User`s manual

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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL
  - 1.1.1 WHAT THIS USER MANUAL DOES COVER
- 1.2 GENERAL CONDITIONS AND WARRANTY
2 THE CLIO SYSTEM
- 2.1 THE FW-01 FIREWIRE AUDIO INTERFACE
  - 2.1.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- 2.2 THE MIC-01 MICROPHONE
- 2.3 THE PRE-01 MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER
  - 2.3.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
  - 2.3.2 USE OF THE PREAMPLIFIER
- 2.4 THE QCBOX MODEL 5 POWER AMPLIFIER, SWITCHING AND TESTING BOX
  - 2.4.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
3 CLIO INSTALLATION
- 3.1 MINIMUM PC CONFIGURATION
- 3.2 FW-01 DRIVERS INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS XP
- 3.3 FW-01 DRIVERS INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS VISTA AND 7
- 3.4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
- 3.5 THE 'CLIO BOX'
- 3.6 RUNNING CLIO FOR THE FIRST TIME
  - 3.6.1 INITIAL TEST
- 3.7 SYSTEM CALIBRATION
  - 3.7.1 CALIBRATION VALIDATION
- 3.8 CLIO SERIAL NUMBER AND DEMO MODE
- 3.9 TROUBLESHOOTING CLIO INSTALLATION
4 CLIO BASICS
- 4.1 INTRODUCTION
- 4.2 GETTING HELP
- 4.3 CLIO DESKTOP
- 4.4 MAIN TOOLBAR
- 4.5 HARDWARE CONTROLS TOOLBAR
- 4.6 QCBOX & LPT CONTROLS
  - 4.6.1 CONTROLLING THE QCBOX 5 POWER AMPLIFIER, SWITCHING AND MEASURING BOX
- 4.7 CONTROLLING TURNTABLES
  - 4.7.1 TURNTABLES OPTIONS DIALOG
- 4.8 MAIN MENU AND SHORTCUTS
- 4.9 BASIC CONNECTIONS
5 SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND SETTINGS
- 5.1 INTRODUCTION
- 5.2 REGISTERED FILE EXTENSIONS
- 5.3 FILE MENU AND MAIN TOOLBAR BUTTONS
- 5.4 OPTIONS
- 5.5 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT
- 5.6 CALIBRATION
- 5.7 STARTUP OPTIONS AND GLOBAL SETTINGS
  - 5.7.1 SAVING MEASUREMENT SETTINGS
6 COMMON MEASUREMENT INTERFACE
- 6.1 INTRODUCTION
- 6.2 UNDERSTANDING THE DISPLAY IN FRONT OF YOU
- 6.3 BUTTONS AND CHECKBOXES
- 6.4 HOW TO ZOOM
- 6.5 SHORTCUTS AND MOUSE ACTIONS
- 6.6 THE MLS TIME DOMAIN DISPLAY
7 SIGNAL GENERATOR
- 7.1 INTRODUCTION
- 7.2 SINUSOID
- 7.3 TWO SINUSOIDS
- 7.4 MULTITONES
- 7.5 WHITE NOISE
- 7.6 MLS
- 7.7 CHIRPS
- 7.8 PINK NOISE
- 7.9 ALL TONES
- 7.10 SIGNAL FILES
  - 7.10.1 SAVING SIGNAL FILES
8 MULTI-METER
- 8.1 INTRODUCTION
- 8.2 MULTI-METER CONTROL PANEL
  - 8.2.1 TOOLBAR BUTTONS
  - 8.2.2 TOOLBAR DROP DOWN LISTS
- 8.3 USING THE MULTI-METER
  - 8.3.1 THE MINIMIZED STATE
  - 8.3.2 CAPTURING THE GLOBAL REFERENCE LEVEL
- 8.4 THE SOUND LEVEL METER
  - 8.4.1 CAPTURING THE MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY
- 8.5 THE LCR METER
  - 8.5.1 MEASURING AN INDUCTOR
- 8.6 INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MULTI-METER AND FFT
9 FFT, RTA AND “LIVE” TRANSFER FUNCTION
- 9.1 INTRODUCTION
- 9.2 NARROWBAND FFT ANALYZER
  - 9.2.1 TOOLBAR BUTTONS, DROP DOWN LISTS AND DISPLAYS
- 9.3 RTA - OCTAVE BANDS ANALYZER
  - 9.3.1 DEDICATED TOOLBAR FUNCTIONS
- 9.4 FFT SETTINGS DIALOG
- 9.5 FFT AND RTA OPERATION
- 9.6 AVERAGING
- 9.7 TIME DATA DISPLAY (OSCILLOSCOPE)
- 9.8 FFT AND MULTI-METER
- 9.9 FFT AND Leq ANALIZER
