Smaart Suite Release Notes

Created by Hannah Goodine, Modified on Thu, 24 Oct at 1:34 PM by Hannah Goodine

Smaart Suite Release Notes

9.5.0

New Features

Added the ability to use band-limiting for signal generator noise contours other than Pink noise.
Added Multi-File Playback.
Added sine wave frequency sliders to signal generator flyout.
Added "mono," "stereo," and "multi" generator playback types.
Added SMPTE standard noise type.
Added Red noise contour.
Added Pink/Red noise hybrid contour.
Added [V] hotkey to flush data buffer in IR Mode.
Added indication of SPL logging visible from RT and IR modes.
Added inverse pink weighting
Added the ability to capture hidden measurements when using "capture all".
Added transfer function target curve tolerance.
Added support for creating target curves from saved data traces.
Added clock to SPL metrics list.
Added "link plot zoom" preference.
Added coherence line thickness preference.
Added trace color assignment preference.

Under the Hood

Updated Live IR plot label behavior.
Updated SPL alarm display behavior.
Updated SPL alarm formatting in SPL Reports.
Updated scroll bar contrast.
Updated Leq MAX field behavior to not populate until the buffer has been filled.
Updated "Pink Noise" label to "noise".
Updated target curve error message language.
Updated the noise GUI.
Updated Smaart Loopback behavior when the signal generator is off.
Updated signal generation level of pseudorandom noise.
Removed least significant digit from TF tolerance field.
Improved behavior when editing fields
Improved behavior when using the delay finder with SyncSource measurements.
Improved view preset behavior with the live IR plot.
Improved organization of TF Graph Settings.
Improved link plot banding behavior in multi-spectrum view.
Launching Smaart a second time now brings the existing program window to the front of the stack in Windows.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the signal generator did not turn off when switching to file stimulus with no file selected for playback.
Fixed a bug where "Track All" command would not affect hidden measurements.
Fixed a bug where hot plug would disconnect 10EaZy and stop SPL logging.

9.4.1

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where modal View Presets were not working properly.
Fixed a bug where all traces were using Foreground Thickness setting.
Fixed a bug where the "Plot Instantaneous Response" setting was not working.
Fixed a bug where Magnitude and Phase plots were showing different top traces.
Fixed a bug where the "Display Live IR" setting becomes disabled when closing Smaart from Spectrum view.
Fixed a bug where adding a custom SPL metric while logging would corrupt the log.
Fixed a bug where Smaart sometimes wouldn't close when installing an update.

9.4.0

New Features

Added "Create DSP Channel from Selected" option to data trace/folder right-click menu
Added support for Transfer Function Target Curves
Added Plot Time Reference (PTR) Display and Time Offset (TO) controls
Added ability to change trace color from trace right-click menu
Added Hotkey to clear Time Offset: [Ctrl/Cmd] + [Shift] + [Y]
Added the ability to reorder target curves
Added support for running measurements that use Smaart Loopback while the generator is off
Added Multi-Trace drag and drop support
Added support for Controlling IR mode frequency plot with TF Y-grid interval setting
Added spectrum averaging depth to measurement settings
Added support for measurement delay times over 1000ms

Improvements

Updated Coherence View preset behavior follows global when "Always use MTW coherence" is not selected.
Updated Spectrum Target Curve file formatting.
Updated rendering of disabled combo boxes.
Updated "Trace Info" language.
Updated "Measurement Delay" to "Measurement Time Reference" in "Trace Info".
Moved "Mag Averaging Type" checkbox to graph settings and renamed it to "Mag Averaging Display".
Moved "Use MTW Coherence" checkbox to Graph Settings and renamed it "Always display MTW Coherence".

