Welcome toBodzioSoftware Pty. Ltd.:
“An Interview with NevilleThiele” - By Steve Mowry,Voice Coil 2006.
SBX Profile Editor for Creative AE-5, AE-7, and AE-9 Sound Cards Modify images and texts of user-defined profiles in Sound Blaster Connect and Command applications. Best Cheapest Sound Card With Minimalistic Design ALVA Nanoface. The Nanoface is a budgeted sound interface good for beginners who are looking for an affordable sound card. The compact design of the Nanoface makes it easy to carry it around in a bag. It features a high-speed driver but does not include an integrated mixer. ATI HDMI Audio Device Driver. The ATI HDMI Audio Device Driver is a software complement to your sound card. License: Free OS: Windows 7 Windows 8.
“…SM: What do you see asthe trends in loudspeaker design and development in the next tenyears?
NT: Active loudspeakers with equalization,lower crossover frequencies, and more nearly omnidirectionalradiation. Theymay not be trends but seem to me a better way of doing things….”.
Introducing the
Exampleof The Ultimate Equalizer System Configuration Screen (BBM+CABS)
Majorcharacteristics of Ultimate Equalizer system are
- Active system – allows amplifiers to exert maximum control over loudspeaker driver and makes crossover characteristics independent of driver loading.
- DSP crossover and voicing – maintains crossover and voicing characteristics with mathematical precision.
- Amplitude and phase HBT equalization – results in flat amplitude and phase responses and extends bass response.
- Linear phase – maintains 0deg acoustical phase response of each driver, which results in transient-perfect system for correct spatial imaging (realism, depth, resolution, ambience) for multi-channel sound reproduction.
- Minimum-phase/Linear-phase room EQ – removes most obnoxious room modes.
- Available with BBM bass management and CABS active suppresor of room modes.
- Remote control – via 2.4GHz wireless keyboard and mouse.
- Built-in WAV Player - with this option, there is no need for any sound cards at all. UE will create and play 'playlists' with the standard CD-style WAVE files (16-bit/2-channels/44.1kHz) using motherboard codecs.
- And also Hi-Res WAVE files 24bits/2-channels/96kHz and 24bits/5.1-channels/96kHz using motherboard codecs and digital add-on sound crads.
- Use Windows Media Player, or install other Media Players – to create audio server and state-of-the-art loudspeaker management system (user-friendliness, power, flexibility, cost efficiency and sound quality) on one HTPC.
- Removes 'flabby' or 'woolly' bass and provides linear-phase bass as commented by:
1. Michael Gerzon “ The subjective effect of phase compensation of the bass from loudspeakers is very marked, giving a much tighter and more 'punchy' quality, with greater transparency, and interestingly a subjective extension of bass response of at least half an octave. The improvement is audible even on loudspeakers with a very high cut-off frequency, such as Quad electrostatic designs. . . . The benefits of bass phase equalisation are considered, by those who have heard itt, to be a substantial improvement over what was hitherto possible with analog technology, and digital equalisation provides a way of improving bass performance without going to ridiculously large giant space-consuming power-hungry monster speakers, and is certainly a much cheaper route “.
2. Keith Howard “As I pressed Play, I didn't know what to expect: a mild improvement or a revelation. To use a curry-house analogy, I was half-prepared for korma rather than phal. But when I compared the unprocessed and phase-corrected tracks, it took only a few seconds of the latter to persuade me that here was a significant improvement. Just as Michael Gerzon described, the phase-corrected sound was both weightier and punchier, and distinctly more coherent. It simply sounded more like a bass guitar, to the extent that I almost hummed along—not something that I would normally expect to do when listening to a bass-guitar accompaniment shorn of all else (sorry, John), and certainly not an urge I felt with the unprocessed track. Still, time-consuming as it was, this experiment involved only a single music excerpt and was conducted in mono, and so hardly offers a comprehensive insight into the full benefit of bass phase correction. But what I heard convinces me that this is an area in which the application of DSP can make a significant contribution to fidelity.”
