What kind of help are you looking for? Looks like you pretty much have a handle on it already. I guess what your “before” and “after” REW graphs look like will tell you if you’re successful.
Regards,
Wayne
I wanted to get feedback on the programs I'm using. Antani brought up 'Reaper' which is free and new to me, so I might try it before I try VAC. And yes, I will need help assessing my success on the "before" and "after". Thanks Wayne!
What kind of help are you looking for? Looks like you pretty much have a handle on it already. I guess what your “before” and “after” REW graphs look like will tell you if you’re successful.
Regards,
Wayne
Were you able to get Console to run in the background (as a service)? This will be important for the WAF.
Here I am.
I'm running an AMD 4200+ dual core, an audio card Terratec Auron Space 7.1 flashed as Audiotrak Prodigy and Vista.
As VST shell I'm using Console working in ASIO. The VST plug-ins are Spinaudio SpinEQ as parametric equalizer, Voxengo Pristine Space as convolution engine, Voxengo BMS as Bass manager, Voxengo Audio Delay to introduce delays for multichannel reproduction.
I'm generating the impulse response files with REW (1 M sweep), then I create the filters with DRC. DRC goes much further than frequency equalization because it works also in the time domain.
The trickiest part of the process is intercepting the audio stream from the sw players. I tried first Reaper, but I couldn’t manage to make it work in Vista. Then I tried VAC. It was working but only in stereo and it cannot route the streams to ASIO, and I wanted low latency.
Then I chose the easiest way: I bought an used Terratec audio card, compatible with Audiotrak drivers. Audiotrak/ESI drivers offer a unique feature, Directwire, capable of intercepting and routing audio streams from and to ASIO.
What you can get at the end of this is probably the most sophisticated audio equalization around. I’m using it in two different installations, stereo and multichannel, and I can tell you that it’s now very difficult for me to listen music and movies without it.
Yes, or an ESI audio card....do I need a Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi card to get this working correctly?...
Yes...If so, is it because of the simplification the Audiotrak drivers provide in regards to Directwire functionality?...
I don't understand exactly what you mean by "component". In order to use the HTPC as an equalizer you need to use the analog 7.1 outputs of the audio card. You cannot use the spdif. By the way HD audio streams cannot go through the spdif and currently there is no audio card with HDMI 7.1 outputs.... And does any of this apply if I'm simply pushing the signal out of the HTPC via component audio to my receiver?...
By component I meant SPDIF; sorry for the confusion. My receiver calls SPDIF it's "component" audio input. I think it makes sense that the analog outputs need to be used when using the PC as an EQ. Thanks.I don't understand exactly what you mean by "component". In order to use the HTPC as an equalizer you need to use the analog 7.1 outputs of the audio card. You cannot use the spdif. By the way HD audio streams cannot go through the spdif and currently there is no audio card with HDMI 7.1 outputs.