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Post by marcl on Mar 18, 2021 14:05:41 GMT -5
Dirac 3.0.14 is posted .... who feels lucky today?  cmon marcl! You look like the dangerous type! Yeah I downloaded it. Probably won't have time for a calibration until next week but I may open it and download existing filters to see if it recalculates. Edit: Opened an existing project, loaded curves, saved filters ..... no issues! |
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Post by idea53 on Mar 18, 2021 14:46:36 GMT -5
Just downloadad and did a 9 point calibration without problem.
Except one funny behavior when one of the positions overloaded the mic for one of the speakers. I then tried to lower the gain on my Focusrite A/D (connected to my B&K sound level meter) and sweep again but Dirac just started the sweep, complained about the level and stopped. But when I went back to adjust level and did some minor change it happily accepted that and continued without a problem.
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Post by fjd on Mar 18, 2021 16:10:50 GMT -5
Hung Up Once on Filter Creation ( " Dirac Unresponsive " ). Restarted Dirac-> No Problem .
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Post by leonski on Mar 18, 2021 16:22:30 GMT -5
Just downloadad and did a 9 point calibration without problem. Except one funny behavior when one of the positions overloaded the mic for one of the speakers. I then tried to lower the gain on my Focusrite A/D (connected to my B&K sound level meter) and sweep again but Dirac just started the sweep, complained about the level and stopped. But when I went back to adjust level and did some minor change it happily accepted that and continued without a problem. That MIGHT happen IF the Mic is at a very specific place where the sound 'peaks'. This would be the result of various reflections 'piling up' at one spot. I would have raised or lowered the mic a foot or more and tried again. Than back to the original postion to confirm first result. Where was the 'overload' mic position? |
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Post by Lsc on Mar 18, 2021 17:01:43 GMT -5
I spoke to soon. I can’t get my XMC2 to enable Dirac Live.
The checkbox isn’t checking.
Reverting to previous firmware.
EDIT: hmm it’s not the firmware. Still can’t get it in Dirac Live mode.
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Post by idea53 on Mar 18, 2021 18:00:57 GMT -5
Just downloadad and did a 9 point calibration without problem. Except one funny behavior when one of the positions overloaded the mic for one of the speakers. I then tried to lower the gain on my Focusrite A/D (connected to my B&K sound level meter) and sweep again but Dirac just started the sweep, complained about the level and stopped. But when I went back to adjust level and did some minor change it happily accepted that and continued without a problem. That MIGHT happen IF the Mic is at a very specific place where the sound 'peaks'. This would be the result of various reflections 'piling up' at one spot. I would have raised or lowered the mic a foot or more and tried again. Than back to the original postion to confirm first result. Where was the 'overload' mic position? It was one of the top positions when sweeping the center sub. So it hit a room resonance. A slight adjustment of the gain was enough to get the measurement through but I had to get Dirac to "understand" that I had changed something to pass the error checking system. Previously I have tried to match the levels for all 14 channels and have had some problems with O/L in several positions that caused a lot of going back and forth between level setting and measurement but this time I did it differently. I just accepted the level 37.5 dB, 100% mic and 100% on all 14 channels. I then checked the loudspeker levels and set the mic gain on my Focusrite A/D to handle the highest level. This caused some variation on the output level from the loudspeakers but that did not seem to concern Dirac since this was the fastest calibration I sofar had done and the result was very good. I am not sure if it was version 3.0.14 (released 4 days late?? :-) or my new way of (not) setting levels that was the trick. |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 18, 2021 18:06:23 GMT -5
