• Knowledge Base

    This page collect all the technical documentation produced by Audiomatica during the years. Documents are divided in categories:

    Instructional videos are available at the Instructional Videos page.

    Most of the CLIO 10, CLIO 11 and CLIO 12 documentation applies with minimal differences to anyone using a CLIO fw-01 or CLIO fw-02 box. 

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    Application Notes

    Creating Spinorama Plots from Polar Measurements Sets
    (Application Note 22 – by D.Ponteggia – 432 kB)
    Example data

    Import CLIO 12 Binary Files with SCILAB
    (Application Note 21 – by D.Ponteggia – 404 kB)

    Mastering CLIO QC
    (Application Note 20 – by Audiomatica – 5.63MB)
    Example data
    CLIO 12.5 QC Notepad++ language definition

    Testing Android Smartphones with CLIO 12.5 QC
    (Application Note 19 – by D.Ponteggia – 3.07MB)

    Testing Smart Devices with CLIO 12.5 – Part II
    (Application Note 18 – by D.Ponteggia – 2.14MB)

    Testing Smart Devices with CLIO 12.5 – Part I
    (Application Note 17 – by D.Ponteggia – 1.03MB)
    Example QC scripts

    CLIO Pocket File Structures with Import Examples in SCILAB
    (Application Note 15 – by D.Ponteggia – 496kB)
    SCILAB_functions

    WAVE File Equalization with CLIO 11
    (Application Note 14 – by D.Ponteggia – 531kB)

    Equalizzazione File WAV CON CLIO 11 flag_it_16
    (Application Note 14 – by D.Ponteggia – 533kB)

    Speech Intelligibility Assessment Using CLIO 11
    (Application Note 13 – by D.Ponteggia – 1MB)

    How to Setup a QC Test for a Delay Line
    (Application Note 12 – by D. Ponteggia – 599kB Pdf)

    Electrical Impedance Measurements with CLIO 11
    (Application Note 11 – by M.Jacchia and D.Ponteggia – 1.77MB)

    Laser PANASONIC HL-G108 Series Quick Start
    (Application Note 10 – by M.Jacchia – 100kB)

    CLIO QC Explained with Apps
    (Application Note 9 – by Audiomatica – 1.82MB)

    CLIO Meter File Structure
    (Application Note 8 – by Audiomatica – 37 kB)

    Measuring Maximum Subwoofer Output According ANSI/CEA-2010 Standard
    (Application Note 7 by D. Ponteggia – 761kB Pdf)

    GOLDEN SAMPLE Identification using CLIO and SCILAB
    (Application Note 6 by D. Ponteggia – 519kB Pdf)
    Code and example data

    Develop Custom Tests With CLIO QC TCP/IP Remote Control Through SCILAB
    (Application Note 5 by D. Ponteggia – 139kB Pdf)

    Interfacing CLIO FW-01 with Microphones
    (Application Note 4 by D. Ponteggia – 107kB Pdf)

    Single Pass Measurement of Thiele and Small Parameters using a Laser Transducer
    (Application Note 3 by D. Ponteggia – 1.05MB Pdf)

    Automated Balloon Measurements with CLIO 10
    (Application Note 2 by D. Ponteggia – 1.4MB Pdf)

    CLIO 10 Sinusoidal File Structure With Import Examples In SCILAB
    (Application Note 1 by D. Ponteggia – 81kB Pdf)

    Technical Notes

    Troubleshooting QCBOX Model 5 Driver Installation
    (Technical Note 12 – 130kB Pdf)

    Outline ET250-3D dll Installation with CLIO
    (Technical Note 10 – 97kB Pdf)

    Disabling Secure Boot to Install Audiomatica CLIO drivers
    (Technical Note 9 – 54kB Pdf)

    CLIO Software Support For Legacy Parallel Port Hardware
    (Technical Note 6 – 75kB Pdf)

    CLIO 10 New Features not Available in CLIO 8
    (Technical Note 5 – 72kB Pdf)

    WAV files played by CLIO Software
    (Technical Note 4 – 72kB Pdf)

    Using CLIO 8 and CLIOwin 7 with M-AUDIO Transit USB Sound Device
    (Technical Note 3 – 83kB Pdf)

