Rational Acoustics has announced that the latest major release of Smaart v.7 (v.7.3) is now available for download for both the Mac and PC. 

Most notable of the new features:

—ASCII Import—
Create static Spectrum and Transfer function (reference) traces in Smaart from ASCII data files. This enables the import of data from other spreadsheets and other sources for display in Smaart.
 
—New Interface for User-Definable Weighting Curve Import and Management—

—Convert Transfer Function traces to Weighting Curves—
Any captured Transfer Function measurement can now be added to custom weighting curves collection with a single click.

—Microphone Response (Correction) Curve Support—
A new weighting curve feature has been added just for microphones, enabling assignment of the (inverse) magnitude response curve for a microphone at the input device level, so that it is applied to any measurement utilizing that input as a source.

—Batch Save feature for Captured Data Traces—
Streamlines the process for saving multiple captured date traces to file for permanent storage.
 
—Batch Delete feature for Captured Data Traces—
Simplifies cleanup of captured data in Smaart’s internal data storage registers.

—Save & Restore Multiple Program Configurations—
Create multiple configuration files containing your preferred selections for virtually all of Smaart’s user-definable display and measurement parameters and switch between them easily.

—Redesigned Sound Level (SPL) Calibration Dialogs—
Improved workflow for the sound level calibration process. Support for gain-reporting input devices added.

—Max SPL Function Added for Sound Level Meter—
 
—Signal Delay for Spectrum Measurements—

—Internally Referenced Transfer Function and Impulse Response Measurement Capability—
Smaart’s internal signal generator can now be selected as the reference source for transfer function and impulse response measurements.
 
—Total Harmonic Distortion (%THD) Calculation—

—Time Zoom for Spectrograph Using +/- Hot Keys—

—“Quarter-Height” Coherence Option for Transfer Function displays—
Compresses the Coherence display to the top 1/4 of the transfer function magnitude graph to provide more unobstructed graph area for magnitude traces when displaying coherence.

Details on new feature additions, a full Revision History including features and bug fixes, and a complete listing of Smaart’s accelerator (hot) keys are included in the Smaart Help File. As a result, the company strongly recommends giving the v.7.3 Help File a good read after installation.

To update to the latest version of Smaart v7.3, users should log into their account at http://my.rationalacoustics.com

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