Horn.ell.a Datasheet
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1. VO M I tere I trend Lr gr dg I trade I tree I pried I Fr gr g I I tree I reed I sped t I reed I tit 1 0 20 30 40 50 eu YO 80 ag 100 110 10 130 138 E 40k Major Axis fe ru FF JM Br 14 Horn Progression on Z axis In the forth TAB you can visualize a quarter of horn progression on Z axis 12 It s possible to drag and rotate the 3D view then save the project in database 3D Horn Surface Circular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Values 1 4 Horn Progression on 2 axis Spi awer LAB J Hoel Jo t 12 70 fs fo 3D Horn Surface In the fifth TAB you can visualize final horn design and build the 3D graph project 13 RED VARIABLES BOX Waveguide Angle Waveguide Angle is the semi aperture angle of the circular horn To change the aperture angle in different planes horizontal and Fe vertical setting the Minor Axis in the Elliptic Horn TAB Frequency cut off is one of the values that mainly To read the semi aperture angle in different planes you can put influence the horn size cursor at the mouth of horn reading minor or major axis Minimum Fc 1 Hz Maximum Fc depends by other input parameters Bo fo fo ifs Throat Radius Throat Radius is the circular radius of the horn throat Temperature Environment working temperature of the horn Flare Constant Flare Constant is the degree of hyperbolic expansi2. MENU BAR File Edit Horn Type 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help Open CO E Output Values 1 4 Horn Progression Z axis 3D Horn Surface Exit Ctrl Q SpeamerL Ab ERO Open Ctrl O Select a DAT file to read and open a saved project from Horn db database Exit Ctrl Q Quit and exit from Horn ell a After you select Exit the software ask you a confirmation of this action 22 68 JES Alfa Major Axis From throat 32 26 deg Alfa Major Axis EN Je qo Fm J Fs dec Fo File Edit Horn Type 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help Ci a pits tic Horn Output Values 1 4 Horn Progression on 2 axis 3D Horn Surface 1302 0 HYPERBOLIC COSINE PROFILE 1202 SpeamerL Ak 5025 27 Cut Ctrl X Cut data from clipboard my Copy Ctrl C Copy data from clipboard Paste Ctrl V Paste data into clipboard 32 26 Wegen cT Je do Je Fo Horn Type Hypex Family Ctrl Y Hyperbolic expansions are 1 Catenoid FC20 2 Exponential FC 1 3 Hyperbolic Cosine FC 1 4 Hyperbolic Sine FC gt 1 5 Conic FC gt gt 1 Any value of FC is possible lt lt Tractrix Ctrl T Tractrix expansion Spherical Ctrl S Spherical expansion Spherical Closed Ctrl C Spherical Closed expansion Waveguide Ctrl W Quadratic Waveguide expansion 3D Plot 14 Plot 4 of the geometry 15 Plot 1 2 of the geometry Full Angle Plot
3. Dot Saved data separated by dot Space Saved data separated by space Custom Saved data separated by a free custom delimiter CONTROL ircular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Values 1 4 Horn Progression on Z axis 3D Horn Surface 4 SPHERICAL CLOSED Jo F de BE Circular Horn In the first TAB you can edit the common variables to modify the circular mouth horn shape In this graph is visible the axis symmetric 12 section profile On Y axis there is the horn radius on X axis the horn length In the graph area are visible the axis symmetric 2 sections profile along the Minor Axis green spline and Major Axis blue spline On Y axis there 1s the horn radius on X axis the horn length Circular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Values 1 4 Horn Progression on Z axis Horn Surface SpeaaerL AB 4 SPHERICAL CLOSED Horn Mouth Alfa Major Axis from throat Alfa Majer Axis deo m Jew Jo BR F Am Elliptic Horn In the second TAB you can edit the common variables to modify the pseudo elliptic horn shape In the left graph is visible the axis symmetric 2 section profile In the right graph there is the horn mouth In the Horn Mouth graph there is the drawing of mouth In the upper box is possible to edit Minor Axis value to give the required aspect ratio of mouth shape Aspect Ratio is an indicator of the horizontal and vertical coverage angle In some cases
