I would like to accuratly measure sound levels with different setup's and as my hearing isnt what it once was, I need help. Who out there has done this and what meter do you recommend? I looked at a lot of them online and I am not sure some go low enough to measure a quiet bow.
If you have recommendations, model and make would be nice.
There are lots of dB meter apps available for iPhone that work well, I'm sure they have them available for other phones like Droid or Galaxy.
There's an app for that
I have an app for my i phone. Just search decibel meter if you have a smart phone. Mine is called DB meter pro
I use a Dacron and wood arrow meter myself. Sorry, just couldn't help it :)
I've tried the phone app and was a bit disappointed...
Using dBmeter you just get the peak sound intensity, at place of measurement. But, nothing about duration, frequency, and transmission through the woods ( echo and shield phenomena, wind etc...) by the way the noise eared by critters is a mixed between draw noise, release bow noise and A LOT MORE arrow flight noise. Moreover, animal can ear a wider range of frequency than ours and we don't really know wich one is the jump-the-string trigger . So many animals killed with black widows recurve bows is the evidence that dB doesn't count that much LoL
QuoteOriginally posted by hybridbow hunter:
So many animals killed with black widows recurve bows is the evidence that dB doesn't count that much LoL
LMAO :D
Don't know about the I phone apps, but the Android db apps don't really work well for measuring the noise from a bow. The ones I tried only took a measurement once every five seconds, so unless you got lucky and dropped the string at just the right moment, you didn't measure anything but ambient noise.
QuoteOriginally posted by LV2HUNT:
QuoteOriginally posted by hybridbow hunter:
So many animals killed with black widows recurve bows is the evidence that dB doesn't count that much LoL
LMAO :D [/b]
LMAO X2!!!!!!!
Bisch