Yngve Hoeyland wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 10:25 |
I've pretty much decided I'll go for SIA's Smaart software as a lot of people seem to be using it these days. I'm a little confused as to what hardware equipment I should get though - any suggestions and experiences are welcome...
Mics? Interfaces? Any smaart (pun intended) solutions for sound cards? (Just a dongle-size USB2 preamp would be perfect. Sick of dragging rack gear with me around airports..)
Or are any of you relying on 1/8" TRS inputs for your laptop using desk pre's for the mic? That seems a little dodgy to me..?
Also do you know if a single smaart license lets you register and use both PC and Mac versions?
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Changing to Smaart because other people are using it seems like a poor reason to invest that much money. If you want to move up to dual FFT transfer function measurements, Smaart may be the way to go. If you just want to have a basic RTA on a laptop, there are free versions available all over the net. If you
do want to move up, some study is in order. There is a lot more involved in understanding the data that Smaart provides. A good place to start is the
Smaart faq. You can also find out about minimum system requirements there.
For I/O you can use just about any audio interface. The one I use doesn't have mic pres, I just use the console. there are plenty that do have mic pres as well. You should
not use your laptop's built in mic inputs. It is OK to use the built in line inputs, but it must be stereo.
It is unlikely that a single license would let you do 2 installations on different computers. Each installation needs to be unlocked with a code from SIA. Each code only works once. If you need to move the software to a different computer you will have to contact the factory to get a new code.
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