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where target curves would not reposition with banding changes.
Fixed a bug where deletion of target curves would not remove them from the plot.
Fixed a bug where switching views with LIFFT shown would corrupt the plot view.
Fixed a bug where max frequency limits for sine wave and band-limited pseudorandom pink noise did not equal Nyquist frequency for the selected device's sample rate.
Fixed a bug where unselected inputs would not be removed from the amplitude calibration window.
Fixed a crash that could occur on Windows when trying to change the Signal Generator's source to File while it is playing.
Fixed a bug where [Cmd] + [Y] (reset Y offset) hotkey only cleared offset of the focused plot.
Fixed a bug where graphs would get corrupted after changing views.
Fixed a crash when making mismatched target curve visible.
Fixed a crash when selecting "File" as the generator output type.

9.3.1

Bug Fixes

Fixed graphical issues that occurred on some Apple Silicon Macs
Fixed a bug where graphs would get corrupted after changing views

9.3.0

Improvements

New Signal Generator fly-up GUI
New “Smaart Loopback” mechanism replaces the old virtual “Generator” device
Improved Active Output Preset indication.
Improved Client Window measurement assignment workflow
Improved window behavior when using more than one computer monitor
Added “Do not show me this again” option to the Multi-Device TF signal generator warning
Updated the [Alt/Opt + A] hotkey to close I-O Config when already open
Added a warning message when using Smaart Loopback
Added support for multi-channel wave files in the signal generator
Added Option for files to playback as a Mono Sum
Increased plot focus border size and plot axis button size
“Cont” button in IR Mode now turns red when enabled
Expanded the click area for closing fly-ups
Added new hotkeys

[Shift + D]	Track All
[Alt/Option + D]	Reset All Measurement Delays to 0ms
[Alt/Option + A]	Opens and closes IO config
[Shift + P]	Cycle through plot focus
[Ctrl/Cmd + A]	Run All Engines in Current Tab
[Ctrl/Cmd + G]	Increase Generator Level
[Shift + G]	Decrease Generator Level
[Alt/Option + V]	Reset SPL Leq Buffers
[Shift + T]	Trigger Timer Macro
[Shift + M]	Toggles between Phase and Group Delay
[Alt/Option + L]	Start/Stop SPL Logging
[Ctrl/Cmd + N]	Add Note in SPL Log
[Alt/Option + V]	Reset SPL Leq Buffers

Bug Fixes

Fly-up dialogs no longer close when clicking outside fly-up
Peak Hold now works with Live Spectrum Averages
Signal Generator no longer automatically compacts when the window size is small
Fixed a crash that occurred when duplicating a new tab in TF View
Fixed a crash when using SyncSource and changing FFT size (Length) while Signal Generator was running
Fixed an issue where the keyboard focus would not remain on the Banding menu
Fixed a bug where the sine generator would click when changing frequency with the slider
Fixed a bug where 32k FFT coherence was used as the default
Fixed a bug with an artifact "Folder" in the Data Bar

9.2.2

Improvements

Magnitude Thresholding for the delay finder is now OFF by default and can be enabled via TF Measurement Settings
Improved graph behavior while the application window is resized
Improved graph performance when modifying multiple traces at the same time
More improvements to window behavior when multiple monitors are connected/disconnected

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that occurred when rapidly switching plot views
Fixed a bug that made it difficult to click the "L-IFFT" checkbox in Advanced Preferences
Fixed a bug that caused the SPL Meters above the SPL History plot to freeze
Fixed a bug where Coherence blanking was using the wrong dataset when "Use MTW Coherence" was enabled
Fixed a bug that caused captured spatial average traces to not follow the global averaging type setting
Fixed a bug where disabling "Link Phase & Mag. Smoothing" reverted both Mag and Phase smoothing to "No Smoothing"
Fixed a bug that made the Delay Tracker circle icon difficult to see in IR Mode
Fixed a bug where the trace name label in plots did not update after renaming a measurement engine
Fixed a bug where the trace icon showed the wrong hide/show state when moving a trace out of a folder
Fixed a bug where Folders in the Data Bar minimized after using "Assign Random Color"
Fixed a bug that prevented capturing IR measurements
Fixed a bug that prevented FFT size changes from applying immediately

