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Sonic_beacon_setup.exe is a 13.117MB self extracting
installer that contains eight virtual instruments as well as the
associated help files.
download sonic_beacon_setup.exe Version
1.1.0.6
To install the sonic beacon
application software on a Windows based computer; you need the following
hardware and software:
Hardware requirements:
q Computer with
Intel® 32-bit x86-based microprocessor (such as the Pentium™) or higher.
This application requires at least a 400 MHz processor in order to play
audio in real time. The more modules in a process stream the higher the
performance of the processor must be in order to achieve real time
throughput. Real time throughput is not required to measure the
performance of audio components.
q 128 MB RAM,
minimum! Performance of the application at large FFT sizes can be
severely degraded if memory to disk swap files must be accessed.
q VGA monitor
capable of displaying 256 colors.
q Hard Disk with
20MB of free space. Additional space is required to save audio and
additional calibration files. A sound card calibration file for 32768 FFT
size is 3.2 Mbytes.
q Windows compatible
sound card: Sixteen bit duplex card is absolutely required for audio
component measurements.
q Two Button Mouse.
A central wheel is not required.
q CD-ROM is optional.
q Microsoft Windows
XP Home, Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista Home
Premium compatible Network adapter is optional.
Software requirements:
q
Microsoft Windows XP Home, Windows
XP Professional or Windows Vista Home Premium. Note that sonic
beacon is not tested on Windows 1.01 - 3.1x, Windows for Workgroups,
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME,
Windows CE, Windows XP 64 Bit Edition 2003, Windows Server
2003, Windows XP Professional x64 Bit Edition, Windows Fundamentals
for Legacy PCs, Windows Vista 64 Bit, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows
Home Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 (Vienna) or Windows Strata
(Cloud).
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Duplex Sound Card drivers (supplied with Sound Card
hardware). Duplex drivers are usually available on manufacturer’s
web sites for older hardware. To check if your sound card is capable of
duplex operation; open two instances of the operating systems Sound
Recorder application. In the first load a wav file of at least 400 Kbytes
(about 5 seconds of sound). Press the record button in the second Sound
Recorder and then press the play button in the first. After about 5
seconds press the stop button in the second recorder. Reset its media
position to 0.00 sec and press its play button. If the second recorder is
playing what the first played originally then the hardware is duplex
capable. If any error messages appear during the process you may have to
obtain new hardware or obtain duplex drivers. Almost all sound cards
manufactured after 1997 are duplex capable.
q
Basic MMSYSTEM support is required. It is always
included in any of the aforementioned operating systems. DirectX support
is not required.
q
User Account Control (UAC) is a technology and
security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista
operating system. It aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by
limiting application software to standard user privileges until an administrator
authorizes an increase in privilege level. In this way, only applications
that the user trusts receive higher privileges, and malware should be
kept from receiving the privileges necessary to compromise the operating
system. In other words, a user account may have administrator privileges
assigned to it, but applications that the user runs do not also have
those privileges unless they are approved beforehand or the user
explicitly authorizes it to have higher privileges. The Sonic Beacon
application must be "Run as Administrator" if UAC is enabled in
order to write to the registry and files in the Program Files
directory. Right click the application icon and select "Run as
Administrator" from the pop-up menu that appears. UAC
may be disabled by clicking Start...Control Panel...User Accounts.
Uncheck "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your
computer and press OK. Sonic Beacon will then run without administrative privileges.
q
Microsoft .NET framework Version 3.5 is required or
the application will not start.
q
Sonic beacon.exe is built with Microsoft Common
Language Runtime Support disabled.
q
ATL support is not required.
q
Sonic beacon.exe dynamically links to Microsoft C
Runtime Libraries. If the side by side assemblies are not available on
the target these are accessed from the applications installation
directory using manifests. The required manifest and its three
accompanying dll’s are installed by the setup utility.
q
Sonic beacon.exe dynamically links to Microsoft
Foundation Class Libraries. If the side by side assemblies are not
available on the target these are accessed from the applications
installation directory using manifests. The required manifest and its
four accompanying dll’s are installed by the setup utility.
Network
requirements:
Networking is not a requirement for this application. If
networking is necessary the client or server machines must be networked
with one of the following products:
q Microsoft Windows
XP Home.
q Windows
XP Professional.
q Windows Vista Home
Premium.
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