Audyssey Manual Calibration “OCA’s REW + Audyssey Awesomeness”

[Chromatischism]

You can upload any target curve to REW during A1 optimization and it will replace Toole curve. A1 creates the minimum phase version of the curve on the go. Calculated crossover frequencies might deviate though but you can adjust them manually anyway.

First I just want to say, brilliant work.

I'm one of the lucky ones that has been using the app for years and get great results with minimal effort because my placement of everything is nearly perfect and very little tweaking afterward is needed (sub distance tweak and sub levels to taste is all I do). I normally correct to 300-400 Hz on the main speakers and 500-600 Hz on the surrounds since they are wall-mounted and that creates issues higher up that need to be fixed.

However I will try your script anyway because as an amateur coder and tweaker, I'm intrigued by your approach. Who knows, maybe it will be better.

Second, I have a question about the above-quoted comment. I normally achieve my perfect bass quantity + quality with Dynamic EQ (I get just the right curve with the rooms I've used it in with my 2 subs). I also listen at very different volume levels. I would of course test your stock result to see what I think, but if I wanted to "undo" the Toole curve and use DEQ, what curve would I load into REW? It wouldn't be a straight line, would it? Maybe some toggle-able options could be implemented in a future version. Proceed with or without Toole curve, DEQ surround boost defeat on/off, things like that.

 

[oupee]

Thanks. Started again from scratch and still end up with the following
error: speaker has no bass response according to your measurement file. Please check! - program execution has stopped

@OCA
Same problem and the speakers are big

 

[OCA]

@OCA
Same problem and the speakers are big

That's often caused by a buggy Android version of the Multeq app. There must be a download link for the correct app version in the pinned video comments.

 

[OCA]

First I just want to say, brilliant work.

I'm one of the lucky ones that has been using the app for years and get great results with minimal effort because my placement of everything is nearly perfect and very little tweaking afterward is needed (sub distance tweak and sub levels to taste is all I do). I normally correct to 300-400 Hz on the main speakers and 500-600 Hz on the surrounds since they are wall-mounted and that creates issues higher up that need to be fixed.

However I will try your script anyway because as an amateur coder and tweaker, I'm intrigued by your approach. Who knows, maybe it will be better.

Second, I have a question about the above-quoted comment. I normally achieve my perfect bass quantity + quality with Dynamic EQ (I get just the right curve with the rooms I've used it in with my 2 subs). I also listen at very different volume levels. I would of course test your stock result to see what I think, but if I wanted to "undo" the Toole curve and use DEQ, what curve would I load into REW? It wouldn't be a straight line, would it? Maybe some toggle-able options could be implemented in a future version. Proceed with or without Toole curve, DEQ surround boost defeat on/off, things like that.

from video comments:

"Audyssey One will provide perfect Dr Toole target curve response at 75dB (MutlEQ Editor app measured level, -30dB on the receiver scale) at Audyssey Reference setting with Dynamic EQ, Dynamic volume and LFC all off (default). But if you are somehow not satisfied with the outcome or desire certain changes including the ability to use Dynamic EQ, here are some tips to manipulate the sound. * If you want to take advantage of Dynamic EQ and prefer the higher bass output of Harman Kardon target curve, the settings below will get you the closest system response to Harman curve at 75dB: Audyssey settings¦ MultEQ XT32: Reference, Dynamic EQ: On, -Reference Level Offset: 5dB, Dynamic Volume: Off, Audyssey LFC: On, -Containment Amount: 1 Surround Parameters¦ Cinema EQ: On * You find the sound too bright: "Cinema EQ: On" setting will dim high frequencies gradually from 1kHz onwards by about 4dB at 75dB volume level * You want more bass but not Dynamic EQ or Harmon curve in particular: Increase subwoofer volume level Try inverting subwoofer polarity (there have been cases where Audyssey got it wrong in the first place and A1 doesn't check for that at this time) "Dynamic Volume: Heavy" setting will tilt the sound response to provide relatively more bass PS: The effects of the above parameters have been tested directly from preamp outputs of a Marantz SR6015 and may not fully reflect your speakers' in room response."

 

[Zedly]

I don't have the app, but I do have MultiEQ-X. Can Audyssey One be used with MultiEQ-X?

 

[OCA]

I don't have the app, but I do have MultiEQ-X. Can Audyssey One be used with MultiEQ-X?

No, mic calibration file is encrypted in mqx files which makes it impossible to import the actual measurements to REW.

 

[oupee]

That's often caused by a buggy Android version of the Multeq app. There must be a download link for the correct app version in the pinned video comments.

Thank you for your time. But I have IOS version 1.11.1(3.20.0)