I’ve been using HouseCurve for a couple weeks and it’s great so far. Quite impressed. It’s easy to use and understand. And I just realized it can be used with calibrated mics as well. You’re going to make a killing with this app when the word gets around I’m sure.
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REW-like app for mobile (Android/iOS)
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Greg Wilding
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Glad you like the app! Your measurement looks a tad wobbly in the bass region to me... but it's hard to say much from a single measurement. If your ears are happy, you're winning
. Shoot me a message if you want some help.Any plans to implement a vertical scale adjustment setting? I agree that this would be very helpful.
HouseCurve is great! Perfect for averaged measurements.
Regarding replicating the REW moving mic measurement technique discussed in other posts here, I have searched high and low and it seems there isn’t a single iOS RTA / FFT app on the market with data export + adjustable slope or octave “bins” to account for the falling response you get with pink noise.
Audio Frequency Analyser by Toon gets the closest, it has a slope toggle that adjusts things perfectly for pink noise, but unfortunately doesn’t allow exporting data and has very little other config besides quite effective averaging. Great for quick in room measurements with your phone to sanity check and grab screenshots tho.
Studiosixdigital’s FFT app and SignalScopeX both get 95% there with everything else (for a cost!) but frustratingly no adjustment to account for pink noise. Am I missing something?
Regarding replicating the REW moving mic measurement technique discussed in other posts here, I have searched high and low and it seems there isn’t a single iOS RTA / FFT app on the market with data export + adjustable slope or octave “bins” to account for the falling response you get with pink noise.
Audio Frequency Analyser by Toon gets the closest, it has a slope toggle that adjusts things perfectly for pink noise, but unfortunately doesn’t allow exporting data and has very little other config besides quite effective averaging. Great for quick in room measurements with your phone to sanity check and grab screenshots tho.
Studiosixdigital’s FFT app and SignalScopeX both get 95% there with everything else (for a cost!) but frustratingly no adjustment to account for pink noise. Am I missing something?
Any chance you will release an Android version of it?Glad you like the app! Your measurement looks a tad wobbly in the bass region to me... but it's hard to say much from a single measurement. If your ears are happy, you're winning
Greg Wilding
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I have no plans at this time, though many have asked. I'm a solo dev and there's only so much time on the weekend
This is on the list. What's blocking me is a solution to export wav files with that sample rate on iOS. The library I'm using can only do up to 192 KHz (last I checked anyway)
Greg Wilding
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The Roon documentation just says it will resample filters as needed. If you only provide 176 KHz, then that's what it has to work with.
Following up on my post above, I ended up finding Sound Spectrum Pro. It’s RTA mode ticks all the boxes for quick high quality moving mic measurements on the phone.
LIΟN
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Hi there and respect for the wonderful app!Glad you like the app! Your measurement looks a tad wobbly in the bass region to me... but it's hard to say much from a single measurement. If your ears are happy, you're winning
I just tested it but unfortunately if i am honest i cant interpret it-make sense of what the aim is. Meaning, is the „ideal“ to get as close to the yellow line as possible?
I am used to Equalizing music but Room acoustics is a different world
I`ve never used this kind of software or any measurement software at all. I did a quick sweep at my parents place cause i am visiting and cant wait to test it in my place when i am back. They were like „did you hear that noise? What was this?“ and i am lmao
What does this Plot say? Or better said, what would be the first thing you say apart from that it is a completely acoustically untreated kitchen?
I would love to start learning how to interpret what i am seeing in the plots
Peace!
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Funny. I had this app on my phone for a while and decided to try it today the found this thread …
The app is surprisingly good .. the other surprise is how good the microphone of the iPhone is …
Will buy the paid version soon.
Peace.
The app is surprisingly good .. the other surprise is how good the microphone of the iPhone is …
Will buy the paid version soon.
Peace.
Greg Wilding
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Thanks! Check out https://housecurve.com/tuning. It'll give you an idea of what the app does and how you can apply it to your kitchen. I was inspired to make the app after trying to tune my own kitchen by ear
Hi Greg, great to see active support on here. I've tried finding info on several use cases (and read the comprehensive docs section on your site) but can't seem to find the answer to my question... hopefully you're the guy!
Can I use HouseCurve to measure the frequency response of a diy 2-way speaker for the purposes of tweaking passive crossovers? In theory it seems completely possible: I measure the tweeter first, then the woofer, and then do combined measures at different crossover points. Or am I better off using REW (not ideal because I prefer a device I can move around quickly) or something like Audio Tools? Thanks in advance.
Can I use HouseCurve to measure the frequency response of a diy 2-way speaker for the purposes of tweaking passive crossovers? In theory it seems completely possible: I measure the tweeter first, then the woofer, and then do combined measures at different crossover points. Or am I better off using REW (not ideal because I prefer a device I can move around quickly) or something like Audio Tools? Thanks in advance.
Greg Wilding
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Worth a try. I think the sub/main crossover measurement techniques can be applied to tweeter/woofer. The woofer will be fiddly to measure due to limited range. See subwoofer measurement, for a way around that. DM me if you have further questions.
Thanks! Just realised it requires iOS 16.1 and above (dang it). I use an iPhone 6s that allows direct connection to my Dayton iMM-6 without a dongle flopping around, but it can't be upgraded beyond iOS 15.7. I'll have to keep looking for the right app... cheers for the reply in any case.