Audiomatica 4 Specifications

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Page 1 - Survival Guide

ELECTRICAL & ACOUSTICAL TESTSCLIO SoftwareRelease 1.1Version PocketSurvival GuideAUDIOMATICA1

Page 2 - AUDIOMATICA SRL

Right-Click on each ClioPkt device under Other Devices and choose Update DriverSoftware.At the successive prompt:Browse your computer and point to the

Page 3 - CONTENTS

Your driver installation was successful! 1.3 DRIVER INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS XPInstalling under XP differs as, when you plug in CL

Page 4 - INSIDE THE CLIO POCKET BOX

At the end please refer to above 2.2 and inspect Device Manager to verify properinstallation of the drivers.1 CLIO POCKET INSTALLATION 13

Page 5 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

1.4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWSThis paragraph deals with software installation. Be sure to have administrative rights when installing CLIO Poc

Page 6 - FFT AND RTA ANALYSIS

1.5 INSTALLING UNDER OSXConnect your CLIO Pocket to a free USB 2.0 port on your Mac. Note: the frontpanel blue LED should NOT be lit at this time.

Page 7 - THIELE & SMALL PARAMETERS

Under OSX the installation is performed in three steps:1 Device driver installation (device driver files are copied under /usr/local

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Click on Standard Install to go back to the Standard Installation, or select the itemsyou want to install and click on the Install button.In order to

Page 9 - 1 CLIO POCKET INSTALLATION

The installation is successful, depending on your OSX version you should find theClioPkt application under user /Applications/ folder and Launchpad.18

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1.6 HOW TO UNINSTALL CLIO POCKET UNDER OSXAt the end of the installation you should have the following items added to yoursystem:1 Device drivers libr

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2 CLIO POCKET MAP2.1 RUNNING CLIO POCKET FOR THE FIRST TIMEIf you have completed the preceding installation procedures, you are ready to runCLIO Pocke

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© Copyright 1991–2015 by AUDIOMATICA SRLVIA MANFREDI 1250136 FLORENCE, ITALYPHONE: +39-055-6599036FAX: +39-055-6503772www.audiomatica.cominfo@audiomat

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2.2 CLIO POCKET DESKTOPParticular attention should be paid to the corners of the main window of CLIOPocket; there useful and important, s

Page 14 - 1.5 INSTALLING UNDER OSX

Here we briefly describe the buttons and other mouse controllable areas of CLIOPocket Desktop. Feel free to click on each of these and experiment your

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2.3 HOT KEYSESCImmediately kills the generator. Equivalent to releasing F1 Invokes CLIO Pocket manual. Equivalent to F2 Saves a measurement file relat

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2.4 THE GRAPH DISPLAYThe figure explains the main objects found in a Frequency response measurementdisplay. Inside the graph you find the main curve

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It is possible to directly input the Y scale values; to activate the inputboxes simply click on the scale extremes.HOW TO ZOO

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THE CHIRP TIME DOMAIN DISPLAYFigure 6.2In this case there is only one overlay. It is also possible to select a portion of themain curve by means of th

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2.5 INITIAL TEST MEASUREMENTLet's now execute our first test measurement: to play and capture a 1kHz sinusoid.The In-Out Loop button should b

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The result you should obtain is an FFT analysis of the 1kHz sinusoid and its timerepresentation given by its waveform.2.6 MICROPHONE SENSITIVITYAs se

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microphone:In the case of figure input 13.4 mV/Pa in the Pressure>Sensitivity edit box.29

Page 22 - 2.3 HOT KEYS

3 CALIBRATION3.1 SYSTEM CALIBRATIONThis section describes how to perform the system calibration. Proceed only if previous test succeeded!Be sure that,

Page 23 - 2.4 THE GRAPH DISPLAY

CONTENTSINSIDE THE CLIO POCKET BOX...5TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...6CP-0

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STEP 2: Then click on the LogChirp button to invoke the LogChirp panel andpress the Frequency Graph button. Press the Go butto

Page 25 - Figure 6.2

You can click on the marker button and inspect the amplitude of the measuredsignal: you should obtain a reading around 0dBV, this is the correct out

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The correct readings should be around zero degrees.3.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CLIO INSTALLATIONTo receive assistance please contact Audiomatica at support@a

Page 27 - 2.6 MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY

4 ENJOY CLIO POCKET4.1 IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS AND T&S PARAMETERSOnce the Calibration has been verified it's time to start

