All items tagged with audio measurements (127)
HEAD acoustics Provides World’s First Certified Test Solution for Super-Wideband-Capable Mobile Devices
July 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics Provides World’s First Certified Test Solution for Super-Wideband-Capable Mobile Devices

HEAD acoustics is the world´s first - and up to now the only - manufacturer of measurement technology to have received approval from the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and the PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) responsible for North America for its test solution for super-wideband-capable mobile devices. The successfully certified test platform TP 190 encompasses two HEAD acoustics’ communication quality analysis system ACQUA, and labCORE hardware platform.
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AudioControl Showcases New Studio Six Digital Audio Test and Measurement Solutions at InfoComm 2019
July 8, 2019 by Joao Martins

AudioControl Showcases New Studio Six Digital Audio Test and Measurement Solutions at InfoComm 2019

Certainly one of the most interesting displays at InfoComm 2019 was the Studio Six Digital side of the AudioControl booth, now that the companies are effectively united, following the acquisition in 2018 of part of the capital of the company founded by Andrew Smith. It was great to see important updates on the Studio Six audio test and measurement systems for the iOS platform, but also an exciting new product, the dBPod Smart Sound Monitor.
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Zumi Systems Introduces Advanced Headphone Measurement Tools
April 23, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Zumi Systems Introduces Advanced Headphone Measurement Tools

Zumi Systems, a company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of audio measurement tools, announced a new range of headphone measurement solutions which the company believes can be a dream tool for development and production operations. All ZUMI products are case specific, highly integrated instruments. The range includes the self-contained HP70 headphone measurement instrument, the EP8 earphone tester, the ZUMI DT70 portable tester for headphone drivers, and a core system board for integration in custom built test fixtures.
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Practical Test & Measurement: Attenuators for Measurement
March 27, 2019 by Jonathan Novick

Practical Test & Measurement: Attenuators for Measurement

In this article for audioXpress, Jonathan Novick explains why the use of external attenuators are an effective and cost-effective way to measure signals above the maximum input voltage of an audio analyzer. Novick explains why there needs to be some consideration of the topologies and different attributes offered by such components for audio noise measurements. He compares the impact different attenuators’ thermal noise will have on measurements of distortion. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2019.
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Listen Announces SoundCheck 17 Software Release
March 5, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Listen Announces SoundCheck 17 Software Release

Listen announced the release of SoundCheck 17, the flagship Windows/Mac software from the Boston audio test and measurement specialists, now including many new features to simplify multi-channel and voice controlled testing, such as a new level and cross-correlation trigger, average curve/waveform post-processing functionality, the ability to easily read and work with multichannel WAV files, multiple DC Connect control, and enhanced database options - useful when processing data from a large number of channels.
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Audio Precision Releases APx Software Version 5.0 Adding Transfer Function Measurement, Cross-Spectral Analysis Of Arbitrary, Broadband Signals
December 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Precision Releases APx Software Version 5.0 Adding Transfer Function Measurement, Cross-Spectral Analysis Of Arbitrary, Broadband Signals

With the announcement of its brand new APx555 B Series two-channel audio analyzer, Audio Precision also unveiled the updated version 5.0 of its APx audio measurement software. With this release, AP has added the ability to measure the transfer function of electronic audio and electroacoustic devices using any broadband signal. Release 5.0 also enables electronic activation of software option licenses, eliminating the iButton requirement for such options with earlier versions of APx audio measurement software.
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Listen Announces West Coast Training Extravaganza! February 4-8 2019
December 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Listen Announces West Coast Training Extravaganza! February 4-8 2019

Audio test and measurement specialists Listen announced its biggest ever training event on the West Coast the week of Feb 4– 8 (Chinese New Year week) with 5 full days of training events. Two of the days are not SoundCheck specific, and the last one, focusing on smart speaker testing, is free! Listen also simplified pricing this year so that each day is the same cost and attendees can combine any number of days, with a discount for each additional day they take. In addition, support contract holders and multiple attendees from the same company receive additional discounts.
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Meyer Sound Conducts Research on the Effect of Variable Atmospheric Conditions on Concert Sound Reinforcement
December 3, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Meyer Sound Conducts Research on the Effect of Variable Atmospheric Conditions on Concert Sound Reinforcement

Thanks to its unprecedented partnership with Denmark’s Roskilde Festival, Meyer Sound realized a rare opportunity to make precision measurements on the effect of variable atmospheric conditions on concert sound reinforcement. Working under the direction of Meyer Sound Senior Scientist Roger Schwenke, a technical team installed multiple weather sensors and measurement microphones during last summer’s event to measure the effects of atmospheric conditions on audio system response at varying distances above ground level.
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Rational Acoustics Confirms Smaart v8.3 Update Is Now Available
October 30, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Rational Acoustics Confirms Smaart v8.3 Update Is Now Available

Smaart v8.3 is the third major update to the Smaart v8 measurement platform, originally introduced in 2016. This free update includes integration with the Roland Octa-Capture USB 24-bit/192 kHz audio interface, major Client Window improvements, new Frequency-domain Time Windowing (FTW) for complex averaged transfer function measurements, and numerous enhancements and bug fixes in almost every area of the program. This update is recommended for all Smaart v8 users.
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SoundChip Introduces Soundstation Array for Hybrid Noise Cancelling Headphone Development
October 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

SoundChip Introduces Soundstation Array for Hybrid Noise Cancelling Headphone Development

SoundChip introduced Soundstation Array, a spatially-limited diffuse sound field measurement platform designed to help brands characterize and tune hybrid noise cancelling headphones. Soundstation Array leverages SoundChip-sponsored post-graduate research into the minimum requirements for generating a sound field that is sufficiently diffuse for ensuring repeatable and reproducible measurements of noise cancelling headphones, without the need for an anechoic or reverberation chamber.
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