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| CARA (Computer Aided Room Acoustics) is a very advanced computer program for computing and optimizing Room Acoustics of arbitrary rooms. CARA is based on the sound source imaging method in combination with a backtracing procedure.
For a detailed analysis CARA calculates the total sound field data at 1,000-3,000 equally distributed grid points in the room. The evaluation of the sound field data concerns the modal structure (steady state sound pressure distribution), the room response of a Dirac-Pulse excitation in the time domain, the distribution of sound coloration, the sound imaging (stereophonic sound localization), and the speech intelligibility. CARA provides the expert with a great number of room acoustic reference numbers (frequency dependent reverberation times, sound coloration, speech intelligibility, lateral sound level, or stereophonic sound localization) derived from sound pressure frequency responses or transient room responses/reverberation diagrams. The special function Auralization renders a listening test in the (virtual) room to evaluate for example sound differences due to different loudspeaker positionings. Any piece of music (two channels Stereo) may be used for this.
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CARA Highlights |
- Determination of the basic acoustic properties of the room (Acoustic Ambiance) in combination with suggestions regarding the furnishings (wall materials, furniture) in order to linearize the reverberation time spectrum,
- Automatic Positional Optimization for the loudspeakers and the listener to minimize sound wave interferences (standing waves) in the listening area.
- $75 with training DVD
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"What more can one ask? The predictions are accurate, the results satisfying. I intend to use CARA for all of my acoustic planningin fact, I've already modeled my room. Now, all I wish is that speaker manufacturers would post CARA-compatible loudspeaker files on their websites. Wouldn't you like to know how well a speaker might work in your room before you buy it? I would." --Kalman Rubinson, Stereophile, September 2001
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