My honest review of Acourate

[sledwards]

On 5/10/2019 at 4:46 AM, StreamFidelity said:

Many things written here are correct. In a simple stereo setup, however, Acourate is no higher science.

@StreamFidelityBeen reading about Acourate and I think I may give it a go. I have a question about mics. Currently I use a UMIK-1 USB mic with REW. It looks like the author recommends a separate mic/preamp combo to run Acourate, but UMIK-1 works but maybe with some errors? Any advice here? 

[sledwards]

28 minutes ago, StreamFidelity said:

 

Unfortunately, I have no experience with UMIK-1 USB Mic. I'm using the Microphone calibrated by AudioVero. The calibration file compensates the irregularities in frequency response of the mic. This is essential, otherwise the measurements are wrong.

The UMIK-1 has calibration files (0 and 90 deg position). What I am not sure is if they are compatible with Acourate.

[sledwards]

6 minutes ago, StreamFidelity said:

That could work. Important is a calibration file in WAV format and resolutions 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz.

 

The UMIK-1 cal files are text files. Maybe @dennis88 could chime in on this. What mic pre/soundcard are you using?