

early 2015) are only an online computation of simple Thiele-Small-Margolis equations of the late seventies at which none of these factors was accounted for. Most software implementations available today (ie.

For this they should include the following effects:ī) mutual coupling between bass drivers and ports,Ĭ) the formation of standing wave modes within the enclosure andĭ) the presence of sound absorbing material.įactors a,c and d have a strong impact and can't be neglected. These responses should be as accurate as possible. Ideally such a software should evaluate the SPL response of the bass drivers and the ports -if any- at a nearby reference point (usually on tweeter axis at 1m) for a frequency range of 20 to 1000Hz. The optimum amount of sound absorbing material is also expected to be determined. Such a geometry includes the box and the ports -if any- as well. I suppose thats more like £300, and I have spend that easily many times over in raw drive units, so if I look at it that way.An enclosure design software is supposed to help a designer calculate the optimum dimensions of the predefined geometry of a speaker cabinet. The only problem is that the $450 is a bit steep. Unfortunately for me I would find the real time crossover thing that enables you to listen to the xover which you have simulated really useful. If you can buy the version of LSPcad (the one which costs $120 or something) then im sure you will be very happy with wha it can do. I have used Aduas Louspeakers workshop before and can rate it well as a begginer program as its all free, but I find it extremely limited in what it can do. Am I missing something?Ĭan the lite version calculate values for active filters, if not is there a program that does and allows you to optomize? I d/l the lite version and all I could get it to do was to calculate boxes. If it does then that would be really useful. Does LspCAD lite enable you to optimize?, I remember having a version about a year back which did, just like in the demo version that only allows you to use the sample drivers.
