Application Notes

This section contains several application notes designed to show the user how to use some of the features of this application. As of the current release the following topics are available

Microphones

Preamplifiers

Extended Response Sound Cards

Resistance Measurement

Complex Impedance Measurement

Loudspeaker Thiele/Small Parameter Extraction

High Frequency Driver Far Field Response Measurements

Two Driver Sealed Box Acoustical Measurement Techniques

dBA to Sones Conversion

What We Do

Sonic beacon produces electrical and acoustical data acquisition and analysis software for the Windows operating system.

About Us

Sonic beacon is a Canadian organization founded in 1997. It is located in Pakenham Ontario which is near Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa is also home to the National Research Council of Canada's anechoic chamber, a key facility for acoustics testing. The chamber has been instrumental in the development of Canadian loudspeakers, hearing aids and microphone arrays.

News and Events

July 8, 2009: Sonic beacon Version 1.1.0.6 released. Data-Logger can now save in .FRD and .ZMA file format. Data-Logger and Spectrum Analyzer can perform .FRD and .ZMA clipboard copy transactions. Signal generator can output signal complements on each sound card channel to allow bridging in many consumer audio interfaces. Module status bar shows current data type, FFT size and sample rate.