FCar2000TA

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I got an RTA on my laptop, but the Fifine Metal Condenser Recording USB Microphone that I bought doesn't pick up any of the EQ changes that I make.

Is there another USB Microphone that I can use?

tophatjimmy

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I use this one at work with TruRTA. Works really well.

https://www.parts-express.com/dayton...phone--390-808

FCar2000TA

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Thanks. TruRTA is the one that I bought. I got the 1/3 version.

FCar2000TA

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Since my headunit is the 13 band EQ, I cannot tune each speaker separately. Is the correct place for the mic at the top of the seat, where my head would be?

I plan to get the Alpine 12 channel processor (has 31 EQ bands and crazy x-over abilities) in the future, so that will have the ability to tune each speaker individually.... then the mic should be right in front of the speaker, right?

FCar2000TA

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Any tips on using TruRTA? I have the 1/3 Octave version.

tophatjimmy

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I guess do what we had to, watch as many YouTube videos as you can stand. Then just play around with it until it starts to make sense.

JoshHefnerX

Daytons are good as are behringers

TrueRTA isn't probably the best tuning tool out there. The way the software runs (at least used to) it did real-time measurements but wasn't great w/ white noise.

A better software is REW. It used to be available on the home theater forum. It now has it's own site. https://www.roomeqwizard.com/ That software uses sweeps and records them. You can take several sweeps and average them together for a more accurate picture of what's going on.

REW will also allow you to do time-alignment measurements. If you're going to do that, do it first, then do the sweeps.

More tuning info is available on the diymobileaudio.com forum and the home theater forum.

Any other questions let me know.