Hey Brian. Glad to hear this helped. If you need further help with integrating inti the Toyota system, feel free to email me. I can definitely help.

Always happy to help!

Yes, this is something I check every time now.

Anytime

Thankfully it'll pretty much always need adjustment by ear anyways :)

Sitting in the car

"1) When tuning in the car, how loud do you have the system?" Loud enough to overcome background noise, and loud enough to be similar to where I will listen to the music. I wear earplugs when taking measurements sometimes if i do them loud enough. "2) How are your tuning results using the built in RTA interface vs using REW? Close enough that most can’t hear a difference or should I stick with using REW? " When I do it, it's pretty close since I know exactly what I'm doing and know how to use the tools in front of me to the best of my advantage. If you are not as well versed in one or the other and don't know how to fully use them, then you may get different results.

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions Thanks, that is some good insight! I am still a “rookie” with tuning (my own car, custom 3-way active using a Match UP10DSP in a BMW with HK and factory MOST system) but have learned a lot about using REW. The Helix interface seems a bit more “clunky” to me when compared to REW, especially when trying to do things like level match two channels or easily pin point frequencies where there might be problems I need to address - would be nice if the curser on the graph were better. Also, the Helix interface when tweaking the acoustical response to match the desired target curve is an “interesting” iterative process with the Helix “buttonology” when compared to using REW. If possible, it would be great to see a video where you actually tune a system, start to finish, using only the Helix software. You have already covered the initial setup and time alignment portion. I am talking about the frequency response measurement/adjustment portion of the tuning (to match a desired target curve), including using some of the tools (like all pass filters, channel phase adjustments, etc.) when encountering different frequency response/cancellation problems, etc, encountered in a car. Great stuff!

Nope. I did as well

@@roscoebail5551 nope, go straight to tuning

"As far as I know, raising or lowering the equalizer a lot leads to distortion." You have been led incorrectly. Lowering *never* causes distortion. Boosting can, but this all depends on your gain structure, as well as accounting for the natural frequency response of the signal you are playing through the system. Anyone blindly saying "boosting EQ is bad" can be fully ignored, as they clearly do not understand audio, and how the hardware and signal work together.

No. And it really isn't that much of a drawback. Most people don't know how to set up gain structure properly. With a proper gain structure, 75 watts per channel surprises damn near everyone :)

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions Every system is different I guess. For my two systems, the V Eight would be useful for 3-way front stage with a bridged pair of channels on midbass, and the V Twelve would be useful for 3-way front and 2-way rear, again with a bridged pair on the front midbass. 75W on midbass just won't cut if for me, personally. Anyway, if you ever have the inclination to try, I'd be interested in the outcome.

This video of ours should answer that :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNWKrKekqbnFd40.html

Hoping you figured this out by now but you can’t use those types of mics for this. Measurement mics have 2 main qualities that make them measurement mics - they have an omnidirectional pickup pattern, and they have a very flat frequency response. They can also often take very high SPL. The mics you’re talking about are going to have cardioid or hypercardioid pickup patterns, be very sensitive to SPL, and also have nothing that could even remotely be called a flat frequency response. The calibration file for the reference mics also further flattens the response to compensate for the small fluctuations in the response caused by the mass production process, which will be specific to that very one unit, hence why it has its own calibration file supplied from the factory. Your system is nowhere near flat or even correctly tuned if you used these other types of mics for measurements.

@ ken you dumb dumb try it and dont post these kind of questions LMAO! it worked but added an additional question

For the input? It's just a matter of summing them, taking a measurement, and adjusting input percentage until you reach a desired result.

Sorry, I should have been more specific. Actually my question is for the output.

@@nectros7157 that happens during tuning. After initial measurements are made, eq and levels are done at the same time.

Depends on a few things. That said, I really wouldn't suggest those amps.

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions what amps would you suggest? Ty for your reply!

maybe lose fade on head unit?

By clicking on the P

This is an input signal analyzer. It is measuring the frequency response of the signal that is feeding the processor to aid in OEM integration.

@ResoNixSoundSolutions aha. So it's built into the amp? No need for a mic? If so that's incredible. I have a v twelve I'll be setting up soon. So this is ridiculously helpful. Thank you again! 👍👍

@83codygs this and the microphone portion, while being the same tool serve two totally different purposes and measure different things in the sound system.

Depends on the situation. Sometimes it is necessary to eq the inputs, but usually not required.

@@sebasthianvalentin7602 resonixsoundsolutions.com/product/remote-dsp-tuning-service/

Yes, go right to output tuning.

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions thank you kindly! Especially for the quick reply! If I theoretically upped the gains in the software and on the V Eight, what risks do I pose? Distortion?

@@v1ni that depends on how much and where you are doing it.

Outputs to about 5db and the actual potentiometer on the device.@@ResoNixSoundSolutions

This just sounds like you need to customize your target curve to preference.

What dsp do you have, and what software version

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions I have a Helix V8 MK2. It was programmed with Version 4. I also have Version 5 but both pages look the same. I must be missing a setting that has to be selected.

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions I actually bought this from Vanguard 2 years ago. I might just call and ask some questions. I have never been happy on the tune the local shop did where I live.

Looks like it was removed on the later releases. I don't have an advanced button either and I can not find where they hid it.

I use an earthworks mic

@@ResoNixSoundSolutions Nice a have first setup in your video answer me so many questions thanks do you think that I Cen do that good enough with mini dsp UMIK-1 mic ?

I had the same question...does 0db pink noise even exist?

@@PbcMr contacted helix. Use input sensitivity tone when you install dsp software.

@@daveroski I don't recall that file?

@@PbcMr open software. Very first screen before you hit connect. At top there’s a link to test tones. They put in local folder on pc when it installs and brings you there.

@@daveroski Ah, see that. So the PulsedSineSweep file in the Input Gain directory?