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CHAPTER 6
Meyer Sound offers two comprehensive tools to assist you
with the acoustical and functional requirements of system
design and optimization. This chapter introduces you to
Meyer Sound MAPP Online — a powerful online acoustical
prediction tool — and the SIM audio analyzer, a robust
instrumentation package for system measurement, analysis,
and more.
MEYER SOUND MAPP ONLINE
MAPP Online (Figure 6.1) is a powerful, cross-platform,
Java-based application for accurately predicting the
coverage pattern, frequency response, impulse response,
and maximum SPL output of single or arrayed Meyer Sound
loudspeakers.
Figure 6.1. MAPP Online is an intuitive, powerful system design tool.
MAPP Online facilitates configuring arrays of a wide
variety of Meyer Sound products and, optionally, defines
the environment in which they will operate, including air
temperature, pressure, and humidity, as well as the location
and composition of walls. You can find MAPP Online at:
www.meyersound.com/products/software/mapponline
NOTE: In order to use MAPP Online, you
will need to register by clicking “Apply for
MAPP Online” on the Web site listed above. After
registration and upon approval, an e-mail will be
sent to you with a user name and password along
with the address for the Web site where you can
download MAPP Online. Online instructions will
guide you through the download and setup process.
As its name indicates, MAPP Online is an online application:
when a prediction is requested, data is sent over the
Internet to a high-powered server at Meyer Sound that
runs a sophisticated acoustical prediction algorithm using
high-resolution, complex (magnitude and phase) polar data.
Predicted responses are returned over the Internet and
displayed on your computer in color.
With MAPP Online, you can:
■ Plan an entire portable or fixed loudspeaker system and
determine delay settings for fill loudspeakers.
■ Clearly see interactions among loudspeakers and
minimize destructive interference.
■ Place microphones anywhere in
the sound field and predict the
frequency response, impulse
response, and sound pressure
level at the microphone position
using MAPP Online’s Virtual SIM
feature.
■ Refine your system design to
provide the best coverage of the
intended audience area.
■ Use a virtual VX-1 program
equalizer to predetermine the
correct control settings for best
system response.
■ Gain valuable load information
about the array to determine
rigging capacities.
MAPP Online enables you to come to
an installation prepared with a wealth
of information that ensures the system
will satisfy your requirements “out of the box” – including
basic system delay and equalization settings. Its accurate,
high-resolution predictions eliminate unexpected on site
adjustments and coverage problems. With MAPP Online,
every sound system installation has a maximum chance of
success.
MAPP Online is compatible with Windows, Linux, Unix,
and Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS X version
10.1.2 or higher. The MAPP Online Web page lists additional
system requirements and recommendations.
CHAPTER 6: SYSTEM DESIGN AND INTEGRATION TOOLS
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