Using Smaart7 with Apex intelli-Ware

Just a little thing regarding working with the analyzer bridge within the APEX Intelli-ware interface for the Intelli-x processors and Smaart 7.

Setting up Intelli-ware with Smaart 7.5

Start set-up

Go to Tools select analyser bridge settings

Select analyser in my case Smaart 7.5

Connected or not?

Select Spectrum or Transfer.

Select a measurement group.

Select which transfer measurement you want to see within Intelli-Ware.

Invert the selected trace for EQ purposes.

So during the EQ’ing i only wanted to get a “flat system” so i did not really care if these eq filters made any sense. Would i use these rather extreme eq’s in real live. Probably not!!!!!!

The difference in the outcome between working stand alone with Smaart 7 or the combination Smaart 7/Intelli-ware via the “Analyser bridge” probably has to do with the screen resolution on my Windows laptop and me not being used to working this way. Also i prefer to work with Smaart 7 stand alone if possible because i have the choice of getting the start of the measurement (the un-EQ’ed trace) on screen which is as far as i know not possible within Intelli-ware.

Also this is as most posts on this Blog not a lab test but me just playing around with al the toy’s available at the moment.

First I did an EQ setting without looking at Smaart (running on a Mac next to the windows laptop). 

First i match the first EQ filter with the inverted mic trace.

After the EQ matches the inverted mic trace i apply the filter and as a result the magnitude trace flattens out to the 0dB line.

And here’s the response within Smaart 7 after the EQ filter is implemented.

And now the same for the next 5 EQ filters. So first get the EQ filter to match the inverted mic trace after that implement the EQ filter and at the same time save the trace within Smaart 7.

Here’s the 2nd.

Here’s the 3rd.

Here’s the 4rt.

Here’s the 5ft.

Here’s the 6th.

And now the same thing but the other way around. So Smaart will tell me the EQ settings via a split on the output from the processor.

1st EQ filter.

2nd EQ filter.

3rd EQ filter.

4rt EQ filter.

5th EQ filter.

6th EQ filter.

And a “Compare” of both results on the mic traces. Purple is the result with Smaart 7 and red is the result Smaart 7/Intelli-ware analyser bridge. Again the difference is probably because of the screen resolution of my windows laptop and the possibility of getting more traces on screen when working with Smaart 7 stand alone which makes it easier to make small changes on the EQ settings done with the Apex Intelli-x2.

Processor out traces. Green is the Smaart 7 trace and Blue is the Smaart 7/Intelli-ware trace.

And now the Intelli-ware screenshots on both EQ settings. The difference in the phase traces between Smaart 7 and Intelli-ware are probably due to Smaart 7 working on 48kHz and the Intelli-x processor working @ a 96kHz sample rate.

If you have time (and the budget) to check this stuff out please do. It’s pretty cool stuff. Greetz Timo.