DEOX DEQX-Cal Installationsanleitung

!!!!! Installer’s*Manual***!DEQX&Cal™!Version!2.90

10 5:&,@*A)7%)! After connecting the DEQX unit to your systems in accordance with the User Manual on the CD provided with your un

100 Once the measurement is completed click Next. The next Wizard dialog gives you the option of Accepting the measurement or Retr

101 if you clicked Accept in the previous dialog, this final dialog will appear, with the verification measurement displayed behind

102 A verification measurement displayed in the Data Viewer DEQX Viewer and Response Charts The Viewer Wizard Data Viewer and Para

103 The following functions are available as buttons or controls within the Data Viewer or on the tool bar. • Zooming: or Zoom Out

104 Smoothing can also be applied to an individual plot by entering a value in the Smooth column for the relevant plot.

105 • Gain adjust (scale): o Normalise to 0dB - the selected plots will be shifted in the vertical axis so that they are centered a

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107 • Remove - this removes (instead of just hiding) the selected plot • Selection: o All o None o Invert These controls are for e

108 • View - this selects between Impulse-response, Frequency-response, Phase-response and Group Delay Response. • Markers - this

109 One of the primary functions of the IO Manager is to provide access to the Parametric Equaliser for EQ to be applied in real-ti

11 >./)711&.'*3456*!71&8%7)&".*A " D)=7%-* **DEQX Calibration is installed with a standard Windows in

110 appearance from to . Click it again to unmute the output signal. When the user mutes the output signal, the light on the volume

111 change to digital-out only you will also have to disable the Analog Volume. By default pre-amp PDC models with digital output ha

112 signal (this applies only if the PDC has the digital out option) Serial #: The PDC's unique internal serial number Firmwa

113 U:)#:)*A&.'1-*M2#*V&WM2#*S%&WM2#*A:8=""D-%*+X*no!connection!no!connection!Woofer!1!Sub!1!+Y*Speaker!

114 V&*M2#*=&)(*E"."*A:8*L3!–!Left!Tweeter!R3!–!Right!Tweeter!L2!–!Left!Woofer!R2!–!Right!Woofer!L1!–!Mono!Subwoofe

115 and mid-range drivers and mid-range drivers and tweeters in a tri-amp configuration, without using a correction filter. Limit fi

116 slope of 300 dB per octave and a frequency of 2500 Hz will create a delay of 3.85 milliseconds. Linkwitz-Riley and Butterworth f

117 measurement and record details about the measurement. These are 1. Room Name 2. Room Measurement Position A number of parame

118 An anechoic measurement of a speaker, with 75% smoothing The same anechoic measurement, with 100% smoothing

119 An in-room measurement of the same speaker, with the first reflection included, with 75% smoothing The same in-room measuremen

12 Selecting a serial port Verifying Your System Setup Immediately after connecting up your sound system, you should perform a

120 However, the higher the slope of a linear phase crossover, the greater the delay required to implement it. Thus if minimising del

121 measurement - for example, if the tweeter was high-pass limited to 2000 Hz during the speaker measurement then the crossover fre

122 optimisation will design a filter that typically exceeds both the error tolerances that are specified, but uses all of the delay

123 configuration of the loudspeaker measurements that you wish to import, then click Next. At the third window, enter the path and

124 The import wizard allows optimization of the measurements being imported. The optimisation features available depend on the fil

125 A-):#*U#)&"./*DEQX Cal can be configured in a number of ways. To change the set up options choose Tools-Options. Confi

126 The following items all do as their names suggest, when the tick box next to them is ticked: • Disable Front Panel Controls •

127 • X Title • X Labels • Y Title • Y Labels (and if the Y labels Inside tickbox is ticked, the Y Labels will be inside the

128 If the Sync with system colors tickbox is ticked, all the colors and fonts of the chart elements will match the Windows color sch

129 Element Properties Which Can be Changed Background Color Wiring Color Borders Color Filters Color Empty Filters Color

13 Configuration Crossover Between Main Speakers and Subwoofer(s) Crossovers in Main Speakers Single Amp with Mono Subwoofer 24 dB

130 Then drag the Options command to between the New and Open buttons. Whilst being dragged over areas other than the toolbars and

131 Moving a command to a menu is similar to the example given above for moving a command to a toolbar. When the Command tab is dis

132 Individual toolbars or all the toolbars can be reset, restoring the set(s) of buttons in the toolbar(s) to the original set(s).

