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qLouder

A tool to measure and design loudspeakers.

It is loosely inspired by the famous Room EQ Wizard. However, it aims to provide a better user experience as well as pleasing aesthetics. qLouder can also be considered as the successor of qloud:
http://gaydenko.com/qloud/
https://github.com/molke-productions/qloud/

Target use

The measurement and design features of qLouder can help you to create an optimal filter set and crossover for your DIY loudspeaker.

Measurement process

  • generate and play back an audio test signal (sine sweep) via sound card, amplifier and loudspeaker box
  • measure signal via measurement microphone
  • generate impulse response from recorded signal
  • time gate impulse response
  • generate frequency response
  • apply microphone calibration file
  • design a target curve (house curve)
  • design correction filters to match your target curve
  • design a crossover for your 2-way speaker

Current features

  • Sine sweep generation (including proper windowing).
  • Time gating of measured impulse response
  • Microphone calibration
  • Crossover
  • Loudness based house curve
  • Parametric equalizer
  • Different sample rates for playback and recording
  • Simple music player

TODO

  • SPL meter
  • Persistent measurements
  • Harman house curve
  • Separate handlers for bass and treble for loudness target
  • Remove QtMultimedia and use miniaudio instead
  • Detect hot plugged audio devices
  • Improve crossover handles for order of 4
  • Improve equalizer handles for shelving filters
  • Align crossover filter settings to equalizer filter settings

Requirements

  • GCC >= 9.4.0
  • Qt >= 5.12
  • e.g. Ubuntu >= 20.04 (Focal)
  • PulseAudio is running

Installation (based on Ubuntu)

sudo apt install \
  zlib1g-dev \
  libcurl4-openssl-dev \
  libfftw3-dev \
  libfontconfig1-dev \
  libgl-dev \
  libmpg123-dev \
  libpulse-dev \
  libsndfile1-dev \
  libtag1-dev \
  libxcursor-dev \
  libxi-dev \
  libxinerama-dev \
  libxrandr-dev \
  pkgconf \
  qtbase5-dev \
  qtdeclarative5-dev \
  qtmultimedia5-dev \
  qtquickcontrols2-5-dev \
  qml-module-qtcharts \
  qml-module-qtquick-shapes \
  qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel \
  qml-module-qt-labs-settings \
  libqt5charts5-dev \
  libqt5svg5-dev \
  libqt5multimedia5-plugins

git clone https://github.com/mincequi/qLouder
cd qLouder
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Contribute

Contributations are always welcome. In the best case in the form of a pull request :)