I've just taken delivery of a new vintage REL subwoofer. Whilst musically an improvement on my previous one, my attempts at checking frequencies have alerted me to just how badly certain frequencies are either augmented or attenuated in various parts of my rather odd-shaped organ room and I'm thinking of trying digital room correction. Crossover is around the bottom limit of my existing speakers at about 45Hz.
Current audio set up is a 1010 soundcard with four channel output, two front, two rear and two pairs of Tannoy speakers. The sub takes a high line feed from the + and - terminals of one front speaker and the + terminal of the other front speaker. Sound from Hauptwerk first goes through Cantabile; surround samples have no additional processing whereas stereo samples send a copy to the rear channels with a subtle degree of additional reverb by ReverberateLE.
ARC2 sounds the sort of thing I'm looking for but before ordering please I can get a bit of advice:
(1) will it only adjust the lowest frequencies, or will it improve frequencies that are not handled by the subwoofer too? I am aware that at certain frequencies there is some imbalance in levels between my two speakers though it's not clear whether that is because of differences in speakers or simply the room layout. There are particularly prominent peaks at around 55 and 75Hz that need toning down somewhat.
(2) confused about what the software actually does - how does it know if a particular frequency is coming to the subwoofer from say the left or the right channel?
(3) where does the digital filter fit? I assume this essentially boosts certain speaker frequencies and attenuates others to achieve a flatter SPL curve. If so, does the software create a plug-in like Reverberate? Would it replace the existing reverb filter in Cantabile or could I have both?
(4) reading somewhere about problems with ARC2 resetting settings at every boot up if programed for multiple speakers. Is this still an issue, and would routing the audio through Cantabile overcome this?
Many thanks! Organorak
Current audio set up is a 1010 soundcard with four channel output, two front, two rear and two pairs of Tannoy speakers. The sub takes a high line feed from the + and - terminals of one front speaker and the + terminal of the other front speaker. Sound from Hauptwerk first goes through Cantabile; surround samples have no additional processing whereas stereo samples send a copy to the rear channels with a subtle degree of additional reverb by ReverberateLE.
ARC2 sounds the sort of thing I'm looking for but before ordering please I can get a bit of advice:
(1) will it only adjust the lowest frequencies, or will it improve frequencies that are not handled by the subwoofer too? I am aware that at certain frequencies there is some imbalance in levels between my two speakers though it's not clear whether that is because of differences in speakers or simply the room layout. There are particularly prominent peaks at around 55 and 75Hz that need toning down somewhat.
(2) confused about what the software actually does - how does it know if a particular frequency is coming to the subwoofer from say the left or the right channel?
(3) where does the digital filter fit? I assume this essentially boosts certain speaker frequencies and attenuates others to achieve a flatter SPL curve. If so, does the software create a plug-in like Reverberate? Would it replace the existing reverb filter in Cantabile or could I have both?
(4) reading somewhere about problems with ARC2 resetting settings at every boot up if programed for multiple speakers. Is this still an issue, and would routing the audio through Cantabile overcome this?
Many thanks! Organorak