Airborne Sound Insulation Measurement

This document is an instruction on how to use WinMLS for measuring airborne sound reduction. This document may seem long, and to get started you should only need to go through the Get started measuring airborne sound insulation section below.

 

It is an advantage that the reader has knowledge of the ISO 140-4:1997 and ISO 717-1:1997 since we will follow these standards. We also explain how to measure according to the new proposed standard ISO/WD 18233 that allows the use of the sine sweep (or MLS) signal to increase accuracy. This new method is better, and in cases where you have problems with not being able to get enough sound level using the tradition pink noise method, this new method may solve the problem.

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Remark about type approval

Get started measuring airborne sound insulation

Preparation before measuring

Performing the measurements

Calculating the final result

Make test report

Print/copy measurement results

Exporting measurement results as text

Listening and correcting for measurement errors

Saving the measurement data and plots for later usage

Opening an exported setup zip-file

Remarks on the new proposed ISO/WD 18233 standard