Export your SoundID Reference calibration profile for Avid MTRX Studio or Avid MTRX with SPQ Processing card for the lowest possible latency and highest convenience without using the plugin or standalone app.
In this article:
- Measurement process & DADman profile creation
- Profile export and import:
- What's included in the profile export?
- Troubleshooting
Note: Profile export functionality requires a permanent license of SoundID Reference (not available with trial licenses).
Measurement process & DADman profile creation
If you have measured your speakers before, the DADman profile export will require a new measurement process to be completed. SoundID Reference Measure will be using your DADman profile and create a copy of it. The measured values will be saved to the DADman profile as you go through the measurement process.
- Open the DADman control software and launch the Measure app
- During the Hardware setup stage in Measure:
- Click on the I have an Avid MTRX or DAD family interface with SPQ processing option.
- Click Browse to load your current DADman profile - search for your .dmprof file.
- Confirm your active DADman Output group container and Output group to measure.
- Click on Next - the Measure app will now create a copy of your DADman profile (a new Profile name - Sonarworks.dmprof file will be created, which will be used during the measurement process).
- Return to the DADman control software, go to File > Open profile, and select the new DADman profile (the Sonarworks.dmprof file created during the previous step).
- Return to the Measure app, click on Yes, my profile is loaded to verify, and Yes, my output is set to confirm the active DADman output group.
- Proceed with the measurement process - Listening Spot, Volume matching, and Room response.
- Review the Results and save the calibration profile to your computer > Open Reference app.
DADman profile file
The SoundID Reference will create an export DADman profile which later will be applied to the DADman control software.
- Add output device - Select your audio interface to create an output device.
- Load the calibration profile - The measured calibration profile has been created by the Measure app.
- On the right from the Preset, click on the three-dot button and select the Export option.
- Select the DAD family with SPQ DSP as your device
- File type - DADman profile file
- Close DADman - DADman > Quit DADman
- Load your DADman Sonarworks profile that has been used during the measurement process
- Confirm the output group container > Export
- Relaunch DADman for the DADman profile export to be applied
The export file will be applied to your existing output group in the DADman app. The export will be added as a new output group container instead with the EQ applied to all the assigned channels.
Note: If you don't hear any output when the output container group with calibration is selected, simply power cycle your AVID MTRX audio interface and relaunch the DADman app.
Changes can be made to each item above in the SoundID Reference app before the profile export. This will include the changes in the export profile that will be applied to DADman.
Parametric Equalizer parameter file
- Choose one of the three target curves - Flat Target, Dolby Atmos Music, Custom Target
- Select the corrections to keep - Dry/Wet level, Listening Spot, Limit Controls
- Clicking on the preset’s three-dot button displays a menu with an export option
- Select Avid MTRX family or DAD family interface from the integrated device list
- Select the 'Parametric Equalizer parameter file' option
- Proceed to save the calibration profile
What's included in the profile export?
The exported calibration profile will include the following information and DSP settings adjustments by default:
- Calibration profile
- Target Mode
- Dry/Wet
- Listening Spot
- Limit Controls
- Preset Name
The exported calibration profile will not include the following information (your target device may use its own processing solutions for these DSP features):
- Output Gain: the gain control will take place on the integration device.
- Filter Type: processing will take place on the integration device, using its own filter solution.
- Safe Headroom: the values are exported in the profile, but might be applied differently on different integration devices.
Note: Make sure that Calibration is Enabled before exporting the profile so that Calibration and all DSP settings are successfully included in the export.
Troubleshooting
Measure does not accept my DADman profile ("No file selected")
If the box goes back to "No file selected" after you click Browse and select your .dmprof file, the profile may come from an older DADman version. Update DADman to the latest version, create a new DADman profile, and select the new .dmprof file in Measure.
If Measure does not see your profile after you click Next, make sure you opened the new Sonarworks.dmprof file in DADman, as described in Measurement process & DADman profile creation. If it still does not work, quit DADman (DADman > Quit DADman), open it again, open the Sonarworks.dmprof file with File > Open profile, and continue in Measure.
The export or save fails at the end of the measurement
You may see "Your calibration profile is incompatible with automated DADman profile export", "No active subgroup", "Could not find group" or "No sources linked to monitor". This usually means the output group selected in Measure does not match the speakers you measured. In DADman, create a new profile with one output group container that holds only the speaker setup you want to measure. Make it active, measure again, and select that container and output group in Measure. Do not change the output groups while measuring. A measurement that failed to save cannot be recovered. The first message also appears if your profile is a stereo profile. The DADman profile export works with multichannel profiles only. To measure a multichannel profile, you need a SoundID Reference Multichannel license.
The DADman profile export keeps failing
Use the Parametric Equalizer parameter file export instead, and enter the values for each channel in DADman. It takes longer, but it does not depend on the DADman profile. If Measure crashes during the MTRX steps, you can also measure without choosing the I have an Avid MTRX or DAD family interface with SPQ processing option, and then use this export.
Can I export a headphone profile?
No. The export works with speaker calibration profiles only. For headphone calibration, use the SoundID Reference app or plugin with the MTRX as the output device.
Measure does not work with my Avid HDX system
You can measure with another audio interface and use the profile on your HDX system with the SoundID Reference plugin. A profile for the DADman export must be measured with the MTRX itself.
"Channel filter count exceeds maximum filter count per channel"
Delete old or unused monitor profiles in DADman. Then create a new DADman profile and measure again.
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