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Important Information ......................................................................................................................................... 5
System Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Disclaimer/Warning ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Warranty Terms ............................................................................................................................................... 5
FCC Class B Statement...................................................................................................................................... 5
CE Mark Statement .......................................................................................................................................... 6
What’s Included ............................................................................................................................................... 6
A Note on this Manual ..................................................................................................................................... 6
1 Product Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1
Typical system configuration ................................................................................................................ 7
1.2
How Dirac Live® works ......................................................................................................................... 8
1.3
NanoAVR DL / Dirac Live® configuration steps .................................................................................... 10
2 Installation and Setup .................................................................................................................................. 11
2.1
Software installation and license activation ........................................................................................ 11
2.1.1
Framework installation ............................................................................................................... 11
2.1.2
Software installation ................................................................................................................... 11
2.1.3
License activation ....................................................................................................................... 12
2.1.4
License validation ....................................................................................................................... 13
2.2
Hardware connectivity ....................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.1
HDMI input and output ............................................................................................................... 14
2.2.2
Ethernet ..................................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.3
DC Power .................................................................................................................................... 15
2.2.4
USB ............................................................................................................................................. 15
3 Acoustic Measurement ................................................................................................................................ 16
3.1
Loudspeaker and microphone positioning .......................................................................................... 16
3.2
Connections for acoustic measurement .............................................................................................. 17
3.3
Configuring for measurement ............................................................................................................. 18
3.3.1
Sound System tab ....................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.2
Mic Config tab ............................................................................................................................ 20
3.3.3
Output & Levels tab .................................................................................................................... 21
3.4
Running the measurements ................................................................................................................ 22
3.4.1
Listening environment ................................................................................................................ 23
3.4.2
Executing a measurement........................................................................................................... 24
3.4.3
Completing the measurements ................................................................................................... 25
3.4.4
Viewing and redoing measurements ........................................................................................... 25
3.5
Saving and loading projects ................................................................................................................ 25
4 Filter Design ................................................................................................................................................ 26
4.1
Working with graphs .......................................................................................................................... 27
4.2
Designing your target curve ................................................................................................................ 29
4.2.1
The Auto Target .......................................................................................................................... 29
4.2.2
Editing the target curve .............................................................................................................. 29