REW and Digidesign Interfaces

[PTRust]

Great! I will send you an mp3 of the 1k tone from REW and as a reference the same tone from pro tools. Both will be going thru identical signal chains.

By the way I'm using an intel based mac.


Thanks

[JohnM]

PTRust wrote:

Great! I will send you an mp3 of the 1k tone from REW and as a reference the same tone from pro tools. Both will be going thru identical signal chains.

Thanks, got those. First interesting thing is they are at 48kHz, the Mac only seems to support 44.1kHz for Java output using the Javasound classes, so there may be an issue there - might explain the tone difference you mentioned as there could be some low quality rate conversion happening somewhere. Worth trying to run the setup at 44.1k and see if that helps. The second odd thing is that the right channel shows lots of dropouts at irregular intervals. What's odd about that is REW only generates and processes stereo signals, so anything happening on a single channel must be after the signal has left REW. The JavaSound classes are also set up for the stereo signals REW generates, so not sure where the mono differences occur.

[PTRust]

Sorry I tracked the tones into a session that was at 48k and forgot to convert it to 44.1.

I guess we can just use the L output for the testing process since we don't need the output signal in stereo anyway.

I'm really looking forward to using the program for my new control room setup and I'll keep fooling until I get it.

Thanks

[TheIncredibleMass]

Hi,

I'm COMPLETELY new to all of this, and to be honest am getting rather confused. I've only just set up my first speakers and am looking to eq my room and have been recommended this program from other forums.
I'm using a Digidesign 003 rack and Genelec 8020b speakers with a Macbook Pro 15.4".
There are a variety of outputs and inputs on my 003 and I'm not sure which ones to use. I read somewhere that it's ideal to use the line levels instead of the balanced TRS or XLR connections, but there is only one RCA in and out on the 003, when I tried to run the test it didn't seem to work, although I'm not altogether sure what results I'm meant to be seeing in the first place! Sorry if I'm come across as an idiot, my brain is a little fried right now.
I read the previous information about the Mbox Mini, and that doesn't seem to have any RCA connections either, so how does that work?? Is it actually ok to use the balanced connections??

This program seems to be the perfect tool once you get it working properly, and I'm desperate to get there!

Thanks for any help anyone can offer...

Chris

[brucek]

I'm using a Digidesign 003 rack

Is this not a firewire connection to your MAC?

If so, REW does not work with MAC using firewire connected soundcards (it's a MAC/Java problem).

brucek

[TheIncredibleMass]

.... No wonder!!

Thanks for the help!