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5. 4 Horn ell a INTRODUCTION LICENSE AGREEMENT AND WARRANTY CUSTOMER SUPPORT INSTALLATION PROFILE EXAMPLES INTERFACE OVERVIEW MENU BAR TAB CONTROL SHARED VARIABLES BOX UNITS AND PREFIXES SAVED DATA FORMAT REFERENCES Copyright 2004 2015 by SpeakerLAB Srl All Rights Reserved Printed in Italy May 2015 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation SN TRODUCTION ABOUT THIS MANUAL This User s Manual explains the Horn ell a software version 1 0 0 WHAT THIS USER MANUAL DOES COVER The Horn ell a software is a tool to fast designs 3D Horns There are thousands of books and papers on many of the topics that Horn ell a handles This User Manual is intended not to explain the horn theory this issue is left to the reader to explore through large available literature but only as a guide to allow the user to quickly become efficient with the user interface Horn ell a software AGREEMENT AND WARRANTY THANKS Thank you for purchasing your Horn ell a software We hope that your experiences using Horn ell a will be both productive and satisfying SpeakerLAB s WARRANTY SpeakerLAB warrants to the original licensee that the disk s and or electronic key s on which the program is recorded will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of purchase If failure of the product com
6. entire geometry File Edit Horn Type 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help 4 pa utput Values 1 4 Horn Progression on 2 axis f 3D Horn Surface Ctrl S z TAT 4 Horn ea Minor Axis Ratio Major Axis oe EE 135 2 mm 5 Closed Ctrl C Wi uide celo ts Major Axis jo x E x File Edit Horn Type 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help Circular Horn n Jutput Values 1 4 Horn Progression 2 axis 3D Horn Surface Full Angle 138 130 4 HYPERBOLIC COSINE PROFILE Jos Bo de Fs fo Solid Radiation Angle Free Air 47 Free space placement File Edit Horn Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help Circular Horn Elliptic 4 z m3 1 4 Horn Progression on 2 axis 3D Horn Surface Floor 27 Floor placement Wall Floor placement against a wall Corner 7 2 Corner placement Use 4 usually for mid and high frequency horn the others for low frequency Je fen Major Axis qo File Edit Horn 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help A Circular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Va 7 Dun rn Progression on Z axis 3D Horn Surface AE Delimiter sert COSINE PROFILE Space Custom 74 6 135 2 mm TAB Saved data separated by TAB Comma Saved data separated by comma
7. ggested 1GHz 250 MB RAM suggested 1GHz Mouse and Keyboard 300 MB free HDD space 800 x 600 resolution video adapters suggested 1280 x 720 Microsoft Windows XP or 7 Adobe Acrobat Reader SOFTWARE INSTALLATION e Delete all previous installations included Demo Version Place the distribution CD into your CD ROM drive If the CD does not AutoRun locate and run the Horn ell a exe file Follow the instructions on the screen After installation Shutdown and Restart OS Run Horn ell a from relative link on desktop or from SpeakerLAB folder on Start Menu At first launch Horn ell a create a code on desktop Send this code to the factory copy or attach it in the e mail info speakerlab it Horn radius mm 497 Horn length mm 479 Horn length mm 47mm Horn radius mm Horn length mm Horn radius mm Horn length mm Horn radius mm Horn length mm Horn radius mm Horn radius mm Horn length mm dius mm 8 Horn length men REACE OVERVIEW MENU BAR TAB CONTROL File Edit Horn Type 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help y Hypex Family Tractrix utput Values 1 4 Horn Progression on 2 3D Horn Surface Spherical Spherical Closed 4E PROFILE wy avg g i d Horn Mouth Alfa Major Axis From throat Alfa Major Axis Dk Be do fo de Fo SHARED VARIABLES BOX
8. it s useful to know the aperture angle down to the horn profile In ex in compression driver it s possible to connect the throat initial section with driver exit Dragging cursor position yellow point and move along splines permits to obtain the aperture angles Aperture angle from coordinate 0 Y to actual cursor position upper yellow display Aperture angle of the segment line before cursor position lower yellow display 10 On the left box there are single values On the right box there are the array values Each array dimension matches the Sample X integer Z Circular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Values 4 Horn Progression Z axis 3D Horn Surface SpeaaerLAB HORN DIMENSION OUTPUT ARRAT ae lt a gt D fem BEZ Output Values In the third TAB you can visualize horn dimension values and build the 3D graph project Before push Build Graph gt button see Total Points Number if this is too high on 3D Plot Menu Bar select 1 2 or l4 of the total geometry 0 2 qe When you terminate the project and set all parameters you can build 3D Graph 11 In this graph Horn ell a interpolate the functions and integrate the internal mesh for each sample X section down to Z axis Circular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Values 1 4 Horn Progression on Z 3D Horn Surface SpeaaerLAB 135 130 120 Minor Axis
