Hi
My names Mike and I am a "dumbo" newbie
I have been trying for weeks, yes weeks to setup the REW software, with various hardware, mic, speakers in my studio control room and I am getting no-where fast.
1. I have a Apple Mac OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
2. REW software for mac
3. Behringer ECM8000 with calibration file
4. M-Box 410 firewire interface
5. Digi design 003 interface
6. Mackie ProFX16 mixer with USB output
7. DynAudio BM6 speakers routed thru a Mackie 32 8 buss mixer.
8. Miles of cables and adapters in any configuration one desires....!!!!
I even have a very old analogue REALISTIC/Radio Shack SPL meter
I have read, re-read and re-read again the the REW manual on set up and on how to take measurements
I have printed both set up pictures
I have listened to the GIK video 3 times and another one on Youtube
And still I get the REW software telling me my audio levels are too low to take measurements...grrrrr
EVEN THOU ALL MY LEVELS ARE UP FULL AND I MEAN UP FULL on everything INPUTS AND OUTPUTS on my mac
mic inputs up full.... mixer outputs from speakers up FULL( well with out blowing them up and causing my ears to bleed)
and I still get this rotten message from EQ wizard telling my my levels are too low.
At the beginning when I found this amazing software, I just plugged in my EC8000 mic straight into the input of my apple mac and the output to my Mackie 8 buss where the DynAudios are connected and I received no message telling me the levels were to low, and took some measurements and thought that was it...
However, that was until I watched the GIK video telling me that I needed an audio interface.
Well that's ok I thought as I have 2 of them as mentioned above...!!!
1. Digidesign 003
2. Mackie ProFX16
Unfortunately, after setting up my Digidesign 003 it didn't seem to work, so I tried my Mackie ProFX16 with USB and that didn't seem to work either.
So I went through the GIK video again and thought since on the video they are using a Prosonus Firewire Studio, I though ok I'll go out and buy a firewire interface, thinking it was the answer to my prays...
So on ebay i saw this secondhand M-audio 410 Firewire interface and bought it all because the 003 and the Mackie mixer didn't do the job
So when my M-Audio Firewire interface arrived I thought "you beauty" I'll set it up and all will be GREAT hahahah
Well guess what... I STILL got this rotton message from from eq wizard telling me that my audio input is too low and that I should check all inputs outputs, outputs, mute button, ect, ect, ect which I have checked re-checked and checked again on various hardware and still the readings are too low and nothing I do seems too work... Grrrr
So now I have only succeeded in adding to my growing hardware and am $100 poorer and still NO joy only EQ wizard telling me I'm a failure
So if there is anybody in the world that can help me here, I would really appreciate it, as I am just about stuffed and ready to commit suicide
Mike from Oz