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One of the few gripes I have with Smaart is that weighting is neither displayed nor accessible from the Control Strip, though it is indicated in the trace area. It'd be nice if you could tile the screen into separate windows for each trace e. Active channels are viewed "overlay" style clicking on an input in the Control Strip brings its trace to the front of a window. Inputs are organized and added into Groups under the Group Manager, where you'll find parameters including averaging and weighting. Smaart played very well with my Digi R at sample rates of Sometimes Smaart would recognize the Traveler, and other times - typically after changing the sample rate - it would not. You can then set sample rate, bit-depth 16 or 24 and apply your own names to the inputs and outputs nice for managing multi-channel systems. Smaart's primary modes Real Time and Impulse Response include time and frequency domain measurements, but first you need to set up your hardware in the audio dialogue. A major change is that this version supports simultaneous measurement of multiple channels.
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Rational Acoustics incorporated many improvements to the interface of Smaart v7. Reading these documents while following along with your system can cut down the learning curve, and since there's a lot to learn about Smaart, this idea is… well… smart. If you've never used Smaart, it's worthwhile reviewing the resources available from the Rational Acoustics web site, particularly the PowerPoint presentation and basic setup guide. The latest revision of Rational Acoustics' Smaart is v7.
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Editor's Note: Steve submitted this as his regular "On the Digital Edge" column for the January issue of FOH but, as it is a pretty extensive look at the nuts and bolts of a much-used software program, we are running it as a Road Test instead.