9. l Closed shape Sample X is the multiplication of a minimum quantity of superimposed segments Particularly in this case you need to pay attention to the Total Points Number in some cases it s possible the computer memory is full in this case start with number of samples 1 3 In the case of Waveguide profile Sample X is the quantity of segments only for the curved section of the horn ES AND PREFIXES Horn ell a recognizes also a prefix to a unit To apply a preferred prefix select the prefix in this listbox Horn ell a recognizes both SI units and units from other systems of measurement It s possible to directly convert unit string writing on the unit box your preferred unit Some length unit examples are m cm mm in ft etc SI prefixes Some temperature unit examples degC degF etc yocto 10 Z zepto 1072 atto 10 f femto 10 p pico 10 n nano 10 Fie Edt Hom Type SOPE Sa Radiation Ange u micro 107 BEEN vex Family A ten SENET E TEE Circularfind ro 174 Hom Progressiog on 2 30 Horn Surface m milli 10 gt Waveguide cv c centi 10 d deci 10 da deka 10 h hecto 107 k kilo 10 M mega 10 G giga 10 T tera 10 Circular Horn Elliptic Horn Output Values 1 4 Horn Prodression on Z axis 3D Horn Surface Z HORN DIMENSION OUTPUT ARRAY orn Mouth Alfa Major Axis P
10. of SpeakerLAB d translate or otherwise alter the program or related documentation without the prior written consent of SpeakerLAB This license agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Italy and shall inure to the benefit of SpeakerLAB its successors administrators heirs and assigns or third party licensors For further detail of software license agreement read License pdf file SpeakerLAB provides detailed electronic manuals and on line help within the program as the primary source for user information and assistance regarding the use of this product If these sources do not contain the answers to your questions for technical problems bug reports or suggestions for future software enhancements contact SpeakerLAB via any of the following methods website www speakerlab it e mail info speakerlab it Technical support is free and unlimited at this time however we reserve the right to charge for this service in the future as conditions overhead and support personnel requirements dictate SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Horn ell a software 1s an extremely intensive numerical application The program contains hundreds of numerical mathematics algorithms some of which are extremely large and place very high demands on the CPU s floating point performance Horn ell a software requires a full 32 bit operating system and can be installed in any personal computer with the following minimum system requirements e Pentium IV processor su
11. on Active for Hypex Family only If Flare Constant 0 the expansion is Catenoid If Flare Constant 1 the expansion is purely Exponential If Flare Constant lt 1 the expansion is Hyperbolic Cosine If Flare Constant gt 1 the expansion 1s Hyperbolic Sine If Flare Constant tends to the expansion is Conic Humidity Environment working humidity of the horn 14 Sample Y Samples Y is the quantity of segments to split a quarter of the horn mouth profile see the red line of Horn Mouth graph When you select a 1 2 3D Plot Sample Y is multiplied by 2 When you select a Full Angle 3D Plot Sample Y is multiplied by 4 File Edit Horn 3D Plot Solid Radiation Angle Delimiter Help Jutput Values 1 4 Horn Progression on Z axis 3D Horn Surface 27 27 Circular Horn Ella 1 2 J Full Angle HYPERBOLIC COSINE PROFILE Note you need to pay attention to the increment of Total Points Number under process when select a or Full Angle 3D Plot or when is necessary to increase the precision of horn design expanding the number of Samples X Y Horn Mouth Alf Major Axis From throat Alfa Majorxis s Jo qe E E Sample X Samples X is the quantity of segments to split the horn length 1 In the case of Hypex Family and Tractrix shape Sample X is the quantity of segments to build the profile 2 In the case of Spherical and Spherica
