Rational Acoustics SMAART SUITE (v9)

Rational Acoustics SMAART SUITE v9 is the full-featured flagship Smaart program,  including all three industry standard measurement modes (Real Time, Impulse Response, and SPL), with no functional limitations.

Suite is the edition that mostly closely matches the functionality found in Smaart v8.

One Interface, Three Modes

Smaart Suite contains all three Smaart modes: Real-Time, Impulse Response, and SPL. Each mode has a data register, plot area, and control bar associated with it and shares the overall program configuration, command, and control structure.

Real-Time Mode

For a majority of Smaart users, Real Time mode is what makes Smaart smart. The single channel Spectrum, and dual channel Transfer Function measurements are essential tools for professional sound engineers all around the world. Real-Time Mode is specifically designed for sound system engineers to be able to accomplish their alignment and optimization work quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

Impulse Response Mode

Unlike Real-Time Mode which primarily displays measurement data in the frequency domain, IR Mode excels at displaying the response of a system in the time domain, with detailed Linear, Logarithmic, and ETC (energy time curve) views, Histogram and Spectrograph plots, as well as frequency response. Acoustical engineers will appreciate IR Mode for its detailed calculations and tables for RT60, STI, STIPA, CIS, and more.

SPL Mode

Smaart’s SPL Mode provides a powerful solution for monitoring, logging, and reporting sound pressure level. With SPL history plots, fully customizable metering, remote-viewing capabilities, Alarms and Event Notes, customizable ‘traffic light’ meter coloring, logging and report generation, and Class 1 or 2 capability with 10 EaZy hardware – Smaart is the industry’s leading software based SPL monitoring solution.

Rational Acoustics SMAART SUITE v9

RTA

• Unlimited simultaneous RTA measurements and live average of RTA data
• Fractional-Octave banding up to 1/48th octave resolution
• Fractional Octave or Line view of RTA data
• View data as banded, lines, or both simultaneously
• View Peak Holds, Target Curve (including cinema X-curves), and THD
• Accurately display SPL levels per 1 and 1/3 octave bands with calibrated inputs
• A, C, X, and Inverse weighting options for live and stored data
• 2, 4, 8, 16 FIFO, 1-10sec, Fast, Slow, a Infinite data averaging selections, plus “none”

Spectrograph

• Spectrum-over-time with amplitude represented by color
• User definable dynamic range
• Scrollable line history
• Adjustable slice height resolution
• Full color or grey scale

Real Time Mode: Transfer Function (dual channel)

• Magnitude, Coherence, Phase, Live Impulse Response (Live IR) graphs
• Unlimited simultaneous TF measurement and live average of TF engines
• Simultaneous MTW and single-size FFT data acquisition from 128-128K
• Up to 1/48^th oct smoothing for magnitude and phase graphs
• Reference delay finder with frequency filtering
• Automatic reference delay tracking
• Coherence and Coherence Squared, with quarter height option
• Progressive averaging selections of 1-10, plus infinite.
• A, C, X, and Inverse weighting options for live and stored data
• Polar and Complex magnitude averaging
• Supports AES-75

Impulse Response Mode (IR Mode)

• Linear, Logarithmic, Energy Time Curve, Spectrogram, Frequency, and Histogram graphs
• Unlimited simultaneous IR measurement
• Single and Dual channel IR measurement capability
• Single time window FFT selections from 128-512k
• Schroeder Reverse Integration curve for RT60 and EDT calculation
• Speech intelligibility criterion including CIS, STI, and STIPA
• Supports Noiseless and Noise Present STI calculation
• Automatic calculation of octave and 1/3 octave filter band passes
• User-definable frequency bandpass
• All-Bands table view for all acoustical values

SPL (Sound Pressure Level)

• Monitoring and Logging of an unlimited number of calibrated inputs
• SPL A, C, & Unweighted Fast and Slow
• Peak C, Peak Z (unweighted), Peak A, and Peak Octave banded frequency
• Leq A, C, unweighted, and Octave band with user definable time-period from 1sec-24 hours.
• C-A ratio calculation
• OHSA and NIOSH exposure calculation
• L10, L50, L90 calculation
• 10 EaZy integration for Class 1 or Class 2 compliant SPL measurement
• 10 EaZy Maximum Average Meter display
• User definable SPL grid display
• SPL History Display
• User definable Alarms and ‘traffic light’ meter display colors
• Remotely view actively logging inputs from a web browser via LAN
• PDF reports with customizable reporting selections

Signal Generator

• Multi-output; mono, multi-mono, stereo
• Independent output trim
• 10 programmable output presets
• Random, Pseudorandom, SMPTE, and speech weighted noise
• Sine, Sweep, and File playback (.WAV .AIFF)
• Optional noise fade-in

Data Acquisition

• Unlimited simultaneous input and output channels
• ASIO, Wav, and CoreAudio driver support
• Input calibration for SPL
• Integrated gain and phantom power control with gain tracking for the Roland OctaCapture
• 10 EaZy hardware integration for Class 1 or Class 2 measurement