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I use the M-Audio USB Pre. Great piece of gear. Small, too. Bus powered, and powers that ECM8000 like a champ... ANd you can get it at your local Guitar Center. Stocked in most stores, otherwise they are fast, and usually pretty cheap too!
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wow thats a lot of work to get a microphone to work. Im wondering if I convert the rca connection to the mic for my eclipse deck to 3.5mm and plug it into the sound card it will suffice for now?

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wow thats a lot of work to get a microphone to work. Im wondering if I convert the rca connection to the mic for my eclipse deck to 3.5mm and plug it into the sound card it will suffice for now?

The problem with using an uncalibrated microphone is each one has its own response characteristics and what you read on your RTA will be as much the mic as the sound.  I would bet the Eclipse mic has a response curve that is not flat, and the Eclipse system compensates for that.  The only way to get accurate RTA results is to use a calibrated flat response mic, or to know the precise curve of the mic's response so you can compensate for it.

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Mabye its just me but I think its perfectly reasonable to expect to pay 500 bucks plus for a stand alone RTA meter when you take into acount what the equipment actually does. It might not be affordable, but I think its reasonable.

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yeah, $500 for an RTA isn't bad at all.
I've used an ECM8000 many times - it's a good mic, reasonably priced, etc. Your best bet it to buy one of those and hook it up to a computer.
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Im deff. gonna look into getting that setup on my laptop, just to have a great tool and something cool to take into work

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Another option for you is look around on ebay for a Term-Lab setup to go on, you can usually get one for $300-$500 used on ebay, then thier is a RTA feture you can activate on there that is about $200-$300 to activate. I cant remember exactly....the specs should be able to be found on DBdrag.com under the term-pro tab on the left side....
I had some time to play on one not too long ago and wow!   I wish I had the spare cash to upgrade my software for it right now, but I odnt even know what I would use it for at this time, I only make noise at one tone. Our other setups are not advanced enough to worry about an RTA right now.
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How about using TrueRta with a Radio Shack spl meter as the mic. I got one like 10 years ago an if I remember correctly it had the response curve on the manual. Can it be used with that info?

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