9.2.1

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that caused an error to appear if Live Averages or Spectrum Measurements were started while Syncsource™ was enabled
Fixed a bug that caused the Client Window to forget measurement assignments after it was closed and re-opened
Fixed a bug that prevented the Spectrograph from scrolling backwards after the slice height was changed
Fixed a bug where Transfer Function engines would list the wrong reference channel name when using the virtual “Generator” device
Fixed a bug that caused the Advanced Delay Finder window to render partially off-screen
Fixed various issues related to “Import ASCII”
Fixed a bug that prevented saving Impulse Responses
Fixed a bug where Impulse Response measurements might drop out every 5 seconds
Fixed a bug that caused some Impulse Response measurements would appear as flat lines
Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking the SPL Metric droplist in the SPL History plot

9.2.0

New Features

New data library search and sorting functions
New data archiving function
New advanced plot type - L-IFFT™
New graphics rendering engine in SPL Mode
New graphics rendering engine in Advanced Delay Finder
Trace Info enhancements - control data set visibility
Added option to change/set the generator level increment precision and allow .5 dB increments
Added magnitude thresholding to the Find Delay calculation
Added “Alt + J" hotkey to open Advanced Preferences
Added” Make Session Folder" option to the right-click menu for folders in the Data Library

Improvements

Optimization to improve performance with large data libraries
“Delete" hotkey is now supported in Measurement Config flyout
Output presets can now be changed while the Generator is ON
When a folder of data is imported, subdirectories are now also imported
Standalone SPL Meters now have a smaller minimum size
Averaging type is now forced to Complex only when the FTW checkbox in the Control Bar is checked

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where captured TF traces did not use the correct Smoothing value

9.1.7

Improvements

Improved click-ability of traces in plots
Reduced minimum allowable meter size for standalone SPL Meters
Improved user experience when using "SyncSource TF" with TF engines that don't follow the global FFT size
Improved behavior when an audio device's channel count changes (Dante)
Removed hot plug/automatic device detection in the Windows build and replaced with a "Refresh" button in I-O Config
A name is now required when renaming captured traces and live engines

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur if an API connection was intermittent
Fixed a bug where the "Signal" droplist in the Signal Generator Dialog might be empty
Fixed a bug where multi-selecting and dragging traces to the plot would only show the first trace
Fixed a bug where stopping an engine would not remove the trace from the plot in Multi Spectrum view
Fixed a bug where the auto-populated trace capture name did not update after renaming a measurement engine
Fixed a bug where engine name uniqueness was not being enforced in some circumstances
Fixed a bug where an engine's outline color did not update immediately after changing the engine color
Fixed a bug where the Target Curve list did not update immediately after importing a target curve
Fixed a bug where Decade-scale frequency labels were incorrect
Fixed a bug where some hotkey presses would affect multiple traces in the Windows build
Fixed a bug where the Client Window input meters would flash
Fixed various bugs related to Live/Captured Averages
Fixed various bugs related to locked/peak cursors

9.1.6

Improvements

Enhanced overall app performance, especially on Apple Silicon

Bug Fixes

Fixed various issues with full-screening application windows in macOS.
The Signal Generator stimulus droplist in the Control Bar now correctly limits choices when SyncSource™ is enabled.
Fixed a bug where the input selection for standalone SPL meters couldn't be changed after restarting Smaart.
Fixed a bug where the Y axis levels were incorrect if the value was more than 999
Fixed a crash that occurred when starting or stopping a Live TF Average when "Always Calculate" (LIR) was unchecked in TF Measurement Settings
Fixed a crash that occurred in the Windows build when moving cursor focus between text fields
Fixed a crash that occurred when Restoring Defaults immediately after Restoring Defaults.

9.1.5

Improvements

Added option to disable audio device scanning (hot plug)

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Live Average traces were changing upon capturing
Fixed a bug where Mic Correction Curves were not applying to TFs when Mag Averaging was set to complex.
Fixed a bug where applying FTW smoothing would cause some traces to shift up in the HF
Fixed a bug where the "Move" (M) command would move multiple traces instead of just the top trace.
Fixed a bug that cased SPL logging to silently fail
Fixed a crash in IR move when Pink Sweep was played after using Record.

