Smaart Suite Release Notes

Created by Hannah Goodine, Modified on Wed, 06 Sep 2023 at 10:01 AM by Casey Guli

Smaart Suite Release Notes

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