Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit - Digital Version

Its exactly what it says it is

Spatial Audio Calibration Toolkit - Digital Version

TLDR: issues w impulse tracks. Missing tracks in "pairs". Tracks are all periodic noise (not great for listening sections). Lack of QC and audio understanding possibly.

This product is a very needed one in the industry for hobbyists and professionals alike. As someone who tunes/calibrates systems at a professional level, I was excited for what it could be. That said, some of the tools provided have issues.

The impulse tracks assume you will use them with REW with an acoustic timing reference. Which is exactly how people would use them, But the tracks have been mixed incorrectly. The second reference comes out of the impulse channel. Apparently this is a known issue. I was offered a workaround, but I don't want a workaround when I thought I was paying for finished product. As this is the digital version, I would think this would have been corrected/updated.

This may be personal preference, but every track with pink noise uses Periodic noise for ALL of the tracks. Moving tracks, pairs, everything. I do not like this. Some of the tracks assume you will sit and use your ears to make adjustments. IMO a smarter choice for these would be a regular pink noise and have a separate set of tracks for the individual channels using the periodic noise. Anybody that's listened to periodic noise will get where I'm coming from.

There are a few tracks missing in the "pairs". If you are a 5.1.4 system, you will have to skip around to different areas in the product if you want to play PN through the left and rear left, right and rear right pairs. Same issues w the height pairing I believe. There are no pairs for front height left and rear height left. Front height right and rear height right. And again, this is where regular pink noise would help to fine tune imaging and focus with ears.

I wanted to give this product more stars, But I also want to be honest and let people to know what they are buying. I feel like the product and price is presented as something professionals will want and use, but I don't believe the creators fully understand the techniques and tools desired by professionals.

Overall this is a helpful mostly usable product. But I find it hard to recommend with these issues at this price.

Unprecedented quality and worked better than any tool I've ever used...truly made a difference in my listening enjoyment!

Very comprehensive set of test / audio files etc.. but, not easy to figure out how to use it. The CD apparently has a menu system which would make it easier to navigate. It would be useful to have a video explaining the steps and the order on how to use the downloaded files. I signed up on the Discord site so that I can ask people there how to use these files. Yes, I read the PDF manual, but it's more of a description of the files, not so much when or how to actually use the files.