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As a general rule, it is suggested to try different values for the latency parameter and choose the 
lower one that still gives satisfying equalization results for the particular application, basing on plotted 
curves and listening tests. 

Target Curve

To set up a target magnitude curve, click the “EQ Target” button at the top left of the “Calculate FIR” 
page, and the “EQ Target” window is shown.

In the “EQ Target” page, the magnitude response of the target curve (blue line), of the FIR filter (green 
line) and of the IRxFIR (yellow curve) are overlaid. Curves in the plot can be hidden through the 
corresponding checkboxes at the top right of the screen. 
To change the target curve, up to ten parametric IIR filter is available. The IIR filter prototype is just a 
drawing aid, since the target magnitude is included in the compensating FIR filter generation.
The parametric filter can be set by the controls at the botton of the screen or by dragging the cursors 
in the plotting area.

Summary of Contents for LPP240A

Page 1: ...xe please make sure that the Net Framework 4 0 is already installed on the PC used After install the setup exe and run the app LPP240A then the system show the following window and after few seconds t...

Page 2: ...e model In this case device model shall be LPP240A Note When you connect under TCP IP mode please input the IP address of the device if under RS485 mode please input the ID of the device as well Once...

Page 3: ...ing the LPP240A need first set on the unit the communication interface as USB To set the USB interface on the LPP240A the following steps have to be done 1 press the PM3 UTILITY button on the front pa...

Page 4: ...interface as RS485 and assign an ID to the unit To set the RS485 interface on the LPP240A the following steps have to be done 1 press the PM3 UTILITY button on the front panel for entering the UTILIT...

Page 5: ...g the TCP IP interface 5 use the PM3 UTILITY encoder for selecting the DHCP mode On Off 6 if set the DHCP mode OFF press the PM1 ENTER button fo entering the field for the IP address assignment 7 afte...

Page 6: ...to edit the device double click on the name of the device present on the List ID...

Page 7: ...within the LPP240A The saved configuration is containing the ALL parameters set in the several Editing Windows and can be recalled also from the unit s front panel Recall Load a previously saved Full...

Page 8: ...to one of the linked channel will be set in the same way also on the other linked channels The link function is not affecting the status of the parameters of the linked channels preceding the Link ac...

Page 9: ...P240A the ANLOG INPUT coming from the XLR Balanced connectors on the unit s back panel The max accepted input level for the Analog Inputs is 20dBu Digital Input is selecting as Inputs for the LPP240A...

Page 10: ...en and from the clicking on the LOAD icon a txt file see NOTE B with the Third Party calculated coefficients can be imported The Amplitude and Phase responses can be seen on the graphic which will sho...

Page 11: ...king a flexible controller with FIR on Input for phase correction and processes for 2ways outputs only having here the possibility to assign one input and its own FIR for phase correction to more than...

Page 12: ...ng Algorithm is detecting the potential or already occurring overflows and is containing them up to a 12dB Headroom with a process distortion free based on level reduction tabled coefficients When ove...

Page 13: ...he output meters show the output levels from 15dBu up to 15dBu The Limit Led is indicating if the RMS Compressors or the Peak Limiter The Clip Led is indicating if the Clip limiter Algorithm described...

Page 14: ...ach filter of the parametric Eq The available filters are Bell constant Q Hi Low Shelving 1st 2nd Q classic first and second order and symmetrical ones with variable Q Lp Hp 1st 2nd Q classic 6dB Oct...

Page 15: ...t delay 480ms 163 5meter RMS Compressor the LPP240A is implementing a powerful RMS compressor on Inputs and Outputs which compression coefficient is calculated on the base of tabled values giving a co...

Page 16: ...each filter of the parametric Eq The available filters are Bell constant Q Hi Low Shelving 1st 2nd Q classic first and second order and symmetrical ones with variable Q Lp Hp 1st 2nd Q classic 6dB Oct...

Page 17: ...6meter RMS Compressor the LPP240A is implementing a powerful RMS compressor on Inputs and Outputs which compression coefficient is calculated on the base of tabled values giving a compression step of...

Page 18: ...th on the Input path the Phase Correction one and the outputs are processing with a decimation factor of 2 so running at 48kHz Back the the Xover for cutting frequencies lower than 250Hz of for any ot...

Page 19: ...Hz step 1Hz c select the number of the Num Taps of the FIR from 256 to 512 The FIR latency is dependent from the number of the taps and being the FIR running at 48kHz the latency can be calculated as...

Page 20: ...rom Third Party Sw EXT Icon here external coefficients can be imported into the FIR Clicking on the EXT Icon button the following window open and from the clicking on the LOAD icon a txt or csv file s...

Page 21: ...filters available let say for further filtering as PEQ one or any sort of phase configuration then the user can operate in the following way sacrificing some of the filters of the PEQ the user can cr...