9.1.4

Improvements

Disallowed forward slash and backslash in various name input fields

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that triggered a “Runtime error” on some Windows computers
Fixed a bug where the Skin selection from saved configurations was being ignored
Fixed a bug where Traces captured through the Client Window had the wrong name
Fixed a bug where some captured average traces showed 0.00 dB in the cursor readout despite having valid Magnitude data
Fixed a bug where the Histogram cursor readout shows milliseconds instead of seconds

9.1.3

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where plots did not respond to navigational hotkeys (arrow keys)
Fixed a bug where “Shift + Alt + -/+” did not shift the time offset of the IR trace

9.1.2

Bug Fixes

SyncSource TF - changing the measurement Stimulus type from “Synchronized” to “Random" now switches the Generator noise stimulus back to “Random”
Fixed a bug where unchecking "Always Calculate" (LIR) in TF Measurement Settings prevented the LIR from calculating at all
Fixed a bug where FTW was not applying to the Phase trace
Fixed a bug where SPL logging might fail if the default Alarm was enabled
Fixed various issues related to measurement Weighting controls
Fixed a crash that occurred when normalizing a captured TF average trace with a normal TF trace

9.1.1

Improvements

Increased default API command timeout to prevent erroneous timeout responses
Pressing the ‘G’ hotkey when the Generator is not configured now displays the message saying that the Generator is not configured
“Save As” is now enabled when multiple traces are selected in the Data Library
Tabbing out of the Generate SPL Report -> Operator field now puts focus on the Company field

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where clicking full screen button (+) in the macOS build would not make the program exit full screen mode
Fixed a bug where modifying or averaging a captured Spectrum average trace would corrupt the data
Fixed a bug where hiding and showing a captured Spectrum average trace would cause the data to change
Fixed a bug where the Plot Calibrated Level setting wouldn’t immediately apply to running Spectrum measurements
Fixed a bug where creating a new session folder would make shown traces disappear from the Data Bar until the Data Library was refreshed
Fixed a bug where clicking the "Metric" radio button in General Preferences more than once would cause a black hole
Fixed a bug where some Y axis unit labels were missing from the RTA when "Plot Calibrated Levels" was enabled for the first time
Fixed a crash that occurred after “0” was manually entered into the Signal Generator level field
Fixed a bug where the LIR cursor readout was incorrect if the cursor was to the left of center
Fixed a crash that occurred when closing a secondary window and choosing to keep the tabs
Fixed “Sync Ld” hotkey in IR Mode
Fixed a bug where cursors in IR frequency plots with no banding didn’t track the largest y value

9.1

New Features

New Audient® EVO device control integration
New “SyncSource™ TF” measurement mode
New generator “Fade-In” option
Added unweighted "Peak" as a built-in sound level metric
Added Measurement Config button to IR control bar
Added an option to turn off zero-padding for Pink Sweeps

Improvements

Transfer Function - both Polar- and Complex-averaged magnitude data sets are now always calculated/stored
Improved behavior when adding or removing columns and rows from the standalone SPL Meter Grid
Improved behavior when multi-selecting measurements to create a live average
Improved visual performance while resizing the application window
When editing output Trim, pressing the Enter key now moves focus to the next Trim cell
IR Spectro. and Freq. plots now update after zooming into the IR navigation plot and panning through the IR time record
When editing a standalone SPL Meter's name, pressing Enter now removes focus from the text field

