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Sound level

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The sound level Math section allows calculating the typical parameters for sound level measurements from a single microphone. It allows DEWESoft to be used as the typical sound level meter. With appropriate hardware (for example Orion 1624 and MDAQ-ACC) it can easily fulfill all the requirements for a Class I sound level meter.

Required hardware

24 bit AD card (Orion), MDAQ-ACC or DAQP-ACC

Required software

SE or higher + SNDLVL option, DSA or EE

Setup sample rate

At least 10 kHz

Sound level measurements are available selecting the Sound level meter checkbox (Settings Hardware setup... Math tab). After selecting this option, a tab labeled Sound levels appears in the DEWESoft Setup screen.

Basic procedures of Sound level measurement are:

Channel setup for applied hardware
Microphone calibration
Measurement