SignalScope 2 for iPhone offers upgrades via in-app purchase

Faber Acoustical, LLC announced today that SignalScope 2.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices is available for immediate download on the iTunes App Store. With version 2, SignalScope users can now enjoy the full features of the Pro version without having to pay full price for SignalScope Pro. Faber Acoustical’s SignalScope 2.0 includes full and -> read more …

IOScope 1.0.1 lands in the app store

IOScope, version 1.0.1, is now available for download on the iTunes App -> read more …

How about an iPhone-ProTrack SLM

Alesis finally got around to making shields for securing an iPhone or iPod touch to the ProTrack stereo iPod recording -> read more …

Measuring Loudspeaker Impedance with IOScope

Today, a new video, Measuring Loudspeaker Impedance with IOScope, was published on this site, as well as on the Faber Acoustical YouTube channel. The video is both a demonstration of IOScope, as well as a simple tutorial on measuring loudspeaker impedance. Although the video is largely self-explanatory, I thought it would be beneficial to include -> read more …

iPhone Microphone Frequency Response Comparison

With the advent of sound level meter apps for the iPhone OS (of which SoundMeter was the first) people began to ask, “How flat is the frequency response of the iPhone’s microphone?” Early testing indicated that the built-in microphone of the original iPhone was not a good candidate for sound level measurements, but that the -> read more …

iPhone Line Input Frequency Response Comparison

Although I already listed some options for getting line-level audio into an iPhone or iPod touch, that list didn’t include much information that would suggest which option would be best. One important metric that people frequency ask about is frequency response. Well, I finally have some frequency response comparisons available to help answer that question.

These -> read more …

iPhone Dock and Headset IO Frequency Response

People often ask about the frequency response of iPhone and iPod touch audio inputs. To shed some light on the issue, I made some frequency response measurements of the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 2G with Electroacoustics Toolbox and an Edirol FA-101 audio interface. These measurements are broken into two groups, one -> read more …

Measuring Time Delay with Electroacoustics Toolbox

Measuring Time Delay in an Audio System Using Electroacoustics Toolbox

Although Electroacoustics Toolbox is not limited to measuring audio systems, the measurement of audio systems is a common use that offers convenient ways to demonstrate the capabilities of the software. These examples can then be applied to other applications in which the Toolbox’s measurement capabilities may -> read more …

Measuring Audio Unit Effect Plug-ins With Electroacoustics Toolbox

Measuring Audio Unit Effects Plug-ins Using Electroacoustics Toolbox, Soundflower, and AU Lab

A valuable use of Electroacoustics Toolbox is measuring Audio Unit effects. Measuring Audio Units can be useful to developers of such plug-ins, or to anyone employing Audio Unit effects in their digital audio recording, editing, or reproduction system.

This tutorial requires two free software packages -> read more …

Audio Interface Frequency Response Measurement with Electroacoustics Toolbox

Measuring the Frequency Response of Your Audio Device

One of the most powerful tools in Electroacoustics Toolbox is the Dual FFT Analyzer, which is capable of measuring system transfer functions and even indicating the quality of the measurement. This tutorial focuses on using the Dual FFT Analyzer to measure the frequency response of the audio device -> read more …