- 9.10 “LIVE” TRANSFER FUNCTION ANALYZER
  - 9.10.1 DEDICATED ‘LIVE’ TOOLBAR FUNCTIONS
  - 9.10.2 USING CLIO DURING A LIVE PERFORMANCE
10 MLS & LOG CHIRP
- 10.1 INTRODUCTION
- 10.2 MLS & LOG CHIRP CONTROL PANEL
- 10.3 IMPULSE RESPONSE CONTROL PANEL
  - 10.3.1 TOOLBAR BUTTONS
- 10.4 MEASURING FREQUENCY RESPONSE
- 10.5 OTHER TIME DOMAIN INFORMATION
- 10.6 PROCESSING TOOLS BY EXAMPLE
- 10.7 MLS Vs. LOG CHIRP
- 10.8 RELATED MENUS
11 SINUSOIDAL
- 11.1 INTRODUCTION
- 11.2 SINUSOIDAL CONTROL PANEL
- 11.3 HOW TO MEASURE A SIMULTANEOUS FREQUENCY AND IMPEDANCE RESPONSE OF A LOUDSPEAKER
- 11.4 A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON SETTINGS EFFECTS
- 11.5 DISTORTION AND SETTINGS
12 WATERFALL , DIRECTIVITY & 3D
- 12.1 INTRODUCTION
- 12.2 WATERFALL, DIRECTIVITY & 3D CONTROL PANEL
  - 12.2.1 COMMON TOOLBAR BUTTONS AND DROP DOWN LISTS
- 12.3 WATERFALL SPECIFIC CONTROLS
  - 12.3.1 WATERFALL SETTINGS
  - 12.3.2 WATERFALL OPERATION
- 12.4 MAKING A CUMULATIVE SPECTRAL DECAY
- 12.5 DIRECTIVITY SPECIFIC CONTROLS
  - 12.5.1 DIRECTIVITY SETTINGS AND OPERATION
- 12.6 MEASURING LOUDSPEAKER SINGLE POLAR DATA (1D MODE)
- 12.7 REPRESENTING SINGLE POLAR DATA
- 12.8 3D SPECIFIC CONTROLS
  - 12.8.1 3D SETTINGS AND OPERATION
- 12.9 MEASURING LOUDSPEAKER SINGLE POLAR DATA (3D MODE)
- 12.10 MEASURING FULL SPHERE LOUDSPEAKER POLAR DATA (3D MODE)
- 12.11 REPRESENTING 3D BALLOON DATA
- 12.12 EXPORT 3D BALLOON DATA
13 MEASURING IMPEDANCE AND T&S PARAMETERS
- 13.1 INTRODUCTION
- 13.2 GENERALS
- 13.3 INTERNAL MODE
- 13.4 I SENSE
- 13.5 CONSTANT VOLTAGE & CONSTANT CURRENT
  - 13.5.1 CONSTANT VOLTAGE
  - 13.5.2 CONSTANT CURRENT
- 13.6 IMPEDANCE: SINUSOIDAL OR MLS
- 13.7 THIELE & SMALL PARAMETERS
14 LINEARITY & DISTORTION
- 14.1 INTRODUCTION
- 14.2 LINEARITY & DISTORTION CONTROL PANEL
  - 14.2.1 TOOLBAR DROP DOWN LIST
  - 14.2.2 LINEARITY & DISTORTION SETTINGS DIALOG
15 ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS
- 15.1 INTRODUCTION
- 15.2 THE ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS CONTROL PANEL
  - 15.2.1 TOOLBAR BUTTONS AND DROP DOWN LISTS
  - 15.2.2 INTERACTION WITH THE A.P. CONTROL PANEL
- 15.3 ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS SETTINGS
- 15.4 THE CALCULATED ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS
- 15.5 NOTES ABOUT ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS MEASUREMENT
- 15.6 STI CALCULATION
16 Leq LEVEL ANALYSIS
- 16.1 INTRODUCTION
- 16.2 THE Leq CONTROL PANEL
  - 16.2.1 TOOLBAR BUTTONS AND DROP DOWN LISTS
  - 16.2.2 INTERACTION WITH THE Leq CONTROL PANEL
- 16.3 Leq SETTINGS
17 WOW AND FLUTTER
- 17.1 INTRODUCTION
- 17.2 WOW & FLUTTER CONTROL PANEL
  - 17.2.1 TOOLBAR BUTTON
  - 17.2.2 TOOLBAR DROP DOWN LIST
- 17.3 FEATURES
18 WAVELET ANALYSIS
- 18.1 INTRODUCTION
- 18.2 WAVELET ANALYSIS CONTROL PANEL
  - 18.2.1 COMMON TOOLBAR BUTTONS AND DROP DOWN LISTS
- 18.3 WAVELET ANALYSIS SETTINGS
- 18.4 WAVELET ANALYSIS OPERATION
  - 18.4.1 TRADING BANDWIDTH AND TIME RESOLUTION
  - 18.4.2 NORMALIZED SCALOGRAMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This User's Manual explains the CLIO system hardware and CLIO 10 software.