I spoke to soon. I can’t get my XMC2 to enable Dirac Live. The checkbox isn’t checking. Reverting to previous firmware. EDIT: hmm it’s not the firmware. Still can’t get it in Dirac Live mode. Power down. Unplug EDNIB. Boot up, verify IP address is established. Plug in EDNIB. |
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Post by Lsc on Mar 18, 2021 19:25:59 GMT -5
I spoke to soon. I can’t get my XMC2 to enable Dirac Live. The checkbox isn’t checking. Reverting to previous firmware. EDIT: hmm it’s not the firmware. Still can’t get it in Dirac Live mode. Power down. Unplug EDNIB. Boot up, verify IP address is established. Plug in EDNIB. Thanks ttocs. I’ll give that a try. EDIT: user error. I removed the network cable from the router to the switch 🤦♂️ So my XMC2 is back to working flawlessly (except ARC). EDIT2: Wow I’m back in business. The filter loaded with no problem...at this point, I don’t understand how things just sound better but even if it’s placebo... if you want a superior sounding pre/pro...the XMC2 is the best value in town. |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 20, 2021 15:07:20 GMT -5
EDIT: user error. I removed the network cable from the router to the switch 🤦♂️ So my XMC2 is back to working flawlessly (except ARC). For me to setup ARC, which I've had to do the last couple times my tv did a firmware update, it's a pretty basic procedure. Confirm that HDMI CEC is Enabled. Some setups also need Audio To TV Enabled as well. Turn off the processor. Unplug the processor. Disconnect all HDMI cables. Turn off the TV and unplug the power cord. Wait a couple minutes. Reconnect the HDMI to tv. Turn on processor and tv. Check to see if ARC is working, if not, go through the tv's Initial Setup feature to setup using the Audio System for sound. After the last couple firmware updates the tv did, all I needed to do was power up the tv and processor and use ARC. After it worked I reconnected all other HDMI devices. ARC hasn't failed since, and this is before reverting the XMC-2 firmware back to 2.0, then 2.1, then up to 2.2 again. |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 20, 2021 15:22:45 GMT -5
I discovered something new today while relocating my network devices.
I wanted to move my cable modem and wifi router back to where they were four years ago. This means that I either need a long cable or just move my wifi extender to where the XMC-2 is, so that's what I did.
So now the EDNIB and XMC-2 are both plugged into the WiFi Extender, which is still part of the same segment as the wifi router, right? Yes, but Dirac doesn't like it.
The Emotiva iPhone app for the XMC works just fine, like always. It doesn't care that different routing has occurred.
The XMC-2 can find the EDNIB just fine, it also doesn't care about the changes, even though both devices have new IP addresses.
Everybody's happy except Dirac. So I tried entering the IP address of the XMC-2, but that won't work. So I entered the IP address of the EDNIB and that works great! So the Dirac app will remember this, right? No. It's forcing me to use the IP address each time, and it doesn't matter whether my MacBook Pro is connected to the wifi router or the wifi extender, just doesn't matter, Dirac needs the IP address to be manually entered.
I am mainly bringing this up for anyone else who might be using a wifi extender and running into problems even though all devices show up on the network like they always do. Also, I find it very interesting that Dirac is really only looking for the EDNIB. Something to keep in mind when troubleshooting.
The bullet proof wifi router is a Asus RT-AC68U, and the extender is a Netgear AC1200/EX6200.
I tried looking for any setting I could use to "allow" something that Dirac would like, but didn't see anything obvious.
edit: The issue above is with my MacBook Pro running Big Sur.
I just ran Dirac 3.0.14 on my Mac mini running High Sierra and Dirac sees the EDNIB with no difficulty. So unless others come up with a different reason, I will conclude that it's Big Sur that has the problem with Dirac et al. I've had other difficulties since updating to Big Sur. Not happy about that.
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Post by ttocs on Mar 20, 2021 18:37:45 GMT -5
Dirac 3.0.14
Mac mini 2014 running High Sierra
No crashes!!! Still have the .5 volume steps after exiting the app, but no crashes!
