SignalScope Pro version 4 can uniquely identify USB audio devices attached to iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, and remember user settings for each device the next time it is connected. Direct support has been added for The Modal Shop’s model 333D01 USB digital accelerometer and miniDSP’s UMIK-1 USB measurement microphone.
» Read moreLast year, researchers at NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) began looking at mobile sound level meter apps, hoping to find that such apps could be suitable for occupational noise measurements.
» Read moreBuilding on the success of SoundMeter, which debuted on the iPhone App Store in August of 2008, Faber Acoustical has announced the release of SoundMeter Pro. SoundMeter Pro turns your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a handheld data-logging sound level meter (SLM), data-logging noise dosimeter, and real-time analyzer (RTA).
» Read moreNominal microphone sensitivities for the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display have been added to SoundMeter 4.0.1 and dB 3.0.1.
» Read moreA common request for RoomScope has been to directly capture room impulse response (IR) data using impulsive noise sources, such as balloons or starter pistols. RoomScope 1.3 now supports both single-channel and dual-channel IR data acquisition.
» Read moreSome time ago, I was made aware of the i436 measurement microphone from MicW. It looked like exactly what was needed to turn any iOS device into a quality sound level meter, or acoustical analysis tool, that you could truly carry around in your pocket, but it was limited in its utility by that pesky low-end roll-off that plagued earlier versions of iOS.
» Read moreToday, I had the opportunity to begin testing the audio input characteristics of the new iPhone 5. As seen in the plots, below, the headset input frequency response matches that of the iPhone 4S, which was presented in the previous post. The behavior of the built-in microphone also seems to match that of the iPhone 4S, suggesting that Apple kept the audio input path essentially unchanged in the new device.
» Read moreThis exciting improvement to iOS 6 will significantly improve the quality of acoustical measurements that can be made by using the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch without requiring a dock connector accessory for audio input.
» Read moreNow that I have my hands on the new iPhone, I thought I would go ahead and report on the state of audio I/O on the new device.
» Read more“Which devices work properly with the iPad?” In the table below, I list the devices I have tested with the iPad, along with some observations.
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