Finding test tones / sine waves

[Witterings]

Where does everybody find their test tones for level matching and testing bass etc. was looking up how to test a subs phase and it seems one of the best ways is to find test tones at your crossover frequency and use a SPL App and see which one is louder.

I used to have some when I used Amazon music but Tidal, if I type in Test Tones, various bands whole tracks come up and nothing really relevant appears if I put in Sine Waves, it may just be I'm typing in the wrong phrase / description??

 

[abacus]

You will find plenty if you do a google search (Audio Test Disc) here is one example Test Waves
If you want to search on streaming services (Why, as there is no guarantee they are accurate) the search for Audio test tones and sounds.

Bill

 

[skinnypuppy71]

Qubuz has test tones from 20hz-18khz @10db, channel sweeps, pink noise etc etc.

 

[Witterings]

Thank you to both of you, much appreciated and funnily enough I'm thinking of moving to Qobuz as fed up with Tidal connect not seeing devices at all or constantly disconnecting when using the Windows App

 

[nopiano]

I have used a few from Qobuz, but as ever please ensure you start at minimum volume. Tweeters can expire very quickly with fulll level tones above 10kHz!

Long before streaming, I used various test CDs, a Denon one in particular, and test LPs. Still use Left, Right, in phase, out of phase, etc. Remarkable how many systems have reversed channels!

 

[nopiano]

From a quick Qobuz search!

 

[Vincent Kars]

You might try
https://www.audiocheck.net/ all kind of test tones

REW room acoustics and audio device measurement and analysis software

REW is free software for room acoustic measurement, loudspeaker measurement and audio device measurement and analysis

www.roomeqwizard.com

• Signal Generator offering:
  • sine waves (optionally including harmonics with level and phase control)
  • Square waves
  • Sawtooth
  • Dual tone signals
  • Triple tone signals
  • Multitone signals
  • Tone bursts
  • CEA-2010 tone bursts
  • Linear and logarithmic sine sweeps
  • Random pink noise (full range, speaker calibration, sub calibration, CEA-2034, fractional octave and custom filtered)
  • Random white noise
  • Periodic pink and white noise (full range, speaker calibration, sub calibration, fractional octave and custom filtered)
  • Export of signals to WAV files

 

[Integralista]

Where does everybody find their test tones for level matching and testing bass etc. was looking up how to test a subs phase and it seems one of the best ways is to find test tones at your crossover frequency and use a SPL App and see which one is louder.

I used to have some when I used Amazon music but Tidal, if I type in Test Tones, various bands whole tracks come up and nothing really relevant appears if I put in Sine Waves, it may just be I'm typing in the wrong phrase / description??

Hi, in my early subwoofer years, some 25 years ago I liked.to use dedicated testing LPs (yes LPs such think exist😂) made by our Supraphone in Czechoslovakia, very good ones. Or I have also some testing CDs, from MoFi and Chesky Records and Burmaster forn example. But I prefered LPs🥰.

 

[Witterings]

Cheers for everyone's help, managed tp find some today and have done what I needed so cheers to all!

 

[Witterings]

Thought you could have a laugh at my expense .... I was trying to listen to 80 Hz tones and I couldn't hear them and I'm thinking .... I know my hearing's not great but surely I should easily be able to hear those so went up to 100 Hz, then110 Hz .... thought I'll go a lot higher and tried 250 Hz and could hear it.

I started getting a little concerned and looking up online hearing tests etc. ..... anyway, this had gone on for a good 20 minutes and "I googled I can't hear 80 Hz ".... one of the answers that came up was, "If you're trying to play those frequencies on a phone / laptop (which I was ) a lot of their speakers won't go below 200 Hz 😆