133 2. In the Commands box, select PDC Control Panel. 3. Click on the Press New Shortcut Key text entry box. 4. Press the Alt key a

134 5. Click on the Assign button to assign Alt+I to the PDC Control Panel. Alt+I is moved into the Current Keys box, as shown belo

135 When the Show Screen Tips on toolbars tickbox is ticked, leaving the mouse pointer above a toolbar button for more than about

136 L-#"%)&.'*7.*4%%"%** If an error occurs whilst using the PDC or the DEQX Cal software, in the first instance r

137 4%%"%*E-//7'-/*Listed below are error or warning messages and the steps to resolve the error. !! !! !! Err

138 An exception occurred during processing. Unknown. Contact DEQX. An invalid link type was found. Please ensure that it is set to

139 The PDC is having trouble re-entering filtering mode. This can be resolved by turning the PDC off then on again. Turn the unit

14 The default crossovers should be suitable for verifying your system setup. Of course the crossover frequencies and slopes ca

140 [1"//7%$* Channel A single audio entity where one or more outputs are related to a single input. An amplification channel is

141 The group delay term comes from the concept that groups of frequencies, which form an energy band, will be delayed by the averag

142 S%":81-*A("")&.'*What to do if the Project Icon Appears Gray in the Explorer Projects may be disabled if

143 you are comparing corrected and uncorrected signals in an A-B comparison, it may be necessary to adjust the overall volume level

15 Measuring a Loudspeaker* To perform this step you need a Measurement microphone, correctly configured and set up in the appropri

16 The second window gives you the option creating a new speaker measurement or loading an existing one. Select the 'Create a

17 Establish / re-establish the connection to the DEQX. Check that the symbol appears above the volume slider, and then click Next.

18 When using an ‘active’ configuration, the tweeter is driven directly by a power amplifier, so care must be taken not to damag

19 Specify a unique identifier for the speaker, then click Next to continue. The speaker's serial number is an appropriate c

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20 click Next to continue. (This applies whether you are measuring a speaker for the first time or Verifying a Speaker Correction.)

21 Use the IO Manager to select a microphone calibration file (if none is selected) and to adjust the Master Volume for optimum me

22 Once the volume has been set to an appropriate level and the correct microphone has been selected, click Run to start the measur

23 The screen picture shows a completed Measurement Wizard dialog for the Run phase of a Bi- Amp speaker measurement. The confid

24 The next Wizard dialog gives you the option of accepting the measurement or retrying. (This applies whether you are measuring a

25 The Calibration Wizard covers both analysis and correction phases. You can analyze speakers and correct them individually or an

26 !"%%-,)&.'*7*+":?/#-7@-%! Once a speaker measurement has been carried out, using the Measurement Wizard, a cor

27 The second window gives you the option creating a new speaker calibration or loading an existing one. Select the 'Create

28 Select the configuration of the measured speakers. Select the speaker configuration that corresponds to the speaker configuration

29 Select Next to continue Provide a name for the calibration template or accept the default name. Click Next to continue.

