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Passing REW EQ settings onto the DEQ2496?

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#1 ·
Is there a special mode i have to put the DEQ in to accept the signals from the REW EQ via the Midi-USB interface?

is there another way to do this if not thru the midi interface?

here is my setup:
 
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#2 ·
I hope I'm wrong but I believe that REW isn't compatible with the DEQ 2496

You have to choose the FBQ2496 from REW's equalizer menu to be able to transpose the decimal values to fractional values. The filter values must be entered manually

Maybe there is an easier way, that I'm not aware of!!
 
#7 ·
Congratulations John!!! I didn't know. I'm very happy for you!

Obviously, the DEQ thing is way down the priority list

Just shoot me an E-mail when ever you find time and I'll send mine to you

Again, Congratulations to You and your future Wife

Sincerely,
Julien
 
#8 ·
what are you crazy Julien???!!!!!:raped: :eek:rder: :nono: How can there be any higher priority than the DEQ working?!!!!:bigsmile: :rofl2:

just kidding...see below
About a week, provided its arrival coincided with my having some spare time to work on it :) Spare time is in rather short supply at the moment though, as preparations for my wedding (just over 2 weeks away :yikes:) are taking up most of it.
John, congrats man, and yes, I wish you good luck :clap: ............but if you need a break from wedding stuff, or honeymooning, etc, the DEQ is a great break!!!!:bigsmile:
 
#10 ·
it doesn't take long to manually load filters though, the current craze in society of doing everything by remote control from the couch is getting OUT OF HAND!!!!

And as you usually only do it once ( tweak and eq the system) is it really worth the bother??

Congratulations John, feels like this is in the wrong place tho!!
 
#11 ·
Sonnie writes
Btw Julien... shipping from NC to the UK might be more than you want to pay.
Thanks for the Heads Up Sonnie
I didn't know that John is located in the UK!

I don't want to gush about John, REW, and the great resource these forums are to music/movie lovers

Let me say that I would be honored to be able to contribute, in some tiny way, to the continued development of REW
 
#22 ·
Oh my I'm so glad I saw this post I was about to rush out and buy the DEQ2496 today in Oxford. Bugger now I can't even use REW at all because I can't find the old BFD anywhere here. **** it...John can I help at all with the DEQ where are you in the UK?

Is there NO way I can make REW work with this unit?!!

T
 
#23 ·
Of course you can!! Simply enter the requirements manually.

What's the big deal with a midi connection?? I don't understand the fuss.

the unit itself is perfectly workable, responds perfectly to the suggestions/settings of REW. It is actually a very good unit.

Why is everyone SOOOO lazy that they can't do it by hand?? Trust me, it will take you longer to work out how to use the unit than any amount of manual input required.
 
#24 ·
That's easy. The fuss is I don't know what I am doing so anything to automate such a process is important for me when I'm making these sorts of decisions! I've found the DEQ2496 online now. I actually quite like the idea of the MIDI stuff, it interests me, more so than manually transposing into a unit.

T
 
#25 ·
Fair enough, I can understand that. However, if all you are going to use the deq for is what you can download into the unit from REW then it's way overkill, save your money and go for a 'lesser' unit.

The deq is capable of WAY more than what limited use REW will give.

On the other hand, if you learn to use the full potential of the deq then it's a doddle to load REW results manually, if you follow my meaning.
 
#27 ·
I am doing everything by hand. It takes doing once, inserting the filters (quite easy), and re-iterate in order to see if now there are no more filters to be inserted meaning that the equalization was successful.

Right now I am starting to work with REW in order just to see how to do it. What buzzes me is what to do with the Waterfall and the remaining data ? How can they be useful ?
 
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#28 ·
It is definitely worth the effort to plug the REW filter settings into the DEQ manually. One advantage of the DEQ is that it can do all of the filter processing in the digital domain, and output the result digitally to a higher quality DAC. My signal chain stays digital until just before the amplifiers:

digital SOURCE ---->(optical via SPDIF) ----->SRC2496 (upsampling / jitter correction) -----> (optical via SPDIF) -----> DEQ2496 -----> (digital via AES/EBU) -----> DCX2496 (crossover, DAC) -----> stepped attenuators -----> amplifiers
 
#30 ·
Hi guys, I tried it all out today and had a nightmare. Tried the internal card in my Acer laptop (It's 5920G), quite a modern machine.

Got crackes and pops thru the subs, nightmare...then tryied my SB NX USB sound card. No sound...ACK..spent 4 hours trying to get something to work...feedback through the NX was appalling so I couldn't turn the mic up.

Then just at the last minute...I tried the SPIDF out on the Soundblaster NX 2 USB and the MIC in on the internal laptop card!! Testing appeared to work then I had to stop.

Will try again tomorrow...but can anyone see any problems with me doing it this way, using the two cards? I can do the loop back test tomorrow to calibrate the "cards" then see how it goes from there. No feedback and it was a very clean sound..

Was driving me nuts. If someone says this won't work then I'm knackered because I just cant get it to work with one card.

T
 
#31 ·
Tried the internal card in my Acer laptop
Most laptops only have mic-in and not a line-in that REW prefers, since the SPL meters output line level signals... use an external card with line-in....

...feedback through the NX was appalling so I couldn't turn the mic up
This is caused by the cards monitor mode turned on. This is the feature that allows you to record a CD for example and listen at the same time. It needs to be shut off. Look at the soundcards app and deselect it (it can be called by a variety of silly names). You can also go to the Windows XP Playback Mixer and ensure line-in is shut off or muted.....

using the two cards?
Just use the external card. Set stereo only, with all effects off and monitor off and it will be fine. Use line-in and line-out.

brucek
 
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