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that occurred when 10EaZy is connected, SPL Meters are shown, and Smaart is restarted
Fixed a hang that occurred when changing gain on a controllable device using the gain slider in SPL Mode
Fixed a bug where Spectrum Target Curves were not changing level when the Banding changed
Fixed a bug where the visibility state of the Input Meters window was not persistent in the Windows build
Fixed a bug where “Broadband” was available as a selection when customizing Octave-filtered sound level metrics
Fixed a bug where the Signal Generator level field allowed non-integers to be entered
Fixed a bug where traces could no longer be assigned to a specific plot via drag-and-drop
Fixed a bug where enabling “Plot Proportional Graphs” would break other visible TF plots
Fixed a bug where the IR Lin plot would not update if consecutive measurements were taken
Fixed a bug where the IR Decay Markers were not updated after using “Sync Ld”
Fixed a bug where IR Magnitude Range was not working
Fixed a bug where the plot axis was incorrectly labeled when “Phase as Group Delay” was enabled
Fixed a bug where custom window names did not persist after restarting Smaart
Fixed a bug where the LIR axis time delay time label would be truncated if the delay time was >100ms
Fixed a bug where Copy/Export to ASCII was not using the banded or smoothed data set
Fixed a bug where the Client Window LIR plot wasn’t painting the trace correctly
Fixed a bug where pressing hotkeys repeatedly would open multiple copies of various dialogs
Fixed a bug where clicking outside of the plot type droplist would still open it
Fixed various bugs related to Locked Cursors, and Cursor Readout
Fixed various bugs related to user-defined Plot Views, and Plot Preference

9.0.3

Bug Fixes

Fixed a memory leak in the macOS build.
Fixed various issues related to moving Smaart between screens with different DPI settings
Improved a rendering behavior when resizing the application window or changing program modes
Fixed a crash that occurred when “Create a new Configuration” was chosen on restart after leaving SPL mode.
Fixed a crash that occurred when restarting Smaart with 10EaZy connected
Fixed a bug where Target Curves were not reacting to changes in Banding.
Fixed a bug where recapturing a stored trace didn’t update the trace in other windows
Fixed a bug where dragging a measurement engine too high in the Control Bar would make it disappear
Fixed a bug where the circular delay tracker button wouldn't always turn red when locked "on"
Fixed a bug where Input Meters would not remain showing after restarting Smaart in Windows
Fixed a bug where running an IR in "Continuous" mode would fail to update the live measurement trace
Fixed a bug where IR engine input meters were fed by the wrong in puts if the corresponding TF pair was reconfigured
Fixed a bug where the IR Histogram plot would default to an unusual Y-Axis scale
Fixed blurry Find/Track/+/- Delay buttons in the Control Bar

9.0.2

New Features

New v9 API SDK available

GUI Enhancements

Plot zoom states and threshold widget positions are now persistent.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Target Curve line thickness wouldn’t apply
Fixed various bugs that resulted in TF traces plotting without smoothing despite smoothing being applied.
Fixed a bug where the RT Mode Spectrograph wouldn’t paint after switching modes
Fixed a bug that resulted in the magnitude column of ASCII exports showing the 0.00dB for all frequencies
Fixed a crash that occurred when averaging two traces that were captured from the live averages.
Fixed a bug where the built-in SPL Meter would show “no choices” for inputs in new application windows.
Fixed a bug where the built-in SPL Meter’s input selection wasn’t persistent between application launches
Fixed a bug where IR Mode would show TF engines that were assigned to other tabs
Fixed various crashes and bugs in the client window and the API

9.0.1

GUI Enhancements

Background Dimming Component is now closed if the skin manager is in focus

Under The Hood

Reimplemented [0] Hotkey - Multi-Spectrum view.

Bug Fixes

Fixed the formatting of SPL reports in the windows build.
Fixed a crash that occurred after changing target curve color and restarting Smaart
Fixed a bug where open folders outside of the session folder would collapse when the plot view was changed.
Fixed a bug that prevented changing the TF device/channel after the TF was created.
Fixed a bug that prevented captured TF average traces from being shown after they were hidden
Fixed a bug where delay times in IR mode did not update when the delay time changed in RT mode.
Fixed Various issues related to showing target curves
Fixed tab droplist in view flyup
Fixed FTW cutoff indicator line