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Actually this is not an Impedance Curve, but a Frequency Response showing thelog scaled voltage division of CLIO’s output impedance with the loudspeak

Page 29 - 3 CALIBRATION

Obviously yours should be different with a similar shape. You will have to adjust theY scale either manually or with the AutoScale Button. Why we chan

Page 30 - 3 CALIBRATION 31

Click on the Units label within the Level Meter and select the correct measurementunits for the component under test (Resistance, Capacitance, or Indu

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While the whole procedure can be carried with Impedance present in memory butnot saved, we strongly suggest that you carry out the two measurements an

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To get the complete set of Parameters load the Added Mass Impedance file and,again recall the CLIO Pocket Options, T&S TabBy selecting the Added m

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4.2 CONNECTING THE MICROPHONEIf, up to testing T&S Parameters, everything has worked as described, is now timeto connect the microphone. Leave t

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INSIDE THE CLIO POCKET BOXYou should receive your CLIO Pocket housed in a plastic box like this:Inside the box you find:– The CP-01 Audio Interface– T

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perform the measurement .Repeat measuring and adjusting Input Gain until the maximum before overload. Inthe figure above we have it set at -40dBV (10

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4.3 ANECHOIC FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMUp to now what was in the CLIO box was sufficient. To proceed now you have toconnect your own a

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compensates for the fact that the supplied MIC02 inverting the signal as do mostmeasuring microphones. However, it is possible to correct this

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If there is a volume control on the amplifier it should have been already setcounter-clockwise (to minimum). Therefo

Page 39 - 4.2 CONNECTING THE MICROPHONE

Here we have Frequency and Impulse responses. The Frequency Response is notAnechoic. In the Time Domain, Zoom both X and Y axes to fit your situatio

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In the status bar, information regarding the measurements and its processing arereported. With the stop window set at 8.75ms and an impulse arrival ti

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4.4 WATERFALLThe 3D decay of the anechoic response, known as the Cumulative Spectral Decay, isachieved by the Waterfall post processing.Open the m

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4.5 IN-ROOM MEASUREMENTSWe are going to execute two acoustical FFT measurements that characterize thequality of perceived sound and the room environme

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Close the dialog, set the Meter units to dBSPL, press the FFT Go button to start theanalysis. Because the generator is still OFF you s

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a new window should pop up, from here it is possible to generate the requiredsignal for our analysis; choose Pink and select 64k Size from the

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSCP-01 AUDIO INTERFACEGENERATOR24 Bit sigma-delta D/A ConverterFrequency range: 1Hz-45kHzFrequency accuracy: better than 0.01%F

Page 46 - 4.4 WATERFALL

We are now ready for the second FFT acquisition. You may disconnect the poweramplifier because now we will rely on an external stimulus by means of an

Page 47 - 4.5 IN-ROOM MEASUREMENTS

Now take the balloon, handle it in a location as in photo, explode it. If you are luckyhere is what you get:52 4 ENJOY CLIO POCKET CLIO POCKET - SURVI

Page 48 - Generator ON/OFF one

As shown in the lowest curve above, you should see the impulse and its decay, withthe acquisition stopped, because it was set to One Shot only. Above

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54 4 ENJOY CLIO POCKET CLIO POCKET - SURVIVAL GUIDE

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5 REFERENCES[1] Joseph D'Appolito, “Testing Loudspeakers”, Audio Amateur Press, 1998.[2] Joseph D'Appolito, “Testing Loudspeakers at low Fre

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56 5 REFERENCES CLIO POCKET - SURVIVAL GUIDE

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CLIO POCKET SOFTWARE REL.1.1 UNDER X-RAYSLOG CHIRP ANALYSIS- Amplitude, frequency and time calibrated response.- Chirp length: 16384, 65536 points- Im

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SIGNAL GENERATOR AND OUTPUT CONTROLS- Dedicated Generator Panel with on-the-fly controls- Plays standard wav files- Highly optimized waveform calculat

Page 54 - 5 REFERENCES

SYSTEM- Software operates native under Windows or OSX- Touch and gesture compliant software design- Hardware relies on dedicated USB driver- Ultra sta

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1 CLIO POCKET INSTALLATION1.1 MINIMUM PC CONFIGURATIONThe CLIO CP-01 audio interface running the CLIO Pocket software can be installedin any personal

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