

[millst]

If you're serious, you might want to spring for this:

cross-spectrum.com/measurement/calibrated_umik.html

It's probably not that much more than the one on PE and it's individually calibrated.

-tm