ROOM EQ WIZARD BASICS | Installing and configuring REW AND ASIO4ALL

In this video, I'll walk you through how to install Room EQ Wizard and ASIO4ALL on a Windows 10 PC or laptop, also going over how to configure them to both in order to test and measure the speakers and subwoofers in your home theater. And I'll also show you how to find and download your UMIK calibration files if that's what you're using.

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Items mentioned and/or used in the video:

Calibration tools worth considering:

SVS Subwoofers
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My Home Theater
PS5: (basically won the lottery)
Apple 4K TV
SVS PB10-ISD Subwoofer (linked to PB-1000 Pro):

My Gaming/Editing PC

TIMESTAMPS
Intro - 00:00
Subscribe and stuffs - 00:21
What you'll need... - 00:36
Hooking everything up - 01:15
Placing the measurement mic (and a weird tip) - 01:30
Downloading the software - 03:53
Download REW - 04:01
Downloading ASIO4ALL - 04:13
Finding and downloading UMIK calibration files - 04:30
Where to find UMIK serial number - 04:54
Placing UMIK calibration files - 05:25
Installing REW - 05:47
Installing ASIO4ALL - 06:18
REW Setup - 06:34
Adding UMIK calibration file to REW - 06:36
REW settings and preferences - 07:14
REW soundcard tab - 07:25
Mic/meter tab - 08:07
ASIO4ALL setup within REW - 08:19
ASIO control panel and config - 09:25
If REW isn't detecting ASIO4ALL settings - 10:26
Final step before taking your first measurement - 10:56
Setting overall level for measurement - 11:02
Taking your first measurement - 12:06
Measurement settings - 12:10
Adjusting graph and measurement readout - 12:58

[HomeTheaterGamer]

_A couple of quick notes not mentioned/talked about in the video:_

This video guide uses the Room EQ Wizard download from it's main site, www.roomeqwizard.com, instead of the beta version featured over at AVNirvana.com. I did this mainly because AVNirvana requires you to create a free account at their site in order to download REW, which some people may not be comfortable with. They are similar in many ways but the latest beta versions from AVNirvana do have a more fully featured menu for things like the Tone Generator, and will allow you to name any measurements you do before taking them. If you're ok creating a free account there then by all means use that version, but you should be able to follow my tutorials just the same with the base version.

If you're running into graphical issues and weird glitches with REW, then I'd suggest disabling graphics acceleration by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\REW on you computer and locating the file "roomeqwizard.vmoptions", opening that document with Notepad and adding the following text at the bottom and then saving:

-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false

That should fix those graphical oddities. If you're installing the beta version from AVNirvana, it will give you the option to turn off graphics acceleration during the install. I'd recommend turning it off to avoid any potential issues.

[mikeschramm]

I’ve been playing around with REW for a while now, but I always like seeing that I’m doing it right. Plus, I didn’t understand the whole ASIO thing, but now I do. Great video, keep it up!

[slbowling]

Awesome video. Just got my Umik-1 yesterday. Only took 3 days to ship from Hong Kong to me in California! Getting everything configured today so this video was a ton of help and great timing.

[shaggsriches]

Your videos have been immensely appreciated and helpful. It took me a while, but I now have my mini dsp setup with my dual SVS SB3000 subs. The bass is super smooth and blends beautifully in my room.

One thing I don't remember seeing mentioned regarding ASIO4ALL. Initially when I measured my center channel, the tone was extremely distorted and crackly. After digging on forums, I learned that I needed to raise the buffer rate in the asio4all control panel. It was initially set at 512 buffer rate, and I had to turn it up to 704 buffer rate. Once raised I was able to run my center and surrounds tests.

[rynev]

Finally a better understanding of ASIO setup. Well done video

[Carl-iwsy]

Thanks for this video. It's very straightforward and easy to follow which is exactly what I need as a beginner. I tried following the "basic" REW video from Audioholics but it was still pretty technical for me. Once I get enough hands on practice I'll probably revisit them again.

[split]

For anyone not having luck with ASIO4ALL I was able to utilize JAVA for all 7 bed layer speakers. I had to go to the the control panel on my laptop and search sound. Then i selected change sound card settings. The AVR was listed as a device and I was able to configure for 7.1 sound. When I went back to REW I made sure to select the output as the AVR that was prefixed by EXCL and everything worked perfectly.

[ralebhatyogesh]

This is the best video I found that explains how to use REW with the AVR. Thank you very much.

[steveschwier]

Thank you for this video, it answers many of the questions I have had. Especial how to select individual speakers instead of just selecting only the left or right channels.

[welderfixer]

Hey Brad, Thanks! Very clear set-up. Now to go back and watch your prior REW vids.

[NickMatzkeMusic]

Wanted to thank you so much for these videos! Super easy to follow and made this daunting process much do-able!

[paker]

Thank you! I've been looking EVERYWHERE trying to find the hardware setup for REW and a simple explication how to use it! 👍

[loubano]

Thank you very much !!!

I gonna watch all of your video first....
Then I will
- buy everything you advice
- configure my home theater
- and perhaps later on, will replace my sub velodyne 1200R by a SVS 2000 pro. Seem it worth the upgrade.

Thanks a lot for all the great video and tutorials you made. All you video are as interesting as addictive 😃👍👍👍

[harveysmith]

Thanks Brad, that's a very useful video and fits well with previous postings.

[nikhilnh]

Excellent intro to REW. Very easy to understand. I have seen other videos where they go into unnecessary details and you loose the gist of it by the time you are done watching it.

[HTobsessed]

Thanks for video, just what I needed and have been looking for

[ericpgibb]

Lots off effort went into this one. Thx！

[bomt]

thank you for this video!! I was able to follow your 4 part how to video series, it was extremely helpful. One request, could you please make a video on explaining what we should be looking for or whats a "good/ideal" curve compared to a "bad" one?

[DavesBehindBars]

Thanks for the awesome video. I'm new to home theater and am trying to dial my system in. I've built some acoustic panels for reflection and absorbing some echo. I figured REW is my next step. Going to buy a mic and get started.

[ganeshkc]

Wow wow wow..never seen such good tutorial ever.. what speed and not a minute was boring nor was information less.. wonderdul..