What you need to measure (low frequency) sounds

Hardware and software needed for (low frequency) noise measurements

 

* Hardware

 

- a microphone specifically designed for acoustic measurements:

Behringer ECM 8000 condenser measurement microphone

 

- a cable to connect the microphone to the pre-amplifier

15m cable XLR DAP FLO115 XLR male to DLR female (cable is longer than in the picture). This cable can be extended up to a total length of 100m.

 

- a pre-amplifier (powered via USB)

Steinberg UR12 audio interface (drivers are included on a CD but you will have to update them from the Steinberg website afterwards)

 

- UBS cable to connect the pre-amplifier to your computer

(you can use a cable of a printer or any other device you have, it looks like this: USB A to USB B cable)

 

- a microphone stand -

any will do, for instance IVA 12 or IVA 02 (desktop model) - I bought the latter.

 

* Software (open source, thus available for free)

 

- SpectrumLab (for the visual spectrum)

 

- Not necessary but may come in handy: Audacity (to make audio recordings)

 

 

Done