    Troubleshooting CLIO Installation using Thesycon DPC Latency Checker
    (Technical Note 2 – 84kB Pdf)

    Troubleshooting CLIO 10 Installation and FW-01 interfacing with PC
    (Technical Note 1 – 267kB Pdf)

    Papers and Presentations

    Measuring Speech Intelligibility Reduction due to Face Masks
    (Brief Report, by Daniele Ponteggia – 848kB Pdf)

    An Open Source Turntable for Electro-Acoustical Devices Characterization
    (E-brief, 151st AES Convention, October 2021, by Daniele Ponteggia – 1.66MB Pdf)

    Use of Wavelet Transform for the Computation of Modal Decay Times in Rooms
    (Paper, 147th AES Convention 16-19 October 2019, by Roberto Magalotti and Daniele Ponteggia – 1.38MB Pdf)

    Model-Based Active Equalization of Closed-Box Subwoofers
    (Paper – by Dr. Joseph D’Appolito – 1.05MB Pdf)

    Cycle-Frequency Wavelet Analysis of Electro-Acoustic Systems
    (E-brief, 143th AES Convention 18-21 October 2017, by Daniele Ponteggia – 1.15MB Pdf)

    Test di sistemi audio con segnali burst flag_it_16
    (Presentazione al seminario AES Italia 12/7/2017, Firenze, by Daniele Ponteggia – 2.87MB Pdf)

    LS3/5A, Realizziamo una riproduzione conforme flag_it_16
    (Series of Papers about the design of a LS3/5A clone, Audiocostruzione 2011-2012)
    Part 1 (4MB Pdf)
    Part 2 (5.4 Mb Pdf)
    Part 3 (6.5 Mb Pdf)
    Part 4 (1.9 Mb Pdf)

    Testing Loudspeakers at low Frequencies with CLIO
    (Paper – by Dr. Joseph D’Appolito – 580KB Pdf)

    Loudspeaker Electrical Impedance Measurements Methods: A Brief Review
    (E-brief, 137th AES Convention 9-12 October 2014, by Daniele Ponteggia – 318KB Pdf)

    Understanding CLIO 11
    (Presentation by M. Bigi, M. Jacchia – 5.70 MB Pdf)

    CLIO 11 Directivity and 3D Balloons: News and Updates
    (Presentation – AES Convention 17-20 October 2013 – 1.7MB Pdf)

    Inverse Distance Weighting for Extrapolating Balloon-Directivity-Plots
    (Paper, AES Convention 20-23 October 2011, by Joerg Panzer, Salgen, Germany; Daniele Ponteggia, Audiomatica Srl, Firenze, Italy 2.6MB Pdf)

    Statistical Analysis of Electro-Acoustic Measurements Sets Using Scilab
    (E-brief, AES Convention 20-23 October 2011, by Daniele Ponteggia – 193KB Pdf)

    Sviluppo di procedure di misura complesse basate su TONE BURSTS flag_it_16
    (Articolo presentato al 38° Convegno Nazionale AIA, Rimini, 08-10 giugno 2011 – 566KB Pdf)

    Sviluppo di procedure di misura complesse basate su TONE BURSTS flag_it_16
    (Presentazione al 38° Convegno Nazionale AIA, Rimini, 08-10 giugno 2011 – 2.1MB Pdf)

    Confronto tra metodi di misurazione del tempo di riverberazione flag_it_16
    (Articolo presentato al 38° Convegno Nazionale AIA, Rimini, 08-10 giugno 2011 – 403KB Pdf)

    Confronto tra metodi di misurazione del tempo di riverberazione flag_it_16
    (Presentazione al 38° Convegno Nazionale AIA, Rimini, 08-10 giugno 2011 – 2.7MB Pdf)

    Practical Applications of the Wavelet Analysis
    (Presentation held at April 2011 ALMA International Europe by D. Ponteggia, M. Bigi, M. Jacchia – 4MB Pdf)

    CLIO application: Room and Building Acoustics
    (Presentation – 2.4MB Pdf)

    CLIO application: Room and Building Acoustics (Chinese) flag_cn_16
    (Presentation – Chinese Version – 2.4MB Pdf)

