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- Fig. 110: 2 π radiation
- Fig. 109: 4 π radiation
- Fig. 103: Absorption versus diffusion
- Fig. 117: A frequency (F) that has a wavelength of four times the distance to the rear wall is canceled because of the oppositely phased reflection.
- Fig. 116: An example of a comb filter effect created by combining two signals with the same amplitude and a one millisecond delay between them. Dips occur due to cancellation at 500 Hz, 1.5 kHz, 2.5 kHz etc., and the two signals’ levels double (+6 dB) at
- Fig. 20: Assigning Clarity X in TC Icon
- Fig. 24: Assigning Clarity X in TC Icon
- Fig. 34: Audio formats and Bass Management modes – overview
- Fig. 35: Audio formats and Bass Management modes – overview ctd.
- Fig. 80: Auto Logging – Log Select page, with meter M2 enabled for logging
- Fig. 81: Auto Logging – Log Setup page
- Fig. 12: Balanced to unbalanced – proper wiring
- Fig. 118: Basic bass management setup
- Fig. 33: Bass Management page, Bass Management set to Extract
- Fig. 39: Calibrating the right speaker in a 5.1 setup to EBU R128
- Fig. 11: Clarity X back panel connectors (shown with optional MADI ports)
- Fig. 62: Clarity X Dose Meter and Dose Reset button as seen in the right pane of the TC Icon Main View
- Fig. 61: Clarity X Dose Meter showing “Not Cal” for a Speaker Setup not declared as Ready
- Fig. 9: Clarity X front panel
- Fig. 10: Clarity X front panel indicators
- Fig. 8: Clarity X hardware options: With MADI (top) and without MADI (bottom)
- Fig. 79: Clarity X log file header
- Fig. 52: Clarity X Main View – input and output panes showing Page 1
- Fig. 53: Clarity X Main View – input and output panes showing Page 2
- Fig. 54: Clarity X Main View, left pane, page 1 showing the Radar Meter and Source overview, Stereo Deviation Meter and Center Ratio Meter
- Fig. 55: Clarity X Main View, left pane, page 2 showing Radar statistics, True Peak Meter and Source overview, Stereo Deviation Meter and Center Ratio Meter
- Fig. 56: Clarity X Main View, right pane, page 1 showing the current speaker set, the Dose Meter, the Speaker Set overview, and various status indicators
- Fig. 57: Clarity X Main View, right pane, page 2 showing the Dose Meter, the Reset Dose button, the Speaker Set selection buttons and various status indicators
- Fig. 68: Clarity X Remote Control
- Fig. 7: Clarity X signal flow diagram. For more information on a section, please click or tap the respective part of the diagram.
- Fig. 1: Clarity X software on the TC Electronic software download page
- Fig. 2: Clarity X software on the TC Electronic software download page
- Fig. 85: Clarity X software on the TC Electronic software download page
- Fig. 86: Clarity X software on the TC Electronic software download page
- Fig. 87: Clarity X software (.tca) in the OS X Finder
- Fig. 26: Clarity X Status page
- Fig. 18: Confirmation of Clarity X reboot
- Fig. 17: Confirmation of new Clarity X IP address
- Fig. 19: Connecting Clarity X to a computer via Ethernet
- Fig. 119: Correlated (left) and uncorrelated (right) signals
- Fig. 93: Device UI locked
- Fig. 67: Dose Meter – critical dose
- Fig. 64: Dose Meter in the green
- Fig. 66: Dose Meter in the red
- Fig. 65: Dose Meter over 99%
- Fig. 63: Dose Meter reset
- Fig. 70: Dynamic Range Tolerance (DRT) for consumers in different listening situations
- Fig. 58: Edit / Format page
- Fig. 69: Edit / Remote page
- Fig. 82: Edit – Setup – M1 page
- Fig. 5: Ejecting the TC Icon disk image
- Fig. 16: Entering a new Clarity X IP address
- Fig. 36: EQ page with Band 3 deactivated and Band 5 selected for editing
- Fig. 22: Fader label (two triangles) indicating Fine adjustment mode for the currently selected parameter (Delay)
- Fig. 37: Frame / Phones page
- Fig. 27: Frame / Routing page
- Fig. 40: Frame / Set 1 / Cal page
- Fig. 21: Icon symbol
- Fig. 46: Info display for M2 preset
- Fig. 30: I/O setup – Clock page
- Fig. 31: I/O Setup – MADI page
- Fig. 38: Level differences when mixing at different sound pressure levels
- Fig. 49: Library Bank page
- Fig. 48: Library Project Delete page
- Fig. 44: Library Studio Recall page
- Fig. 47: Library Studio Store page
- Fig. 75: LM8 Main page
- Fig. 73: LM8 Radar
- Fig. 74: LM8 Radar page
- Fig. 76: LM8 Setup page
- Fig. 77: LM8 Statistics page
- Fig. 78: Log page with two log files
- Fig. 45: M2 Preset Recall button with Info tag
- Fig. 50: Main Edit page
- Fig. 108: Maxima of standing waves
- Fig. 100: Membrane absorbers
- Fig. 4: Moving TC Icon to the OS X applications folder
- Fig. 15: Network identification page in TC Icon software
- Fig. 59: Noise Floor Zoom
- Fig. 60: Noise-induced hearing loss risks
- Fig. 98: One sound source and one receiver in a typical room. The sound impulse is reflected on many surfaces. The reflections are perceived as reverberation.
