3PASS reverb is a new software option for HEAD acoustics background noise simulation systems 3PASS lab and 3PASS flex, providing a world's first acoustic environment for realistic measurements. It enables manufacturers of mobile phones and other modern communication devices to conduct realistic performance tests and to reproduce acoustic room characteristics like reverberation in the laboratory. 3PASS reverb simulates the reverberation of the room by applying the previously recorded impulse responses to any audio signal in real time. While an artificial head measuring system plays back the direct sound signal, the background noise system covers playback of the reverberation components based on the impulse response from the original room.
HEAD acoustics will also present HQS-SmartHome, the latest database for the ACQUA analysis system. HQS-SmartHome offers efficient test series to evaluate the communication and audio quality of voice-controlled connected devices like smart speakers. The implemented tests take realistic background noise and reverberation, multiple talkers and directivity measurements into account. In addition, HQS-SmartHome contains common electroacoustic tests like echo, frequency response, delay and distortion.
Another highlight at MWC are live measurements of ANC headphones. For this purpose, HEAD acoustics has developed the HQS-Audio database. Among electroacoustic measurements like signal-to-noise ratio, total harmonic distortion including noise, and various test signals (e.g. realistic speech signals, logarithmic sine sweeps) the fully automated ACQUA test sequences provide performance tests of passive noise isolation and active noise cancellation. HQS-Audio allows headphone manufacturers comprehensive and targeted tests of the audio performance of their devices.
HEAD acoustics GmbH is one of the world's leading companies for integrated acoustic solutions as well as sound and vibration analysis. In the telecom sector, the company enjoys global recognition due to the expertise and pioneering role in the development of hardware and software for the measurement, analysis and optimization of voice and audio quality as well as customer-specific solutions and services. HEAD acoustics' range of services covers sound engineering for technical products, investigation of environmental noise, speech quality engineering as well as consulting, training and support. The medium-sized company from Herzogenrath near Aachen (Germany) has subsidiaries in China, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and the USA as well as numerous sales partners worldwide.
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