Guides
The reference material behind the analyser. If you would rather understand your measurement than have it read to you, start here.
How to measure your room with REW
8 min readWhat it takes to produce a room measurement: which microphone, how to set REW up, where to put the mic, and how to get the text export that every analysis on this site starts from.
How to read REW measurements
9 min readA practical guide to reading the graphs REW produces: which parts of the frequency response matter, what the Schroeder frequency changes, and how to tell a room problem from a speaker problem.
What room EQ can and cannot fix
8 min readRoom correction fixes resonances and cannot fix cancellations, decay times or reflection ripple. Here is how to tell which is which before you spend money on DSP.
Why your room has a bass peak at 60 Hz
7 min readA big peak somewhere between 40 and 80 Hz is the most common measurement result there is. Here is how to work out which room dimension caused it and what actually removes it.
What a REW waterfall plot is telling you
6 min readWaterfall plots look impressive and are widely misread. What the axes mean, which settings change the picture, and what to conclude from the ridges.
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