Blog Entries

Mic Testing with the QA401
Last week a post on the forum showed how to make an automated test for microphones that runs in Tractor. Recall Tractor is the standalone program that "drives" the QA401...
Mic Testing with the QA401
Last week a post on the forum showed how to make an automated test for microphones that runs in Tractor. Recall Tractor is the standalone program that "drives" the QA401...

Mic Compression
We previously looked at the phenomenon of speaker compression, which occurs when increases in gain in the the speaker output fail to track the increased gain at the speaker input....
Mic Compression
We previously looked at the phenomenon of speaker compression, which occurs when increases in gain in the the speaker output fail to track the increased gain at the speaker input....

Notch Filters
Notch filters have always played an important role in measurements. In fact, before higher performance ADC and DACs were available, distortion measurements were made using very high quality oscillators pushed...
Notch Filters
Notch filters have always played an important role in measurements. In fact, before higher performance ADC and DACs were available, distortion measurements were made using very high quality oscillators pushed...

NAMM 2020 and Speaker Compression
[Post by Matt] NAMM 2020 has come and gone, and as usual the event was informative and educational. I had an interesting discussion with a person who explained the challenges...
NAMM 2020 and Speaker Compression
[Post by Matt] NAMM 2020 has come and gone, and as usual the event was informative and educational. I had an interesting discussion with a person who explained the challenges...

Automating Pedal Measurements with Tractor
We have a new forum located here. It's based on Discourse, which is a bit different form most forum software. Discourse is optimized for short, quick interactions on a topic....
Automating Pedal Measurements with Tractor
We have a new forum located here. It's based on Discourse, which is a bit different form most forum software. Discourse is optimized for short, quick interactions on a topic....

Cloud Database
Let's say the first 50 units of your new widget prototype have come off the line. You're excited because this is the first time you've built more than a few...
Cloud Database
Let's say the first 50 units of your new widget prototype have come off the line. You're excited because this is the first time you've built more than a few...