Source: http://www.stereophile.com/reference/706deep/index.html
Traditional, Minimum-Phase Bass infrequency/time -------------Linear-Phase Bass + HBT (samesubwoofer)
Example1 - Full Digital Solution - AES/EBU 96kHz/24bit Linear-PhaseStereo Playback System
1. The above digital system is described in AES/EBU System paper.2. Inexpensive SPDIF DAC is evaluated in AES/EBU Converter paper.
3. Using SPDIF output to create a 10-channel system withDelta1010LT and concept of a SPDIF amplifier is shown in SPDIF Amplifier paper.
4. Simple, stand-alone 44.1kHz/24bit, 96kHz/24bit Linear-Phase stereo WAV audio server with ALC1150 codec is described in Audio Serverpaper.
Example2 - Hybrid System - Analogue / AES/EBU Linear-Phase 5.2HTPlayback System
1. The above Hybrid Analogue-AES/EBU system is described inHybridAES_EBU_Analogue_System paper.
2. Details of construction of 5.2 UE system is described in AES_EBU_Amplifier_Constructionpaper.
3. Evolutionary approach to expanding UE systems is described in AES_EBU_System_Evolutionpaper.
Example3 (early prototype) - Linear-Phase HT5.2 Loudspeaker System withAnalogue Amplifiers
1.Introduction - Somecomments on motivation for developing the above system.
2. Subwoofers , Subwoofer Construction - Testingof Linear-Phase and Minimum-Phase versions of a subwoofer withMcCauley 18' 6174 driver. Construction of the subwoofer
3. Front Speakers ,Measurements -Construction details of the front two-way loudspeaker. Also,measurement results.
4. Centre Speaker, Measurements- Centre speaker design considerations. Also, measurementresults.
5. Rear Speakers , Measurements -Construction details of the rear two-way loudspeaker. Also,measurements results.
6. Amplifiers , Amplifier Construction- Conceptual stage of developing multi-channel amplifier forTHX-capable, 5.2HT system. Also, details of construction
7. Setbacksand Surprises - Handy hints
8. AlternativeAmplification - Some simple examples of other amplificationsolutions.
9. RemoteControl - 19-function remote control.
10.Conclusions, Updates - A fewthings worth remembering. Also, up-to-date progress.
Ultimate Equalizer V10 has been released.....
Drivers Eumus Design Sound Cards Software
For full description of the program features,please download PDF manuals below. This release is recommendedfor i7-960, 3.2GHz or better processors. Please note, thatour software is periodically reviewed and fixes are implementedas an ongoing process.
List of improvements in Ultimate Equalizer V10.0
1. The size of project data files is reduced to half of the V9 size. This is quite substantial change, and allows for faster loading of project files.
2.MLS system uses WASAPI 16bit/24bit drivers instead of the legacy WDM/MME drivers.
The UE includess
Ultimate Equalizer V5.0-V10.0 files:
UE_ManualWASAPII- Complete manual for UltimateEqualizer V5 - WASAPIUE_Manual MME- Manual's Addendum for Ultimate Equalizer V5 - MME,MME-Lite
UE_Manual_Digital- Manual's Addendum for Ultimate Equalizer V6 - Digital
UE 7 Manual Digital- Manual's Addendum for Ultimate Equalizer V7 - Digital
UE 8 Manual Digital- Manual's Addendum for Ultimate Equalizer V8 - Digital
UE 9 Manual Digital - Manual's Addendum for Ultimate Equalizer V9 - Digital
UE 10 Manual Digital - Manual's Addendum for Ultimate Equalizer V10 - Digital
Example of exported files areehere.
Copy Protection:USB dongle..