All software versions are covered, please note that CLIO 10 software is designed to

operate in conjunction with the supplied PC hardware. If the hardware is absent or

the serial numbers do not correspond then CLIO 10 will operate in demo mode

only.

1.1.1 WHAT THIS USER MANUAL DOES COVER

The CLIO System is a complete electro-acoustic analyzer. There are thousands of

books on many of the topics that CLIO handles as a measurement system. The

simple definition of Frequency Response could be extended to a book itself. This

User Manual is intended only as a guide to allow the user to quickly become

efficient in using the CLIO system, its user interface, its hardware features and

limits. Every topic is handled through real life examples with dozens of actual

measurement being presented for clarity. It is therefore a HOW TO manual; WHY is

left to the reader to explore through other literature and should be considered as

essential reading. There is however reference [1], 'Testing Loudspeakers' by Joseph

D'Appolito, which, in our opinion, is the perfect complement of what is covered

here. Anyone who feels that WHY and HOW is strongly related should seriously

consider buying this wonderful book.

1.2 GENERAL CONDITIONS AND WARRANTY

THANKS

Thank you for purchasing your CLIO system. We hope that your experiences using

CLIO will be both productive and satisfying.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Audiomatica is committed to supporting the use of the CLIO system, and to that

end, offers direct support to end users. Our users all around the world can contact

us directly regarding technical problems, bug reports, or suggestions for future

software enhancements. You can call, fax or write to us at:

AUDIOMATICA SRL

VIA MANFREDI 12

50136 FLORENCE, ITALY

PHONE: +39-055-6599036

FAX: +39-055-6503772

AUDIOMATICA ON-LINE

For any inquiry and to know the latest news about CLIO and other Audiomatica’s

products we are on the Internet to help you:

AUDIOMATICA website: www.audiomatica.com

E-MAIL: info@audiomatica.com

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