Calibration-Inspector - For Trusted Playback

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Calibration-Inspector - For Trusted Playback
Overview Calibration-Inspector is a fully
automatic quality assessment system, developed in
order to control and determine the quality of
analog audio playback devices such as
reel-to-reel machines, cassette tape players and
turntables. The software supports simultaneous
analysis of up to eight different playback
devices. The system is shipping with specially
manufactured test media, suited for the
respective analog playback devices and capable of
analyzing various machine specific measurement
parameters like frequency response, speed
deviation, wow flutter, total harmonic
distortion, to name but a few. A clearly
arranged user interface provides quick access to
all connected playback devices and lets you
efficiently control the assessment process
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Calibration-Inspector's quality assessment
procedure
Calibration-Inspector - Main Features -
simultaneous quality analysis of up to eight
different analog playback devices - measurement
of many relevant parameters - flexible evaluation
system taking user defined tolerances into
account - well-arranged, browser based report
view for a detailed overview of results - support
of QUADRIGA Machine Control for remote
controlling of playback devices - integrated
editor for tolerance schemes - full control over
all testing procedures via a single, clearly
arranged user interface
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Tolerance editor
Browser based report view
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Calibration-Inspector - Usage The usage is simple
and convenient connect your playback device(s)
to your computer define a tolerance scheme using
Calibration-Inspector's Tolerance Editor start
recording the two minute reference signal from
your machine(s) let Calibration-Inspector
analyze, evaluate and report the results for your
machine(s) Once you have created a tolerance
scheme for a specific device it is very easy to
keep track of the condition of your playback
devices, because you can use this scheme over and
over again without ever losing control of your
gear's condition. From now on Calibration-Inspecto
r can recognize any changes occurring in the
condition of your machine(s), according to the
specifications defined in the tolerance scheme.
You can either use one of the predefined
tolerance schemes included with the software, or
define your own tolerance schemes tailored to
your personal needs using the tolerance editor
Simply start the assessment process with a
single click and let Calibration-Inspector
automatically analyze your machines and evaluate
their performance. After each analysis a report
will be created, containing detailed information
about the condition of your playback devices.
View the report in your web-browser to get a
quick overview of how your machines perform for
the different measurement parameters or
specifically search for the parameters where your
machines fail.
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Calibration-Inspector - Calibration
Media Calibration-Inspector is shipping with
specially manufactured calibration media, suited
for the respective analog playback devices. These
calibration media enable the system to analyze
the different measurement parameters. For stereo
devices the signal sequence on calibration media
has a duration of about two minutes.
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Calibration-Inspector - Measurement
Parameters The total of 30 available measurement
parameters can be allocated to the following
groups Frequency Response - Speed Deviation -
Wow Flutter - Amplitude Modulation - Total
Harmonic Distortion - Intermodulation
Distortion - DC-Offset - Azimuth - Interchannel
Balance - Interchannel Crosstalk -
Signal-to-Noise Ratio - Peak Level -
Signal-to-Rumble Ratio (only for
turntables) Which parameters influence the
evaluation of your playback devices can be simply
set by activating or deactivating them inside the
tolerance editor. Only the tolerance values for
activated measurands will have an impact on the
overall quality result