    CLIO 10 (Chinese) flag_cn_16
    (Presentation – ISEAT Nov 2009 – Chinese Version – 5.1MB Pdf)

    CLIO 10
    (Presentation – 5.1MB Pdf)

    Automated Loudspeaker Balloon Measurement (Chinese) flag_cn_16
    (Presentation – ISEAT Nov 2009 – Chinese Version – 2.4MB Pdf)

    Automated Loudspeaker Balloon Measurement
    (Presentation – ISEAT Nov 2009 – 1.7MB Pdf)

    Automated Loudspeaker Balloon Measurement
    (Presentation held at Oct 2008 AES Convention by M. Bigi and D. Ponteggia- 1.8MB Pdf)

    Caratterizzazione tempo-frequenza della risposta di sistemi elettroacustici tramite analisi wavelet flag_it_16
    (Presentation held at Nov 2007 AES Italian Section Annual Meeting by D. Ponteggia and M. Di Cola- 3.3MB Pdf)

    Caratterizzazione tempo-frequenza della risposta di sistemi elettroacustici tramite analisi wavelet flag_it_16
    (Paper – Nov 2007 AES Italian Section Annual Meeting by D. Ponteggia and M. Di Cola- 1.9MB Pdf)

    Time-Frequency Characterization of Loudspeaker Responses Using Wavelet Analysis
    (Presentation held at Oct 2007 AES Convention by D. Ponteggia and by M. Di Cola- 4.3MB Powerpoint)

    Time-Frequency Characterization of Loudspeaker Responses Using Wavelet Analysis
    (Paper – Oct 2007 AES Convention by D. Ponteggia and by M. Di Cola – 1.9MB Pdf)

    Panoramica sul “RUB&BUZZ” alla luce delle attuali conoscenze flag_it_16
    (Paper – Nov 2005 Aes Italian Section Annual Meeting by M. Bigi e M. Jacchia – 1.9MB Pdf)

    Real-life applications of the CLIO measurement system
    (CLIOwin 7 Presentation held at Oct 2004 Aes Convention by M. Di Cola – 3 MB Powerpoint)

    A Simple Approach to Improve Sensitivity of Quality Control Procedures of Loudspeakers
    (Presentation held at Jan 2003 ALMA Meeting by M.Bigi & M.Jacchia – 540kB Powerpoint)

    The CLIO system
    (Presentation held at April 1999 ALMA Meeting by Joe D’Appolito – 500kB Pdf)

    The MLS analysis technique and CLIO
    (A tutorial paper – 270kB Pdf)

    Miscellanous

    How to create EASE loudspeaker models using CLIO
    (Paper by D. Ponteggia – 600 kB Pdf)

    The Tube directory (link to old Audiomatica site)
    (An authoritative resource with a collection of measured data)

    CLIOwin data files structures
    (Paper – 70kB Pdf)

    CLIO 4 data files structures
    (User’s Manual – 280kB Pdf)

    Playing with curves
    (Paper describing an interesting application of Sofia, Glass Audio 5/95 – 3.1MB Pdf)

    Progetto e verifica di un diffusore con l’ausilio di personal computer flag_it_16
    (Series of tutorial papers about the design of a simple loudspeaker, Audio Review 1992)
    Part 1 (1.3MB Pdf)
    Part 2 (3.3 MB Pdf)
    Part 3 (1.4MB Pdf)

    Misure di risposta in frequenza all’estremo basso in ambiente flag_it_16
    (Paper describing low frequency measurement techniques, Audio Review 1993 – 4.5MB Pdf )

    Microfoni e risposta in fase flag_it_16
    (Paper about phase response of microphones, Audio Review 1998 – 1.2MB Pdf )

    EQ-X Equalizzatore digitale per diffusori in kit flag_it_16
    (Series of papers describing the design of a digital equalizer, Audio Review 1993)
    Part 1 (2.4MB Pdf )
    Part 2 (3.6MB Pdf)
    Part 3 (4MB Pdf)
    Part 4 (2.8MB Pdf)

    Implementazione di un intensimetro su personal computer flag_it_16
    (Paper about the design of an acoustic intensity analyzer, 1995 AIA meeting – 1.6MB Pdf)