REW Beta Release Message stating high distortion

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Hello, Very new user here.
I'm using a MacBook Pro 2015 Monterey 12.7.6 and the latest REW beta.
I believe I'm all set up ok with the UMIk 1 however, after I take a measurement I get a box either saying I have high distortion or sometimes the signal to noise ratio is low.
I check the levels before each measurement (80db) and it says level ok.
what am I doing wrong?
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Thanks in advance.
Jim
 

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Speakers and subs may have high distortion at low frequencies, or the low end may be mostly noise. Easiest is to attach an mdat file from an example measurement.
 

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I will try and get my head around doing that tonight as the Mrs is out for Tai chi.
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Hi John.
I'll attach the file. Hopefully its a minor issue.
Kind regards
 

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As a an update.
I made a few subwoofer measurements at 85db last night and the error messages didn’t appear. They were obviously louder but I encountered an issue whereby I couldn’t align sbl( to calculate the average) without increasing the measurement on the graph to over 100db! Not sure if it was fatigue on my part but I was managing this with previous measurements.
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The sub has a lot of 2nd harmonic distortion at around 25 Hz, but the measurement is otherwise OK.
Hiya, thanks for the reply.
Ok, I’ll carry on then.
Ive tried again tonight and I don't get any error messages when I sweep with the subs at 85db?
I've moved the subs around. I have a Monoprice monolith 10' thx. this is the measurement I'm getting.
why is it rolling off from 40hz so much? is it normal or is my room?
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The shape of the response will depend on the sub, your room, where the sub is in the room and where the mic is placed.
 

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The sub has a lot of 2nd harmonic distortion at around 25 Hz, but the measurement is otherwise OK.
Hiya, thanks for the reply.
Ok, I’ll carry on then.
I do wonder there’s a mic gain issue as it didn’t happen when I raised the level to 85db.
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The shape of the response will depend on the sub, your room, where the sub is in the room and where the mic is placed.
Thank you.
 
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