Page 22: ...4dB Oct Two Cells Q1 0 55 Q2 1 30 36dB Oct Three Cells Q1 1 95 Q2 0 70 Q3 0 50 48dB Oct Four Cells Q1 2 55 Q2 0 90 Q3 0 60 Q4 0 50 Linkwitz Riley 12dB Oct One Cell Q1 0 70 24dB Oct Two Cells Q1 0 70 Q...

Page 23: ...ector Rear Panel 4 xXLR male connectors Output 1 xRJ45 connector for RS485 Input 1 xRJ45 connector for RS485 Output 1 xRJ45 connector for TCP IP 1 xGround lift toggle switch 1 xAnalog Digital toggle s...

Page 24: ...l to aid the user in optimizing the response of a loudspeaker but driver choice as well as good cabinet and Xover design still remain the primary steps to achieve the best sound quality In general bef...

Page 25: ...R measurement to do this be sure you have an ASIO sound card a measurement microphone and at least a 4m x 5m x 4m L x W x H obstacle free measuring room if the available space is a little bit smaller...

Page 26: ...arios For each measurement geometry the minimum distances between loudspeaker microphone and obstacles has been computed in order to maintain a minimum distance between 1 the direct sound wave path fr...

Page 27: ...escribed 1 Loudspeaker system and microphone suspended at half height In this case the measurement space should be at least 4m x 5m x 4m L x W x H The microphone should be in axis with the loudspeaker...

Page 28: ...contact with the floor The floor should be very reflecting smooth especially beneath the mic a fine metal sheet under the mic can be useful for this purpose As the picture below shows in this measurem...

Page 29: ...g position The microphone should be in axis with the loudspeaker at an height of about 1 7m where the listener s head will stay So arrange the measurement choosing one of the three geometry setup and...

Page 30: ...audio card and the right input output channels using the list box at the top of the screen Now click the Test button to start the microphone test making sure the loudspeaker amplifier volume is low T...

Page 31: ...vity progress bar shows the activity completion status Wait in silence for the process completion After the sine sweep the Wizard starts the IR computation and the measured IR is plotted on the left g...

Page 32: ...e position The calculation engine applies a windowing process to the first 10ms of the real IR centered on its peak value to remove unwanted obstacle reflections in such a way to provide an environmen...

Page 33: ...estimate the frequency response below the reciprocal of the analisys time interval due to the time frequency duality So to avoid misleading view the frequency response plot shows a dotted line below 2...

Page 34: ...olution between the IR and the FIR filter IRxFIR yellow line It represents the result of the IR compensation process that corresponds to what would be the IR if it is measured with FIR processing enab...

Page 35: ...ow analize in more details the linearization capability of the computed FIR by comparing the time and frequency domain plots of the IR and the IRxFIR curves for a flat target magnitude In the time dom...

Page 36: ...ion and on the poor resolution of the FIR filter at low frequencies The upper limit MaxFreq is a user defined parameter that will be described afterwards Moreover the time domain graph shows the laten...

Page 37: ...e a target curve can be applied 2 Phase only In this mode the FIR filter works on the phase response only leaving the IR magnitude unchanged Max Frequency Before calculating the FIR the first thing th...

Page 38: ...parameter implies that the FIR filter will totally compensate them with corresponding peaks in the FIR frequency response which can result in undesired audible ringing effects tonal components will be...

Page 39: ...he magnitude response only or to both magnitude and phase For the magnitude smoothing the algorithm scans the frequency response of the FIR filter searching for frequency points where the magnitude is...

Page 40: ...sabled right side plot smoothing enabled When the Magn Phase mode is selected the phase smoothing is always applied to the whole frequency range even if the threshold is not equal to 0dB The following...

Page 41: ...peaker IR but in the most cases latency values greater or equal to 2 5ms allow to preserve almost unchanged the filter correction effects The following pictures compare the frequency responses both in...

Page 42: ...shown In the EQ Target page the magnitude response of the target curve blue line of the FIR filter green line and of the IRxFIR yellow curve are overlaid Curves in the plot can be hidden through the c...

Page 43: ...ton the gain of each parametric filter is set to 0dB to flatten the target curve Enabling the target curve smoothing allows to reduce unwanted ripples in the magnitude response when low frequency filt...

Page 44: ...e user defined parameters the corresponding coefficients can be saved in a file and recalled from outside the Wizard or stored in the DSP to start listening tests To save the filter file click the Sav...

Page 45: ...actual loudspeaker response resulting in a misleading behaviour To start the verify process click the Measure button at the top left of the screen and wait in silence After the sine sweep completion t...

Page 46: ...can be imported by the LPP240A FIRFormat txt 2 65204521320808E 06 2 1021137868951E 06 1 21276289563775E 06 6 87446664056699E 20 1 48474417799171E 06 3 15405377541534E 06 4 88738331652021E 06 6 537491...

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