
CHAPTER 14
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impulse response by post-processing software like DIRAC Room Acoustics Software
Type 7841.
The recordings will contain the signal from when you press the Start pushbutton until the
measurement stops. The recording will be attached to the measurement as an annotation.
Note: Signal Recording requires a license for Signal Recording Option BZ-7226.
To exit the Setup screen, tap the icon.
14.2.4 Controlling the Measurement
The measurement is controlled in the same way you would control a normal Sound Level
Meter measurement, using Start/Pause, Continue, Reset and Save pushbuttons, see Chapter 3
for more details.
Note the following exceptions:
• Pressing Start initiates a measurement cycle slightly more complex than a standard SLM
measurement – see Fig.14.3 and Fig.14.4 for details. The results are the same, however, a
set of measurement data – in this case the reverberation decays at one position
• Creating a new reverberation time project: The measured data is stored at a position – and
you can have several positions in one project. Therefore, starting a complete new project
cannot be done by pressing Reset and then Start (as when measuring using the SLM
template), because this will measure the decays at a single position within the Project – a
new project is initiated by selecting a new project template (or the same again). This will
create a new project
14.2.5 Serial Measurements
If you have made a measurement using the Interrupted Noise method and at some frequencies you
have not been able to get a sufficient signal to noise ratio. This problem may show up at frequencies
where the background noise has been too high. The frequencies will then be marked with red smileys
(see Table 14.1).
To solve this, you either have to lower the background noise (which might not be possible) or increase
the power of the loudspeaker in the source room.
If your loudspeaker already produces as much noise as possible, you can limit the frequency range of
the noise to cover just a single frequency band while keeping the output power constant, thus
increasing the noise level in the smaller frequency range. For a 1/3-octave band, this will increase the
noise level at the band by up to 10 dB.
To select the frequency bands to be measured (using noise limited to cover these bands only):
1) Select Measurement Control from the Setup screen.
2) Set the Measurement Mode to Serial.
3) On the Spectrum display, select the bands you want to measure using the cursor and tap on
the x-axis to select the band for serial measurement (Fig.14.5).
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