Sound Visualiser

[ryandell]

Hi,

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This might sound weird but I was wondering if there were any pc programmes where you could build ur own venue and then place your equipment to get a view of where to position speakers and mics,

 

Opinions Please

 

Thanks

 

Ryan

[RustyBrooks]

Most of the big speaker comanies produce predictive software, which is almost essential to use, in order to get a decent sound out of the PA, and will allow you to measure predicted SPL Levels at almost any point within the building, though functions differ between makers. Also, if your in need of somthing powerful, ease is great, stick in your building dimensions, and the ease data from the speaker manufacturer, and you get some pretty usefull results, though, to be fair, unless your stickng in lots of gear, or touring, data sheets on your speakers, a groundplan, a protractor, and a bit of thought will give just as usefull results, cost about 50pence, though won't be quite as pretty..

[ryandell]

hi,

 

Thanks I will try and see if somebody like behringer do them

 

Thanks

 

Ryan

[Ben Langfeld]

Behringer don't produce any predictive software of any kind. If you're looking at that kind of acoustic accuracy, Behringer isn't who you should be spending your money with. This kind of software is only really of any use when you get to more expensive products.

[Bobbsy]

There aren't any easy ways around this (bad pun semi-intended).

 

Basically, there are two ways around this.

 

First, a number of high-end speaker manufacturers have their own software that you can download and use for modelling a space. However, the options within such software are limited to the range of hardware provided by the manufacturer. A good example of this is the "MAPP" software available for download from Meyer but obviously there are others.

 

Your second option is the purchase of specialist acoustic modelling software such as EASE. EASE is probably the best and best known software for this purpose but it doesn't come cheaply. It also requires a fair amount of acoustic knowledge to get the best out of either system.

 

I don't know of any inexpensive options in this area and would have to suspect that something cheap wouldn't give the accuracy needed anyway. I'm afraid that unless you're prepared to spend quite a lot of money--and are putting in very big systems--the suggestion of a protractor and pencil may be the best option.

 

Bob