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ARTA-HANDBOOK A guide to the ARTA family of programs Based on the original ARTA Manuals Original tutorial in German by Dr Heinrich Weber Original manuals in English prepared by Dr Ivo Mateljan © Weber/Mateljan Translation into English of Version 2.30D (ARTA 1.80) Christopher J. Dunn, Hamilton, New Zealand, September 2014 ARTA - Handbook Contents 1. First steps with ARTA ....................................................................................................................5 1.1. Setup .......................................................................................................................................5 1.2. Equipment...............................................................................................................................5 1.3. Pin assignment for cables and connectors.............................................................................10 1.4. Measurement setup ...............................................................................................................11 2. Quick setup with ARTA ...............................................................................................................13 3. The ARTA measurement box .......................................................................................................17 3.1. Two-channel calibrated measurements with the ARTA measurement box..........................19 3.2. Single-channel measurement calibration ..............................................................................22 4. Soundcard setup and testing..........................................................................................................24 4.1. Soundcard setup....................................................................................................................24 4.1.1. Windows 2000/XP WDM driver setup.........................................................................25 4.1.2. Vista/Windows 7 WDM driver setup............................................................................27 4.1.3. ASIO driver setup .........................................................................................................29 4.2. Testing the soundcard ...........................................................................................................30 5. Calibration of the measurement chain ..........................................................................................39 5.1. Soundcard calibration ...........................................................................................................40 5.1.1. Calibration of the output channel..................................................................................41 5.1.2. Calibration of the input channel....................................................................................42 5.2. Microphone calibration.........................................................................................................43 5.2.1. Use of manufacturer's data............................................................................................44 5.2.2. Nearfield method...........................................................................................................45 5.2.3. Tweeter method.............................................................................................................48 5.3. Microphone frequency compensation...................................................................................51 5.3.1. Calibration using a reference quality microphone >200Hz ..........................................53 5.3.2. Calibration below 500Hz with a pressure chamber ......................................................55 5.4. Testing the amplifier.............................................................................................................59 6. Measurement with ARTA.............................................................................................................65 6.1. General..................................................................................................................................65 6.1.1. Test leads ......................................................................................................................66 6.1.2. The signal-to-noise ratio of the measurement system...................................................67 6.1.3. Averaging......................................................................................................................69 6.2. ARTA excitation signals.......................................................................................................70 6.2.1. Impulse responses: theory and practice.........................................................................75 6.2.2. Phase and group delay...................................................................................................78 6.3. Where to measure: the measurement environment ...............................................................83 Page 2 of 189 ARTA - Handbook 6.4. In-room measurement ...........................................................................................................89 6.5. Determination of the reverberation time – characterization of the measurement space .....100 6.5.1. Automatic evaluation of reverberation time ...............................................................106 6.6. Setup for loudspeaker acoustic measurements....................................................................108 6.6.1. Measuring and simulating...........................................................................................114 6.7. Scaling and splicing of near- and farfield measurements ...................................................121 6.7.1. Closed box ..................................................................................................................121 6.7.2. Bass reflex enclosure ..................................................................................................127 6.8. Load and Sum .....................................................................................................................132 6.9. Working with targets...........................................................................................................135 6.10. Electrical measurements on crossovers with ARTA...........................................................145 7. Special measurements and examples ..........................................................................................151 7.1. Measurement of harmonic distortion with a sine signal .....................................................151 7.2. Sound pressure level (SPL) measurements with ARTA.....................................................155 7.3. Detection of resonance (including downsampling).............................................................160 7.4. Create WAV files for external signal excitation with ARTA.............................................169 8. Dealing with measurement data, data files, shortcuts, etc. .........................................................170 8.1. Graphical representations in ARTA....................................................................................170 8.1.1. Outputting and formatting charts ................................................................................170 8.1.2. Working with overlays................................................................................................172 8.2. Editing measurement data and data files.............................................................................175 8.3. Scale and Scale Level .........................................................................................................179 8.4. Keyboard shortcuts .............................................................................................................180 9. Recommended speaker specifications ........................................................................................181 9.1. Determination of Xmax .........................................................................................................183 10. ARTA Application Notes........................................................................................................186 11. References...............................................................................................................................186 12. Formulae and figures ..............................................................................................................188 Page 3 of 189 ARTA - Handbook Foreword This handbook has been written to assist first-time users of the ARTA family of speaker measurement programs, and is intended to be used in conjunction with the original user manuals issued with the software. You can find these, together with other user information and application notes, on the ARTA website http://www.artalabs.hr/ While every effort is made to keep the handbook up to date, the ARTA programs are nevertheless under constant development. Thus, you may occasionally come across illustrations or examples in the Handbook that differ slightly from the version of ARTA, STEPS and LIMP that you may be running. This is unavoidable, but in the very large majority of cases will not cause significant problems. We ask for your patience and understanding, and welcome any comments or suggestions for improvement. With the growth of ARTA, STEPS and LIMP, and in light of comments received, the original Handbook which was published as a single document has, as