All items tagged with simulation software (82)
Enhancing Loudspeaker Efficiency and Bl(x) Symmetry with Virtual Voice Coil, Part 1
June 4, 2025 by Dario Cinanni

Enhancing Loudspeaker Efficiency and Bl(x) Symmetry with Virtual Voice Coil, Part 1

This first article in a two-part series details the design and simulation possibilities of the SpeakerLAB software for speaker designers. In this article, the author explores its Virtual Voice Coil (VVC) module, for designing voice coils and predicting audio transducer parameters with maximum accuracy. The detailed analysis also explains one of the keys that allow the accuracy of VVC prediction, given by a complete temperature management involved in loudspeaker calculus.
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COMSOL Conference 2025 to Kick Off in Boston, October 8-10
May 12, 2025 by Joao Martins

COMSOL Conference 2025 to Kick Off in Boston, October 8-10

COMSOL announced that the first stop of its worldwide COMSOL Conference 2025 tour will be held in Boston, MA, on October 8-10. The annual COMSOL Conference provides a space for engineers, scientists, and researchers to showcase their modeling and simulation work, exchange ideas, and learn new modeling techniques. Given the recent updates in the COMSOL Acoustics module, the 2025 conference promises to be an exciting opportunity for the audio modeling and simulation community.
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EASE 5 Third Edition Redefines Sound Reinforcement Planning with Acousteer Real-Time Simulation Engine
May 5, 2025 by Joao Martins

EASE 5 Third Edition Redefines Sound Reinforcement Planning with Acousteer Real-Time Simulation Engine

Discreetly introduced at the end of 2024 by Berlin-based AFMG Technologies, the Third Edition of EASE 5 updates this universal planning tool for loudspeaker systems with a real-time simulation engine called Acousteer. The new processing architecture allows users to calculate audience area mappings in milliseconds, with real-time adjustments, shifting the process from iterative to a dynamic exploration. The EASE 5 Third Edition suite not only empowers users to design sound systems with unprecedented accuracy, but also introduces the possibility to calibrate models accurately and collaborate live with other users and stakeholders.
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Siemens Acquires DownStream Technologies to Expand PCB Design-to-Manufacturing Flow
April 8, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Siemens Acquires DownStream Technologies to Expand PCB Design-to-Manufacturing Flow

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DownStream Technologies, a leading provider of manufacturing data preparation solutions for printed circuit board (PCB) design. This acquisition strengthens Siemens’ PCB design portfolio and expands its footprint in the electronics small and medium-sized business (SMB) market, and enables greater process coverage, from design to manufacturing preparation.
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Simulation Techniques: Perturbation Methods in Audio Engineering
April 2, 2025 by René Christensen

Simulation Techniques: Perturbation Methods in Audio Engineering

Standard simulations are closely tied to the analytical framework much more than the numerical. Simulation software gives insight into physical products that could not be achieved otherwise, often leading to less attention being paid to analytical methods and descriptive mathematical expressions related to the physical application. This article explores an analytical approximation method described as a perturbation approach.
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Siemens Completes Acquisition of Altair Engineering
March 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

Siemens Completes Acquisition of Altair Engineering

Altair Engineering, headquartered in Troy, Michigan is a leading name in CAE Software and product design and development solutions, also as a result of a series of key strategic acquisitions allowing the company to expand into high performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). In 2024, Siemens announced the intention to acquire Altair to create the “most complete AI-powered portfolio of industrial software”.
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Loudspeaker Enclosures and Technologies. Voice Coil March 2025 is Now Available
February 28, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Loudspeaker Enclosures and Technologies. Voice Coil March 2025 is Now Available

in this issue, Mike Klasco offers a renewed perspective about speaker cabinets and enclosures. Nora Wong compiled a highly sought-after Speaker Enclosure Vendors Directory for 2025. In Part 2 of his article, Dario Cinanni concludes his exploration of the SpeakerLAB software to simulate and predict speaker efficiency. In Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Dayton Audio Ultimax II 8-22 8" subwoofer and the very unique GAIT BGD-D72-64-4-0A1 glass diaphragm super tweeter.
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Automotive Acoustics Analysis Using COMSOL Multiphysics. Open Webinar, January 29
January 21, 2025 by Cristina Costa

Automotive Acoustics Analysis Using COMSOL Multiphysics. Open Webinar, January 29

The Audio Product Development Alliance (APDA) is hosting a new live webinar, this time with COMSOL, to discuss the latest developments in simulation technology for acoustic analysis of automotive environments. During the streaming event, Jinlan Huang, (Principal Applications Engineer, COMSOL) will discuss how to study the performance of a sound system and vehicle design thanks to the latest multiphysics tools now available.
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Development & Design: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of an Unusually Shaped Horn
December 18, 2024 by Joerg Panzer and Patrick Macey

Development & Design: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of an Unusually Shaped Horn

In another example of cutting-edge experiments that deserve recognition, Joerg Panzer (R&D TEAM, Germany) and Patrick Macey (PACSYS, UK) detail an investigation of the sound pressure response and radiation impedance of a loudspeaker horn driven by an electro-dynamic transducer. The two authors (and creators of the respective software tools) combined measurements with simulation software using finite and boundary element methods and explored the associated issues with meshing for each method.
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Speaker Builder: Open-Baffle Subwoofer Simulation with Akabak
December 11, 2024 by George Ntanavaras

Speaker Builder: Open-Baffle Subwoofer Simulation with Akabak

Confronted with the impossibility to conduct reliable measurements in the low-frequency domain for his DIY speaker project, George Ntanavaras explores the alternative of relying solely on simulation software. To validate the design of an open-baffle subwoofer using the AKABAK software, created by German company R&D Team, he also explores the transition from measurements to simulation. His experiments contrast the near-field response measurements of his loudspeaker with the accuracy of the simulation using AKABAK.
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