UltimateEqualizer in AESUltimateEqualizer in AES
Ultimate Equalizer was presented to AES Melbourne Section on14th April 2014. Report (including PDF file with thepresentation) is available from this AES website:
http://www.aesmelbourne.org.au/2014/04/19/meeting-report-april2014/and this website: http://www.aes.org/sections/reports/?ID=1567
Selectedpapers related to Ultimate Equalizer Technology are listed below
1. For a short introduction to the program,please read 'UltimateEqualizer Technology' paper.
2. Example of an audio server + UE systemutilizing several input sourcesis shown in Signal Routing Example paper.paper.
3. Using audio server + UE with
4. SNR in motherboard codec is examined in Computers And SNR paper..
5. Loudspeaker design in 3D - frequency, time, space is reviewedin AttributesOf Linear-Phase Loudspeakers paper.
6. Pre- and Post-ringing of the Impulse Response are reviewed in Pre- And Post-RingingOf Impulse Response paper and thispaper.
7. PC motherboards with 2 / 3 / 4 PCI slots, 8-channel audiocodec, LGA1366 / LGA1155 / LGA2011 sockets are reviewed in PC Motherboards paper.
8. Some comments on AES Technical Council DocumentAESTD1001.1.01-10 are presented in AES_Document_Comments paper.
9. Brief comparison between a DSP equalized loudspeaker and apopular waveguide loudspeaker is shown in Frequency_Time_Evaluationpaper.
10. Phase Errors due to Digitization are explained in Digitization Errors paper.
11. On-axis and off-axis performance of DSP equalizedloudspeakers are reviewed in HT_Loudspeakers_SPL_Polar_Comparisonpaper.
12. Latency in SPDIF DACs is examined in Latency_In_SPDIF_DACs paper.
13. Issues in Inverse Filters are discussed in Comments_On_Kirkeby_Methodpaper.
14. 8digital LPCM channels from motherboard paper.
15. Perfecting 'Punch' is ashort paper discussing this important characteristic ofloudspeaker system.
The Ultimate Equalizer is availablefrom Bodzio Software Pty. Ltd. for $150 - please see the email atthe bottom of this site.
Ultimate Equalizer bundled files release for SoundEasy are:UE_Files , UE_Help_Files , UE_Rockey4 , UE_Rockey4ND , UltimateEqualizer_Rockey4 , UltimateEqualizer_Rocke4ND
SoundEasyincluding
SoundEasy is a powerful and quite large program. It is impossible to present all of it's 80+ screens and dialogue boxes in this space, so only a small number of example screens are shown below.
Subset of CAD screens and TABs Selection of Enclosure Design screens and TABs
Post-Processing - example of screens and TABs in EasyLab measurement section Spectrum Analyser screen - one of the EasyLab tools.
Non-Coherence Distortion screen One of the Non-Linear Distortion screens
System Design screen - viewing from +/-90deg angle horizontally and vertically Managing the location of drivers on front baffle
Minimum-Phase Extraction System also showing an example of misplaced start of the FFT window in MLS measurement system.
ESS meaurement system screen and TABs
A very simple example of Finite Element Method used to calculate room resonances and frequency response of a source and mike placed in arbitrary room locations.
Wavelet Analysis-------------------------------------- STFT Analysis------------------------------------- CSD Analysis ------------------------------ Differential CSD Analysis
Minimum Phase Extraction using Guiding Filter and HBT for Woofer (Left) and Tweeter (Right). Pink - measured SPL, Thin Blue - HBT, Thin Pink - Guiding Filter, Green - measured Phase
Minimum Phase Extraction using Inverse Hilbert-Bode Transform (blue curve). Peak Power Dissipation Ratio
SoundEasy v26 has been released......