- Fig. 96: One sound source, one receiver and no room. Only the direct sound is received.
- Fig. 97: One sound source, one receiver, and one reflecting surface. The sound is received twice. In the control room, this is normally experienced as comb filtering – see later.
- Fig. 14: OS X Network preferences
- Fig. 6: OS X security warning about application from an unidentified developer
- Fig. 42: Overview of the Clarity X data structure
- Fig. 43: Overview of the Clarity X data structure in TC Icon
- Fig. 71: Peak level normalization
- Fig. 102: Porous absorbers
- Fig. 83: Preferences page
- Fig. 88: Reset to Defaults button on the Frame / System / Setup / Version page
- Fig. 89: Reset to Defaults confirmation dialog
- Fig. 101: Resonance absorbers
- Fig. 99: Reverberation time measured in a control room. From 250 Hz and above, the curve is nicely placed around 0.3 seconds. But for lower frequencies, the reverb time rises to 0.75 seconds, which is too much.
- Fig. 105: Room modes: Axial modes
- Fig. 107: Room modes: Radial modes
- Fig. 106: Room modes: Tangential modes
- Fig. 28: Routing an input channel to a Source Module channel
- Fig. 29: Routing a Speaker Set channel to a physical output channel
- Fig. 95: Setup – Color page
- Fig. 91: Setup – Devices page
- Fig. 90: Setup – Info page
- Fig. 25: Setup – No devices detected
- Fig. 92: Setup – Security page
- Fig. 94: Setup – UI page
- Fig. 41: Signals for the left and right speakers delayed by 2.4 ms to compensate for the center speaker being 80 cm closer to the listener
- Fig. 32: Speaker Set Configuration page for Speaker Setup 1
- Fig. 84: Studio Setup active – Speaker Sets enabled
- Fig. 72: Target loudness based on a consumer’s Dynamic Range Tolerance
- Fig. 3: TC Icon software app icon
- Fig. 23: TC Icon software – On-screen keyboard
- Fig. 104: The sound field is initially radiated exposing a radial wave front – but within a few reflections, the sound field has obtained a plane wave front.
- Fig. 51: Tone page
- Fig. 114: Two 1 kHz sinusoidal tones added. The summed level is doubled (+6 dB).
- Fig. 113: Two 500 Hz sinusoidal tones added. The second tone is delayed 1 millisecond, hence the sum is zero.
- Fig. 115: Two typical situations in which comb filtering occurs, either acoustically or electrically
- Fig. 13: Windows Internet control panel
- Fig. 112: π/2 radiation
- Fig. 111: π radiation
- Safety information
- About this manual
- Before you get started
- Unpacking and setup
- Software: TC Icon and Clarity X firmware
- Clarity X: An introduction
- Clarity X – Basic concepts and operation
- Clarity X status indicators and ports
- Setting up Clarity X
- Basic operation using TC Icon software
- Accessing Clarity X
- Obtaining Clarity X status information
- Setting up audio and syncing
- Speaker Set calibration
- The Library: Recalling, storing and deleting settings
- Signal Source and Speaker Set configuration
- Clarity X Main view – Meters and Operation
- Downmix and other processing functions
- Dose Metering
- Clarity X Remote Control
- M2 – The LM8 Meter
- M1 Meter configuration
- Preferences
- Clarity X firmware update and Device Reset
- TC Icon Setup
- Appendix 1: Links and additional information
- Appendix 2: Acoustics
- Technical specifications
ClarityX Main view – Meters and Operation
Clarity X software version 1.3.00 – Build 3275 – Reference manual (updated 2016-10-18) 113
Speaker Set Overview
The Speaker Set Overview gives you an over-
view of the channels in the currently selected
Speaker Set. Just like the Source Overview in
the left pane, these small meters are not meant
for “reading” absolute values, but to quickly spot
when channels suddenly drop out.
On page 1, the name of the currently selected
Speaker Set is shown above the channel display,
e.g. “Speaker Set 1”.
Status indicators
Mute/Solo status indicator
This indicator will light up if one or multiple
speakers in the currently selected Speaker Set
have been muted or soloed.
Downmix status indicator
This indicator will light up if the Downmix func-
tion on the Format page has been engaged. For
more information, see “Multi-channel downmix
section” on page 116.
M/S status indicator
This indicator will light up if the Mono or side
functions on the Format page have been en-
gaged. For more information, see “Mono/Side
section” on page 117.
REF level status indicator
This indicator will light up green when the current
Speaker Setup is operated at reference level.
It will light up yellow if there is a problem with the
reference level, e.g. when the Speaker Set has
not been calibrated.
Delay status indicator
This indicator will light up if a delay has been ap-
plied to the monitor signal on the Main Edit page.
For more information, see “Monitor Out section”
on page 103.
“Other” status indicator
This indicator will light up if one of the following
signal processing functions has been activated:
► Noise Floor Zoom. For more information, see
“Noise Floor section” on page 118.
► Phase Inversion. For more information, see
“Invert Phase section” on page 116.
► Signal Generator (Tone). For more information,
see “Speaker Set calibration” on page 78.