Dayton OmniMic Precision Measurement System - Page 11

Yeah, I think that is a fairly big weakness in terms of using this product for speaker design.

HOLM, has great settings for doing the sweep, different drivers need different starting frequencies. Also Zeroing the starting point for doing driver measurements requires a software package that has the sweep controlled by the software.

Something like ARTA has many, many ways to create a measurement sweep. many parameters, options to explore. I love ARTA alone for just generating constant Pink Noise (Fs 88200, FFT 18384) I set the plot to Exponential Average and I can EQ my bass in room to how I like it seeing the changes on the fly on the screen.

I wonder what people will use as their frequency sweep choice??

Thanks for the tip on screenhunter Penn, works real nice

cool

even better, Thanks Warp!

I agree that having everyone use the same properties is important. But using the same mic and software is a step towards simplification which is what many of us are shooting for.

Yep, I did it after you posted....lmao, I have had Vista for years now and never knew that existed.

Ah, yeah I was just gonna say I use the snipping tool but I guess if one were on an XP machine or a Mac you may not have had it available. It's great though if you do have Win7. I recently used it in this thread to post the manual screens. Good stuff.

It should be like others, they all can save .FRD files. Those who own it should confirm what files it can save.

That way you can import the .FRD into REW or ARTA.

It should really be able to do that, they all do.

Taking what it measures and using REW to create the EQ will be awesome.

I just assumed it was another free but twaeky tool that I wouldn't want to mess with.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Does it run on Windows 7?

I recently got (free) MWSnap 3 and love it.

You can snap any window and save as a jpg (oe whatever) or just print it either vertically horizontally (great for maps).

http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

I recieved my shipping notice this morning.

Are we going to start a new thread for the measurements or does everyone plan on dropping them in this one?

James

Warp,

Sounds good. Thanks.

James

I haven't had a chance to take measurements yet, but I'm simply amazed that this is up and running on my netbook.

Sounds like someone who has fought with REW. I had a love hate thing with REW. For the price it is amazing. I joined HTS because I thought so much of someone producing and sharing that for free.

The beauty of this is simplicity. The drawback of this is simplicity. I will compare the two and see if what I gain in simplicity with the Dayton outweighs what I lose in functionality with REW.

Cool lets get too it, eager to learn.

I wonder if there will be software updates/improvements as the product matures.

I got a shipped notice today too but looking at the tracking # it did ship on Monday, looks like PE is just slow to get the notices out.

They used Fed-Ex smartpost though as I opted for the free shipping so delivery is estimated to arrive by Monday.

My sentiments exactly. I believe I was up and running in maybe 60 seconds,..no kidding. There's really nothing I've found so far that I don't like, but my exploration has been limited. This weekend, I plan to do two things; watch NFL playoff football, and really dive into this thing.

So far for me, it's a $300 SPL meter
What I have done with it so far, has really only been monitoring of our playback SPLs while enjoying movies. The metering in that regard is very nice, with various damping characteristics and both a digital read out, and a faux d'Arsonval meter bouncing around. It also records the highest spl, highest peak, and also lowest spl,...which was disheartening. My noise floor in the family multi-media room is obscenely high.

I'm looking forward to exploring everything it can do. Yes, it appears you pay for the wonderfully convenient install. But I'm sure I'll enjoy the simplicity of this thing long after I've forgotten about the cost. I really like it. It's simple, and I'm a simple guy.


More to come.

Yup, they definitely hit a home run from a simplicity standpoint. Prior to getting the kit I couldn't figure out how they could possibly have this thing work on a netbook with their notoriously bad sound cards. As soon as I saw the kit though, I knew how they did it.

Can you set it to RTA to capture the spectral content (if that's even the right function for that)?

There is some type of oscilliscope function. Not so sure what that does or if that's the same as RTA?? There is nothing with that name in REW, so your guess is as good as mine.

I am going to derail this thread real quick and I hope no one minds but I know a lot of new tech types are reading this thread (and other places on this forum do not show allot for what I am looking for).

Does anyone know of a really good universal remote app that can be used on an ipad? I looked at a few but I was wondering if anyone here uses one they could recommend. You can always shoot me a PM if you choose. Thanks.

James