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Table Of Contents

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
NORMS

The parameters are calculated together with the acoustical parameters and can be

viewed in text format by pressing the STI button.

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STI index

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Oct.Band 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k

f1=0.63 0.716 0.776 0.726 0.781 0.794 0.842 0.933

f2=0.80 0.669 0.718 0.666 0.727 0.733 0.777 0.865

f3=1.00 0.627 0.665 0.612 0.682 0.677 0.717 0.803

f4=1.25 0.584 0.611 0.561 0.640 0.622 0.658 0.740

f5=1.60 0.530 0.545 0.514 0.597 0.561 0.590 0.670

f6=2.00 0.479 0.480 0.486 0.559 0.503 0.523 0.605

f7=2.50 0.422 0.412 0.462 0.528 0.439 0.448 0.535

f8=3.15 0.340 0.334 0.433 0.502 0.357 0.347 0.457

f9=4.00 0.297 0.302 0.428 0.456 0.238 0.174 0.375

f10=5.00 0.356 0.253 0.421 0.404 0.209 0.112 0.364

f11=6.30 0.449 0.171 0.359 0.418 0.324 0.374 0.470

f12=8.00 0.569 0.491 0.446 0.494 0.449 0.546 0.645

f13=10.00 0.407 0.398 0.379 0.494 0.406 0.508 0.690

f14=12.50 0.372 0.298 0.340 0.475 0.267 0.375 0.502

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MTI 0.487 0.461 0.488 0.554 0.470 0.499 0.618

STI=0.509 rated Fair

ALcons=10.8%

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STIr index

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Oct.Band 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k

f1=0.63 0.716 0.686 0.703 0.747 0.754 0.727 0.757

f2=0.80 0.669 0.648 0.649 0.702 0.704 0.691 0.731

f3=1.00 0.627 0.610 0.598 0.662 0.656 0.652 0.700

f4=1.25 0.584 0.567 0.550 0.623 0.606 0.607 0.662

f5=1.60 0.530 0.511 0.505 0.583 0.548 0.552 0.613

f6=2.00 0.479 0.452 0.478 0.548 0.492 0.494 0.561

f7=2.50 0.422 0.389 0.454 0.518 0.430 0.424 0.502

f8=3.15 0.340 0.314 0.426 0.493 0.350 0.328 0.431

f9=4.00 0.297 0.283 0.421 0.448 0.232 0.158 0.353

f10=5.00 0.356 0.235 0.414 0.397 0.203 0.097 0.342

f11=6.30 0.449 0.154 0.353 0.411 0.318 0.354 0.443

f12=8.00 0.569 0.462 0.439 0.485 0.440 0.514 0.594

f13=10.00 0.407 0.376 0.373 0.485 0.398 0.480 0.628

f14=12.50 0.372 0.279 0.334 0.466 0.261 0.355 0.473

Lk [dB] 88.1 84.9 84.7 91.0 93.6 94.7 95.8

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MTI 0.487 0.426 0.478 0.541 0.457 0.459 0.557

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