Free and not so free RTA

Post by **smgreen20** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:46 pm

I found this at the DIYaudio site. I just might be getting the 1/3 octave version soon. The one octave is free and took literaly 1 minute to download AND install the whole thing.

My laptop has a mic built in so I didn't have to buy one. Going to rudely RTA my stereo this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes/sounds.

Link to the freeware.
http://www.trueaudio.com/

Link to the thread.
http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/diy ... -dlls.html

denim · Post by **denim** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:17 am

Good luck, I would try it my self if my laptop did not take a poop on me.

Post by **stipud** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:03 am

Don't forget you still need a good microphone to take advantage of RTA software. Don't use a cheap mike, or you'll end up doing more harm than good!

Post by **Wakeup** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:27 am

What are some good mics on a budget!?

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:15 am

Wakeup wrote:What are some good mics on a budget!?

That's a bit of an oxymoron. My experience is, no matter what kind of mic you're looking for, budget mics just aren't great.

RTA mics need flat response across the board. There are some behringer mics that are on the cheaper side of things but probably aren't quite as flat as you'd want for judging systems. Tom has one, maybe he can compare it to the Alpine RTA mic.

Post by **stipud** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:26 am

Behringer ECM8000... It's what I previously used to do my RTA work. However, it requires phantom power, so I was using a mixing board to run it. There are smaller cheaper phantom power supplies you can use as well.

joyride · Post by **joyride** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:30 am

I use the 1/3 octave and love it. works well with the DEQ settings as well.

I use a behringer ECM 8000 mic
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2
hooked to an M-Audio Mobile Pre USB so i dont have to rely on my shitty sound card.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2

Grim0013 · Post by **Grim0013** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:43 am

If I remember right, a lot of the guys over at diyma.com use and recommend the ECM 8000 for a budget RTA setup.

Grim0013 · Post by **Grim0013** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:45 am

joyride wrote:I use the 1/3 octave and love it. works well with the DEQ settings as well.

I use a behringer ECM 8000 mic
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2
hooked to an M-Audio Mobile Pre USB so i dont have to rely on my shitty sound card.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2

What are you using for phantom power?

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:37 am

http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=145871

Decent info.

joyride · Post by **joyride** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:01 pm

the mobille pre USB supplies the power. Just plug it in,. set the sens, and Im off.

Thumper88 · Post by **Thumper88** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:14 pm

I have that same setup.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:26 pm

ECM8000 is coming over from the states for me just as soon as I can set it up and quit buying other stuff instead. Crazy: it's half the european price in the US.....but B&H has toooo many tempting things! ARGH!

Bret