Scott, Mac

I wish I had waded into this yesterday - what alot of good info. I'm adding to my paper files.
Check my response to Mario, I have a Tascam Portastudio 488 which I use as my interface. There is multiband equing (not an ideally as many bands as I'd like, but it can accommodate external units if I can find 'em cheap.

My current audiograms
Left Ear
Right Ear

The environment I need frequency-wise should be primarily flat inspite of the required db levels for each freq. band. Upper peak limiter set at 120db set to protect remaining hearing. But you'll be able to see that in the audiograms.
Ideally I would be better off with more than octave banding. My hearing aids only have 8 (120-6500) but only octave. Notice the drop from 500 to 1000, all the frequencies in between do not fade away in a steep straight line - I could be fairly level from 500 to 900. Maybe 31 band units can fill in some spaces if they could be found. I even have a couple of software 31 banders but it is figuring how to put this stuff together that is the challenge. (On hearing aids, there can be 16 bands but those are hellishly expensive.) Some of my frequencies will not have a very dynamic range.

I hope some of above is helpful.
I am grateful you fellows are out there.

Ian

Ian
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