REW newb

**Thunderheader** · **02-09-09, 07:58 PM**

Hello,

REW newb, what am what does it look like I am doing wrong here:

I have loaded the RS meter corrections in, I have calibrated SPL meter and sound card, why do my graphs continue to look like this. They do not look like others' graphs.

Thanks

**brucek** · **02-09-09, 08:20 PM**

Let's see the soundcard calibration file graph.......

brucek

**Thunderheader** · **02-09-09, 08:28 PM**

Here it is

**brucek** · **02-09-09, 09:15 PM**

Turn off the meter cal and any targets, and let's see the soundcard calibration file with a vertical scale of -3dB to +3dB and the same 2Hz-30Khz.

brucek

**Thunderheader** · **02-09-09, 09:24 PM**

Here it is

**brucek** · **02-09-09, 10:18 PM**

That's not a vertical scale of -3dB to +3dB, but you can certainly see how that isn't a good calibration. That's just noise.

Rerun the calibration routine for the soundcard. Be sure you have a single cable from the right line-out to right line-in, and have the proper setup levels of -12dB on both VU out and meters.

brucek

**Thunderheader** · **02-09-09, 11:34 PM**

How does this look, it looks more like one of the examples in the help file.

**Thunderheader** · **02-10-09, 12:35 AM**

Well I tried to do a measure and still the graph looks nothing like others'. Could it be something in the sound card mixer. It is an aftermarket souncars, I have: microphone(playback) /aux / analog mix(options are mic mute, aux mute) / midi synth / spdif-in / digital-in / REC(options: spdif-in, digital-in, microphone, analog mix). It also has an audio creation mode.

Would it be worthwhile to uninstall this souncard and install the motherboard sound drivers, it might simplify things?

**brucek** · **02-10-09, 09:06 AM**

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How does this look, it looks more like one of the examples in the help file.

No, that's no good. You have a problem.

The example below is how it should look.

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microphone(playback) /aux / analog mix(options are mic mute, aux mute) / midi synth / spdif-in / digital-in / REC(options: spdif-in, digital-in, microphone, analog mix). It also has an audio creation mode.

The examples below are how the Windows Recording and Playback Mixer are to be set up.

Recording Mixer
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brucek

**Thunderheader** · **02-10-09, 08:34 PM**

I am running Vista 64bit not XP. I found a review you did on an external souncard and followed that but alas not go. I ended up uninstalling soundcard drivers and using the onboard sound but still struggling. I think I will go back to the aftermarket sound card and give that another try.

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