SoundEasy + EasyLab system is acomplete modelling and measurementsoftware package. ( for full description of the program features, pleasedownload the PDF manual below )
SoundEasy
DSPFunctions
1. CAD-based
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
EasyLab
BoxCad
RecommendedSound Cards or Digital Crossovers
For EasyLab measurement system -you will need full duplex, 16/24-bit sound card, such as
4.USB ASUS Xonar U7 (MME)
5.USB RME Babyface Pro (MME)
6.USB Focusrite 2i2 gen2 (MME)
7.Behringer UCA202 (MME, also WASAPI + Windows10)
8.ZOOM UAC-2 USB3 Audio Converter (MME)
For Digital Filter and DigitalEqualizer - we recommend more advanced cards such as,Delta 410, Delta1010LT from M-Audio, FireWire 410, from M-Audio,Layla24, Darla24, Gina from Echo Digital Audio will provide youwith 2-in and 8-out configuration. Many standard sound card canalso be used for 1x2-way system emulation
For Modular Crossover - we also recommendmore advanced cards such as, Delta 410, Delta1010LT from M-Audio,FireWire 410, from M-Audio, Layla24, Darla24, Gina from EchoDigital Audio will provide you with 2-in and 8-out configuration.Also, you can remotely program Behringer DCX2496 (V1.14)Digital Crossover using this functionality.
Drivers Eumus Design Sound Cards & Media Devices Using
The V26 release is our most powerful and easyto use upgrade to date and introduces a number of significantchanges. This release is recommended for i7-960, 3.2GHz (or better)processors. Contemporary processors are typically much better then the recommended one. Please note, that our software is periodicallyreviewed and fixes are implemented as an ongoing process.Subsequent Reference Manual changes are uploaded to thiswebsite.
- User adjustable Pivot Point for microphone Polar Plots
- Added manually editable microphone location on Diffraction Front Baffle.
- Added calculation of off-axis diffraction and presentation as Polar CSD plots.
- Added animation to show mike position movement during automated Polar Plot simulations.
- Improved visual resolution of the CD plots by factor of 2.
- Added Circular CD plots presentation.
- “I have data” red LED light up automatically when running polar plot simulations.
- DI calculated for the Pivot Point for both H/V configurations.
- Fixed a bug in Family Plots function for enclosures.
- Implemented “normalized” display for CD plots in Circular coordinates.
- Added animation to show mike position movement during automated DI simulations.
- Improved calibration of DI.
- Fixed overlapping labels on enclosure “Compare” screen, and improved curve colouring scheme.
- Implemented “Cancel” loading option for driver/project file created with different frequency range.
- Implemented “normalized” display for CD plots in XY coordinates.
- Increased Front Baffle size to X=603cm and Y=806cm.
- Fixed “shorted component” bug CAD schematic section.
- Streamlined the process of loading Project Files and removed one warning message.
- Fixed enclosure braces look in 3D plots in System Module.
- Fixed MLS impulse response display location when the time scale is scrolled.
- Inverted CD Polar plots scale.
- Removed “Clear” Comparison Tab function from the Enclosure and Transfer Function Tabs.
- New Plotting Options for CAD and System Modules.
- Fixed ESS impulse response display location when the time scale is scrolled.
- “Clear” button in Frequency Plotting System TAB disengaged from clearing Target curves.
- DF and DE functions respond to “short” and “open” component functions.
- Added “+Diffraction” and “-Diffraction” buttons to add/subtract diffraction in Driver Editor functions.
- Improvements in built-in FEM models.
- Expanded SPL/Phase and Zin/Phase capabilities.
- Updated User Manual
Copy Protection: USB dongle.
SoundEasyDesign Guide by John Kreskovsky, is now available from Music andDesign - http://musicanddesign.speakerdesign.net/Th
BoxCadV4.0 Manual:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4.1
Chapter 4.2
Chapter 4.3
Chapter 4.4
Chapter 5
SoundEasy V26 Reference Manual:
Chapter_1
Chapter_2
Chapter_3
Chapter4.1
Chapter_5
Chapter_6
Chapter_7
Chapter_8
Chapter_9
Chapter_10
Chapter_11
Chapter_12
Chapter_13
Chapter_14
Chapter_15
Chapter_16.1
Chapter_17
Chapter_18
Chapter_19
You are also warmlyinvited to join our user group: https://soundeasy.chadgray.info/forum/Upgrades from V23 / 24 / 25 are availabledirectly from Bodzio Software via email. Please contact us viaemail for your own copy. Payments options are explained in moredetails on the User's eGroup site.
