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From: William Sommerwerck on 22 Jun 2008 15:30 The following is a general inquiry. I don't expect long responses or a huge amount of information. My IBM 765D is so long in the tooth it resembles a naked mole rat. It's become little more than a portable serial port, for connecting to my audio-system controller and its remote control, as well as to the serial tower for the original MindStorms. Next year, when I finally retire my outstanding debts, I'll have the money to buy another machine. I don't absolutely need one, but a hefty "desktop-replacement" model with a huge screen would be nice. (It doesn't have to be compact, because it's unlikely I'll be carrying it around all the time.) I'm wondering... Is there any really sophisticated audio test software out there? I know, I know... What do I mean by "sophisticated"? Many years ago I worked for a company called Barclay Analytical. They made an analyzer -- the BADAP -- which did such things as displaying the real-time decay spectrum of a room's reverb characteristics, in 31 third-octave bands. A fancy FFT with a waterfall display would be nice, too. Thanks in advance.
From: Tim Perry on 22 Jun 2008 22:25 "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:2vSdndMRqLviNcPVnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > The following is a general inquiry. I don't expect long responses or a huge > amount of information. > > My IBM 765D is so long in the tooth it resembles a naked mole rat. It's > become little more than a portable serial port, for connecting to my > audio-system controller and its remote control, as well as to the serial > tower for the original MindStorms. > > Next year, when I finally retire my outstanding debts, I'll have the money > to buy another machine. I don't absolutely need one, but a hefty > "desktop-replacement" model with a huge screen would be nice. (It doesn't > have to be compact, because it's unlikely I'll be carrying it around all the > time.) > > I'm wondering... Is there any really sophisticated audio test software out > there? I know, I know... What do I mean by "sophisticated"? > > Many years ago I worked for a company called Barclay Analytical. They made > an analyzer -- the BADAP -- which did such things as displaying the > real-time decay spectrum of a room's reverb characteristics, in 31 > third-octave bands. A fancy FFT with a waterfall display would be nice, too. > > Thanks in advance. > > http://www.trueaudio.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_audio_software http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/gram.html http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml http://www.eaw.com/products/software/EAWSmaart/ Theres lots and lots more. What do you want to do with it? Adobe Audition fills most of my needs.
From: "Ethan Winer" ethanw at ethanwiner dot on 23 Jun 2008 12:14
> Is there any really sophisticated audio test software out there? ETF, Windows, $150: http://www.etfacoustic.com FuzzMeasure, Mac, $150 http://www.fuzzmeasure.com Room EQ Wizard, Windows and Mac and Linux, Freeware: http://www.hometheatershack.com/roomeq/ This article explains how I use ETF, but the principles apply to all such programs: http://www.realtraps.com/art_etf.htm --Ethan |