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 20, 2021 20:23:21 GMT -5
Installed the new Dirac firmware, v3.0.14. I just finished with a 17pt measurement, loaded Harman +4/+6/+8 curves and exported all 3 to the RMC-1's Preset 1, all with no crashes. Everything went really smooth, and as ttocs said, still have the 0.5 volume steps
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Post by rhale64 on Mar 20, 2021 20:26:26 GMT -5
Dirac 3.0.14 Mac mini 2014 running High Sierra No crashes!!! Still have the .5 volume steps after exiting the app, but no crashes! I think the .5db is a 2.2 thing. One of the many reasons I am back on 2.1 I only had that happen on the 2.2 firmware. Also RMC1L was unresponsive for about 10 seconds, a couple times. Also Dirac was a crapshoot. Very glitchy for me. So I am back on 2.1 and will stay there for a while. |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 20, 2021 20:36:26 GMT -5
Dirac 3.0.14 Mac mini 2014 running High Sierra No crashes!!! Still have the .5 volume steps after exiting the app, but no crashes! I think the .5db is a 2.2 thing. One of the many reasons I am back on 2.1 I only had that happen on the 2.2 firmware. Also RMC1L was unresponsive for about 10 seconds, a couple times. Also Dirac was a crapshoot. Very glitchy for me. So I am back on 2.1 and will stay there for a while. The 0.5 volume steps isn't just a v2.2 thing, as I just did all of my 17pt mic measurements and 3 different filter exports with v2.1. The 0.5 volume steps goes back to the normal once the RMC-1 is shutdown and rebooted. |
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Post by geebo on Mar 20, 2021 20:41:08 GMT -5
I think the .5db is a 2.2 thing. One of the many reasons I am back on 2.1 I only had that happen on the 2.2 firmware. Also RMC1L was unresponsive for about 10 seconds, a couple times. Also Dirac was a crapshoot. Very glitchy for me. So I am back on 2.1 and will stay there for a while. The 0.5 volume steps isn't just a v2.2 thing, as I just did all of my 17pt mic measurements and 3 different filter exports with v2.1. The 0.5 volume steps goes back to the normal once the RMC-1 is shutdown and rebooted. That's right, the .5dB volume thing has been around for some time. I get it using 2.1 right now. I just run the volume all the way down to where it stops then ramp it back up and that takes care of it. |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 20, 2021 20:43:55 GMT -5
Dirac 3.0.14 Mac mini 2014 running High Sierra No crashes!!! Still have the .5 volume steps after exiting the app, but no crashes! I think the .5db is a 2.2 thing. One of the many reasons I am back on 2.1 I only had that happen on the 2.2 firmware. Also RMC1L was unresponsive for about 10 seconds, a couple times. Also Dirac was a crapshoot. Very glitchy for me. So I am back on 2.1 and will stay there for a while. The half step volume has been with us since FW2.0. Sometimes it doesn't happen, most of the time it does. I've loaded all the different versions of Dirac with the different firmwares and have not been able to discover a repeatable scenario for when it does or doesn't happen. I saw less half-stepping with Dirac 3.0.13, but that might have been due to the crashing, disallowing whatever sets it off. Since changing the bass-flow in my system I have the excess bass under control - mostly, there's still some question with some sound fields, still looking into it. But FW2.2 in general is working fine otherwise. No Regerts. (Snickers commercial) |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 20, 2021 20:46:18 GMT -5
I concur. Do what geebo says, run the volume all the way down, no restart needed for this. |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 20, 2021 20:53:14 GMT -5
The 0.5 volume steps isn't just a v2.2 thing, as I just did all of my 17pt mic measurements and 3 different filter exports with v2.1. The 0.5 volume steps goes back to the normal once the RMC-1 is shutdown and rebooted. That's right, the .5dB volume thing has been around for some time. I get it using 2.1 right now. I just run the volume all the way down to where it stops then ramp it back up and that takes care of it. Forgot about that easy fix, thanks for the reminder.  |
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Post by rhale64 on Mar 21, 2021 20:04:43 GMT -5
Yeah that's how I fixed mine. I ran the volume all the way down and it fixed it.
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Post by Lsc on Mar 22, 2021 4:59:05 GMT -5
Anyone know where Emotiva is at with DLBC?
I found out that one of my seating positions (I usually just sit in the main seat) has a big null and there seems to be zero bass from that spot.
I’m not even sure if DLBC would correct this but we haven’t heard much about it.
The other question is does DLBC deliver on Dirac’s promise? Is it worth $500?
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