Would it be possible to modify the THD vs Level plugin and Distortion and Gain plugin to graph the results according to the DUTs’ output levels? The power amp THD vs Power does this but demands a maximum 1k load. I am designing a valve preamp and would like to compare different valves’ performance at the same output levels.
Similarly would be nice if the frequency response plugins had the option automatically reference the 1kHz levels to 0dB to quickly enable comparison of different devices or circuit changes?
The plug-in is currently named “AMP THD versus Output Level.” Maybe that should be renamed to “AMP THD versus Level” and it would default to output level but would also have a checkbox to allow referencing to input level.
A checkbox could be added to reference all curves to 1 kHz. If you specified several levels, then they’d all be 0 dB at 1 kHz.
Would that solve the problem? I think it would make the plug-in more generic and more useful overall.
Just slightly confusing that “plot input instead of output level” refers to the analyser and not the DUT. Most of the settings refer to the DUT: “Plot THD+N instead of THD” for example. Logically the subject of interest to the user is the DUT performance. I do UX as my honest job…
Thanks again Matt
Right click on the graph and select “Undo all zoom and pan” and see if it correctly re-draws the right axis. If you select “Set Scale to Default” from the right-click menu, then the code doesn’t have a crack at drawing the right-hand axis correctly and it doesn’t get updated. It’s a bug.
RE plugin (I think) the Wow and Flutter visualizer. It seems to be limited to 3 seconds? is there a way to plot for 10 minutes or 30 minutes to see the startup drift of an oscillator, or for that matter to check its own stability? Also maybe more resolution (not sure if that’s possible)?
Yes, I think this would be good to have. The way it’s set up right now the plug-in sees each acquisition and graphs that. What it could be readily changed to do would be to graph all acquisitions. This would have a bit of the blind spot in the reporting because of the analyzer re-arming. But I think visually it would accomplish the task, especially for oscillator start up and long-term drift (minutes and hours).
Also useful for tape machines. I believe the NAB standard was specific about beginning middle and end of a reel. Not sure if there is any current interest but it was a big issue in dealing with feed and takeup torque.
Very interesting thanks. I’ve had some folks that service reel to reels (with QA401) in recording studios share some fascinating stories on the care and feeding of these fantastic older machines. I did a lot of recording in studios when I was younger, and at the time the 2-inch deck was just a big box and the magic seemed to be in the console, at least to my 20-year self as I worked through engineering school. But there was an enormous amount of electro-mechanical innovation in tape decks, and sadly in another decade or two we’ll lose just about everyone that ever knew anything about that period of sound recording and playback.