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30 !71&8%7)&".*0&F7%?! Clicking Next opens a window initially showing the impulse-response of the speaker(s) as

31 In the figure above are the smoothed measurements corresponding to the windowed measurement. The truncation of the anechoic imp

32 In the Limits tab the ‘Full Range’ line and the ‘Desired Response’ line are shown. The Full Range is the measured response of th

33 Of course if both the closer baffle-to-microphone distance AND absorbing floor reflections can be achieved, then a 12ms delay wou

34 results. You can use the four different profiles on the DEQX for comparisons. The best starting point is to use the manufacturer&a

35 The above window displays the calibration information. Click Finish to create a calibration and Next to exit the Calibration w

36 Once the calibration process is complete the results of the correction filter are displayed in a new tab at the bottom of t

37 We recommend that the last speaker to be measured be verified, so it will not be necessary to move the speaker or the microphon

38 The first dialog lists the correction sets and, within those, the correction filters, that have been generated with the current

39 Select the speaker that you wish to verify, then click Next.

4 !"#$%&'()* Copyright © 2012 DEQX Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia (‘DEQX’). DEQX-Cal™ is a trademark of DEQX Pty Ltd.

40 Set the volume to an appropriate level to achieve a similar volume as measured by the microphone as was achieved when the speake

41 Once the measurement is completed click Next.

42 The next Wizard dialog gives you the option of Accepting the measurement or Retrying. If the confidence (see Confidence in the G

43 If you clicked Accept in the previous dialog, this final dialog will appear, with the verification measurement displayed behind

44 A verification measurement displayed in the Data Viewer. Note that verification measurements are not stored. If you would like t

45 The first window of the Configuration Wizard provides a brief introduction to the use of the wizard. Click Next to continue.

46 The second window gives you the option of creating a new configuration or loading an existing one. Select the 'Create a new

47 This will take you to the last dialog window and open the Configuration Window behind the Configuration Wizard. The last dialo

48 you wish to configure Profile 3 to have that correction set. Method, 1. Double-click on the box for the left speaker – thi

49 Each filter can be further adjusted by using low pass and / or high pass filters and time alignment. This can be useful when usi

5 GRANT OF LICENSE. DEQX grants the ‘Recipient’ a limited, nonexclusive, non-transferrable, royalty-free license to make and use

50 Equalizer tab at the bottom of the DEQX Control Panel. Changes made to the Parametric Equalizer take effect in real-time. To a

51 Close-up of an EQ band, showing the center-point and the left and right end points The three values of an EQ band (i.e. frequ

52 Alternatively, if you have more than one project loaded (Refer to Projects in the Reference section), the first window will prompt

53 You can accept the default project or select another project from the drop-down box, then click Next to continue.

54 The second window gives you the option creating a new room measurement or loading an existing one. Select the 'Create a new r

55 Select the speakers you wish to measure. Each speaker will be measured in turn. Click Next to continue. Each room may be measu

56 The PDC will be initialised. This will take a few seconds. Then test signal will be played. The IO Manager will be opened automa

57 Note - during a room measurement, not only is the Master Volume level taken into account, but so is; * The filter in the curren

58 If the measurement was successful click the Next button. Otherwise click Retry, repeating the measurement with more sweeps, low

59 If you have finished taking measurements, click the Finish button. By default the Parametric Equalizer will be opened, with the

6 0-1,"2-*)"*3456*!71&8%7)&".! Compared to all other components in the audio recording, production, media and

60 E7.:71*L""2*4K:71&F7)&".*To add an EQ Band to counteract a peak or trough in a room measurement, first cli

61 Part of the room measurements for left and right speakers, prior to the addition of any parametric EQ

62 One band of parametric EQ applied to the room measurements, duplicating the line of the room measurements.

63 Several bands of Parametric EQ applied to the room measurements The Parametric EQ bands inverted using the Invert Button, in or

64 A single EQ Band applied to correct a trough in a room measurement Notes: • The Invert EQ button will invert the whole of th

65 • Sharp spikes in a room measurement are generally less audible than broad peaks and thus as a rule do not require correction as

66 A room measurement with automated EQ set, using the default settings Notes: • The Autoset EQ defaults to ‘minimal disturbance’

67 >.,"%#"%7)&.'*7*A:8=""D-%* There are a number of different ways to incorporate a subwoofer. Howev

68 For example, in the figure above the right speaker has been moved up from 31.2 dB to 31.7 dB, in order to get the overall level o

69 13. In the IO Manager, use the gain adjustment for the individual channels to input the gain or cut that you determined in steps

7 ***9-7):%-/;* Correcting full range ‘passive’ (traditional Hi-Fi) speakers plus room correction: Anechoic Frequency-response cali

70 At the first window of the Speaker Measurement Wizard, just click Next, or, if you have more than one project loaded (as per the

71 At the second window of the Speaker Measurement Wizard, select the 'Load an existing speaker measurement' radio button.