12. peta 10 be Joo pm Je 10 Z zetta 107 Y yotta 10 Jo RF HAMM doe Rm DATA FORMAT Saved Data Inside Horn ell a exe directory path the software automatically creates the database Horn db and putting inside all saved designs When saving the design Horn ell a generates a directory with the name you selected If you don t type any name for a design Horn ell a save the files in the Last Routed directory This operation is useful in case of forget to type a name LIT or due to fortuity button pressing File Modifica Visualizza Each directory inside Horn db appears with this style Indirizzo 9 C Documents EJ Val Nome Tipo Circular horn radius major axis minor axis are circular horn radius Documento di testo 2D design text files with this format 9 data File DAT X Y 2 major axis Documenta di testo 2 minor axis Documento di testo Total 3D points is 3D design text file with this ME Documento cl testy format X Y Z X Y Z are floating point numbers by 6 fractional format digits Data is a DAT file it s required to reopen the project with all saved configuration 17 ERENCES G K Behler M Makarski TWO PORT REPRESENTATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HORN DRIVER AND HORN J Audio Eng Soc Vol 51 No 10 2003 October L L Beranek ACOUSTIC A Bright ANALYSIS OF A FOLDED HORN Presented at the 114 AES Convention 2003 March 22 25 Am
13. ponents has resulted from accident abuse or misapplication of the product then SpeakerLAB or third party licensors shall have no responsibility to replace the disk s or key s under this limited warranty WARNINGS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SpeakerLAB will not assume liability for damage or injury due to user servicing or misuse of our product SpeakerLAB will not assume liability for the recovery of lost programs or data The user must assume responsibility for the quality performance and the fitness of SpeakerLAB software and hardware for use in professional production activities In addition to the foregoing you should recognize that all complex software systems and their documentation contain errors and omissions SpeakerLAB its distributors and dealers shall not be responsible under any circumstances for providing information on or corrections to errors and omissions discovered at any time in the product whether or not they are aware of the errors or omissions SpeakerLAB does not recommend the use of this product in applications in which errors or omissions could result in loss of life injury or other significant loss You may not a distribute copies of the program or the documentation to others b lease rent grant sublicenses or other rights to the program c provide use of the program in a computer service business network time sharing multiple CPU virtual machine or multiple users arrangement without the prior written consent
14. sterdam The Netherlands D Cinanni M Di Cola A Manzini T Nizzoli D Ponteggia DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH DIRECTIVITY WAVEGUIDE FOR VERTICAL ARRAY Presented at the 127 AES Convention 2009 October 9 12 New York F Fahy SOUND AND STRUCTURAL VIBRATION Fryer HORN ACOUSTICS CALCULATION THROUGH THE HORN CUTOFF FREQUENCY J Audio Eng Soc Vol 51 No 1 2 2003 January February E R Geddes L W Lee AUDIO TRANSDUCERS D B Keele Jr LOW FREQUENCY HORN DESIGN USING THIELE SWALL DRIVER PARAMETERS preprint no 1250 presented at the 57 AES Convention May 10 13 1977 Los Angeles D B Keele Jr A LOUDSPEAKER HORN THAT COVERS A FLAT RECTANGULAR AREA FROM AN OBLIQUE ANGLE Presented at the 74 AES Convention 1983 October 8 12 New York C R Hanna J Slepian THE FUNCTION AND DESIGN OF HORNS FOR LOUDSPEAKERS J Audio Eng Soc September 1977 Vol 25 N 9 C E Hughes GENERALIZED HORN DESIGN TO OPTIMIZE DIRECTIVITY CONTROL amp Wavefront Curvature Presented at the 107 AES Convention 1999 September 24 27 NewYork W Marshall Leach Jr TWO PORT ANALOGOUS CIRCUIT AND SPICE MODEL FOR SALMON S FAMILY OF ACOUSTIC HORNS 1459 J Acoustic Soc Am 99 3 March 1996 N W McLachlan LOUD SPEAKERS D J Plack DESIGN FACTORS IN HORN TYPE SPEAKERS J Audio Eng Soc Vol 1 No 4 1953 October M S Ureda ON THE MOVEMENT OF A HORN S ACOUSTIC CENTER Presented at the 106 AES Convention 1999
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