EASE Focus - Software...
What is EASE Focus?
» EASE Focus is a software that allows the modelling of acoustic sources, in particular line arrays, in two dimensions. It only considers the direct field, created by the complex addition of the sound contributions of the individual loudspeakers or array components.
» The design of EASE Focus is targeted at the end user, but also at the R&D engineer. Therefore great efforts are made to create an intuitive and consistent interface, that agrees with modern user interface design principles.
» The purpose of EASE Focus is to provide both, the end user, who needs to set up the array for a show, as well as the developer, with a tool that allows the easy and quick prediction of the array performance in a given venue.
» The applicability of EASE Focus is quite extended compared to conventional 2D aiming software tools. Outstanding is that it is not fixed to a single product. A configuration file allows defining the array properties in a simple ASCII format. Thus, additional arrays can be introduced at any time by additional configuration files, already existing arrays can be updated, without to change a single line of code in the software. This makes EASE Focus a generic software.
» The scientific base of EASE Focus stems from EASE, the professional electro- and room acoustic simulation software developed by ADA, Acoustic Design Ahnert, Berlin, Germany. EASE Focus itself is a software created by SDA, Software Design Ahnert GmbH, Berlin, Germany, the sister company of ADA.
See Downloads section for the EASE Focus flyer and an extensive review with more information.
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EASE Focus Aiming Software
» The EASE Focus Aiming Software is a two-dimensional, acoustic simulation software that serves for the configuration and modeling of Line Arrays close to reality. Comparable to a Reader-software it is based on the EASE Focus configuration files (.EFO) required for its use. These files can be created by means of the EASE Focus Compiler Software and contain the data that defines the Line Array with regard to its possible configurations as well as to its geometrical and acoustical properties.
» The EASE Focus Aiming Software is publicly available and it is free. It cannot be licensed directly, rather loading a selected EASE Focus configuration file constitutes the relation to a manufacturer. The maintenance and the extension of the EASE Focus Aiming Software is carried out by SDA.
EASE Focus Compiler Software
» By means of the EASE Focus Compiler Software, a documented text format, that describes the geometrical and acoustical properties of a Line Array, can be translated into a binary, compiled format (.EFO). These binary configuration files represent the basis for the EASE Focus Aiming Software.
» The EASE Focus Compiler Software will be provided by SDA after the purchase of a manufacturer-specific licence. The maintenance and extension of the EASE Focus Compiler Software is carried out by SDA.
EASE Focus Licence fees
» An overview over the licence costs is provided here:
focus_prices_aug06.pdf
What does EASE Focus have in common with EASE?
» EASE Focus is powered by the same acoustic engine as EASE. It can actually be considered as a strongly reduced version of EASE, but it only calculates the direct sound field for 2 dimensions and for a single array.
» Otherwise both softwares are very similar with regard to most acoustic calculation properties. For example the data resolution is 1/3rd Octave, 5°, complex, at maximum. Like EASE, EASE Focus uses the ISO standard for air absorption after ISO 9613-1, the propagation loss over distance, a dB attenuation per cabinet, the angle dependency of the acoustic data, complex summing of the acoustic sources and much more.
» The ASCII file format allows to specify a practically unlimited amount of sources per box, that means a cabinet can be modelled either conservatively, as a single point source, it can be modelled as a composition of drivers, or it can be modelled by means of many point sources distributed along an imaginary wave front.
» Data exchange between the two software programs, EASE Focus and EASE, is intended and will be possible.
Who are the creators of EASE Focus?
» EASE Focus is developed by SDA (Software Design Ahnert GmbH). It is a sister company of ADA (Acoustic Design Ahnert), the creator of the well-known EASE software. SDA creates software for the pro-audio market and has worked on projects for many of the manufacturer community. For more details please see the imprint.