72 An existing measurement displayed in the Viewer window Alternatively, you can view an existing speaker measurement by going thro

73 At the first window of the Viewer Wizard, just click Next, or, if you have more than one project loaded (as per the figure above

74 At the second window of the Viewer Wizard, select the 'Load old measurement or filters into a new viewer' radio button.

75 Similar to the third window of the Speaker Measurement Wizard, the measurement can be displayed in either: 1. The Viewer (the N

76 At the first window of the Calibration Wizard, just click Next, or, if you have more than one project loaded (as per the figure a

77 The second window gives you the option of creating a new speaker calibration template or loading an existing one. Select 'Lo

78 *<"=*)"*G&-=*7.*4N&/)&.'*L""2*E-7/:%-2-.)* This is similar to viewing an existing speaker

79 At the first window of the Room Measurement Wizard, just click Next, or, if you have more than one project loaded (as per the fi

8 **<"=*)"*:/-*)(&/*27.:71! This manual is separated into three main sections: Using DEQX Calibrated™ - Step by step

80 At the second window of the Room Measurement Wizard, select the 'Load an existing room measurement' radio button. This d

81 An existing room measurement displayed in the PDC Control Panel Equalizer window Alternatively, and similar to speaker measureme

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83 I%"Q-,)*!".,-#)/*R*I%"Q-,)*<&-%7%,($*In the course of performing calibrations with DEQX Calibration you wor

84 Within the Speakers folder can be one or more ‘Speakers’. Each one of these Speakers corresponds to a physical speaker plus the s

85 S(-*!71&8%7)&".*S-2#17)-/*9"1?-%*The Calibration Templates folder has sub-folders as shown below. Directly wi

86 Calibrate / Analyze Measurement (refer to Correcting a Loudspeaker). Within each template are two folders, one for the Measuremen

87 Within the Room Measurements folder can be any number of room measurement folders. Each room measurement folder represents a roo

88 Within each configuration folder is a PDC Profiles folder. Within that folder are the four profiles for that configuration – Bypas

89 Room Measurements are named: Speaker if the drivers are measured concurrently. example: ‘Left’ Driver if the drivers are not me

9 **>.)%"?:,)&".*!DEQX units process the audio signal prior to power amplification so that the frequency and phase-

90 The Project Explorer showing a new project called Project 1 To open a closed folder, double click the folder icon or single-clic

91 • Open the Project Explorer in the ‘View’ menu. • Open the project you wish to insert data into (here on in called the destina

92 At the second window of the Viewer Wizard, select the 'Load old measurement or filters into a new viewer' radio button.

93 Click on the + sign next to the desired type of measurement / filter, then drill down to select the particular measurement(s) or

94 A#-7@-%*E-7/:%-2-.)*A-):#*I($/&,71*A-):#*In order to measure a speaker’s frequency-response, the speaker should be placed in

95 The microphone should be mounted about 2 ft to 3 ft (or 60 cm to 1 metre) from the speaker and lined up with the tweeter axis. B

96 The speaker to be measured should be connected to the user’s power amplifier. The inputs of the power amplifier should be connect

97 The number of sweeps can be set between 1 and 36. Fewer sweeps allows faster speaker measurement, but more sweeps can yield bette

98 Select the speaker that you wish to verify, then click Next.

99 Set the volume to an appropriate level to achieve a similar volume as measured by the microphone as was achieved when the speake