More about measuring

If you are not going to use WinMLS for performing the measurements, you can skip this section.

 

To get the best results, three things are important

1.  Use sine sweep as excitation signal (why will be explained in the following sections)

2.  Use as long measurement duration as possible. With single sweep and sampling frequency 48 kHz you can try 40 or even 80 seconds. If the duration is too high, the PC will work very slow or even crash Windows. It should help to add extra PC-memory. You can also try to change from single to multiple sweeps , then you can use a much longer duration. But the multiple sweep method is not so robust against time variance which can be a problem in large rooms or if people are moving around or if there is temperature changes during the measurement.

3.  Make sure you have as high an output volume level as possible from the loudspeaker. If you are using a sine sweep as excitation signal, be careful so the volume is not too high that you  damage the loudspeaker. If you are using MLS-noise as the excitation signal, avoid a too high output level to prevent distortion artifacts. You may experiment with different loudspeaker volume levels to see what level gives the best results.

More:

4.1 Theory

Measurements using a loudspeaker

Measure using starting pistol, balloon or hand clap

Measuring spatial parameters (LF and IACC)