Here are some of theusers of SoundEasy package:
1. John Kreskovsky, is hosting'Music and Designn' website with anumbers of references to SoundEasy. Please visit: http://musicanddesign.speakerdesign.net/2. Chad Gray, invites you to visit
3. John Krutke from from'Zaph Audioo' http://www.zaphaudio.com is another skilled user of SoundEasy.
4. Georgee Soong is a very active member of our User's Group. Please vist his http://augene.blogspot.com/
5. Marius Tanasescu has new and very informative website explaining in-details many features implemented in SoundEasy: http://audiojudgement.com/
Distributors ofSoundEasy and BoxCad programs are:
1. Golden AgeMusic AB,
Link:http://www.goldenagemusic.se
2.AKKUS,
Link:
3. E.A.M. - EletroAcústica Mass , RuaVinte e Um de Abril, 850 - Center, 15801-170 - Catanduva - EstateSao Paulo, Brazil
Link: www.eam.com.br
4
Link: http://www.partsexpress.com
5. Roppongi KougakuLimited,4-4-11, Roppongi,Mianto-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN.
Link: http://www.ritlab.jp/shop/
6. Cyrus SystemsTechnology Limited,PO Box2-90, Taichung, Taichung City 40399,
Link: http://www.augene-audio.com.tw/
With our thanks to the SpeakerBuilder, Voice Coil and audioXpresspublishers, you can now enjoy some of our articles on-line.
1. '2. 'ComputerizedLoudspeaker Placement Part I' in SpeakerBuilder, Issue 1 1998, based on SoundEasy V3.00.
3. 'ComputerizedLoudspeaker Placement Part II' in SpeakerBuilder, Issue 4 1998, based on SoundEasy V3.10.
4. 'LowFrequency Acoustics of the Open Plan House'. Based on SoundEasy V3.20.
5. 'LoudspeakerDiffraction Distortion and Radiation Impedance' in Voice Coil, Volume13, Issue 9, 1999. Based on SoundEasy V3.20
6.'The AutoPassenger Compartment as a Listening Room'. Published in Speaker Builder,Issue 1, 2000. Based on SoundEasy V3.30.
7.' How Good IsYour Port'. Published in audioXpress,September 2001.
8.'SubwooferPlacement in NonRectangular Rooms'.Published in audioXpress, Issue 9,September 2002.
9.'Multi-WayTransient Perfect Crossovers'.Some ideas on implementing transient perfect crossovers inSoundEasy
10. '
11. 'ConeBreak-Up Effects'. Modelling ofcone break-up using FEM.
12. '
13. '
14. '
15.
16. ApproximateMinimum-Phase measurements ofloudspeaker's phase response.
17.
18.
19. Single-Channel Measurement option in MLS isdiscussed in this paper SingleChannel Measurement System.
20. Loudspeaker system phase response is discussed inSystem_Phase_Response short paper.
21. Inverse Hilbert-Bode Transform and its application.
22. Diffraction Model in SoundEasy V26 short paper.
23.Modelling Diffraction Part II. V26 short paper.
24. Using Equalizer FunctionHighlightsandPart II.
25. Computer presentation of Sound Fields.
We are:
BodzioSoftware Pty. Ltd.,
ABN91 507 372 505
(Postal address available upon email request)
Australia
Phone: +61 419 300 158
Email:bohdan@bodziosoftware.com.au
Copyright © 1990-2020 [Bodzio Software Pty. Ltd.]. All rightsreserved.
Last update: