24 Nov 2018

New FIR Designer Pricing

To coincide with the launch of our new flagship product – FIR Designer M (a multi-channel version of FIR Designer) – the pricing options for the existing (single-channel) FIR Designer have been restructured.

A subscription license of FIR Designer now costs $299 (was $399) AND there is an alternative option to purchase a perpetual (non-updateable) license of FIR Designer for a $599 one-off cost.

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A subscription license of FIR Designer requires an annual recurring payment to stay active. The feature set will expand over time, as license holders receive ongoing free updates to the latest version, including all new features & improvements. Our development efforts will continue to be focused on regularly updating FIR Designer to expand & improve functionality for annual license holders. Tech support is available & feature requests welcome.

A perpetual license of FIR Designer is a one-time purchase. The software can be used indefinitely with no additional payments, however the feature set will be ‘frozen’ at the time of purchase, with no access to any updates or new features for license holders. To upgrade to a newer FIR Designer version in the future, a new license would need to be purchased. Tech support is provided for bug reports only (critical bug fixes supplied if required).

The SUBSCRIPTION and PERPETUAL versions of FIR Designer are identical at the time of purchase, but will differ over time.

Already Own a FIR Designer 2 License?

Existing FIR Designer 2 license-holders will have their annual license payment automatically dropped to $299 per year when it is next due; alternatively license-holders can continue to pay $399 per year at the next-scheduled due date, but immediately upgrade to a FIR Designer M license. (Contact us to make the change to FIR Designer M).

Already Own A FIR Designer 1 License?

FIR Designer 1 was discontinued November 2017. Existing license-holders are eligible for a USD $100 coupon which can be used once towards a purchase of FIR Creator, FIR Designer (subscription/annual OR one-time license) or FIR Designer M. Contact us (providing your license key) to request a $100 coupon.

 

24 Nov 2018

Introducing FIR Designer M (Multi-way)

Build a complete loudspeaker preset for multiple channels simultaneously with FIR Designer M. It utilizes the same easy-to-follow workflow of FIR Designer but provides up to 6-way, simultaneous multi-channel filter design. Create finite impulse response (FIR) filters and complete mixed FIR + IIR filter loudspeaker presets for single and multi-way loudspeakers, using multi-way loudspeaker driver measurements. Simulate the combined multi-way frequency response and time/frequency (wavelet) behaviour.

FIR Designer M also includes a new integrated Help menu to further enhance the software’s usability.

Learn more about FIR Designer M or download a free demo (Windows or Mac).

To coincide with the launch of FIR Designer M, the pricing of (single channel) FIR Designer is changing. Learn more.

 

Existing FIR Designer 1 license-holders are eligible for a USD $100 coupon towards the first-year purchase of FIR Designer M. Existing FIR Designer 2 license-holders are eligible to convert their license to a FIRd M license at no additional cost (just contact us to set it up).

8 Oct 2018

Loudspeaker Measurement Averaging in Averager vs. FIR Designer

Combining multiple measurements, especially for spatial averaging, can result in a more accurate filter design & overall system response. Eclipse Audio has three software products which can average an unlimited number* of loudspeaker measurements – of any supported format – into a single response: Averager, FIR Designer M and FIR Designer. All accept loudspeaker measurements from any tool, such as Systune, Easera, Smaart, Klippel & others.

Averager is a stand-alone software application enabling the creation of an averaged response for use in any other audio & plotting tools (ie. not just those developed by Eclipse Audio).

FIR Designer M & FIR Designer both include the same averaging functionality as an optional step within the filter design workflow. Generate a response for export or for use within the program (from the Import tab).

Averaging filenames and settings can be saved as an ‘Averaging Session File’ which can be can be shared between FIR Designer M, FIR Designer & Averager.

*Subject to computer memory limits
About Measurement File Sample Rates

Measurement files can have different samples rates and don’t have to match the FIR filter design sample rate when using FIR Designer M or FIR Designer. All measurements are resampled to the FIR filter design sample rate as they are loaded.

Tutorial: Loudspeaker Measurement Averaging in “Averager”:

Tutorial: Loudspeaker Measurement Averaging in FIR Designer*:

  • Select the ‘Measurement Averaging’ tab
  • Select a directory of measurements.
  • Choose a “Reference” measurement. All other measurements are automatically time aligned to this reference.
  • For each of the other “Comparison” measurements, adjust the time-delay, average weighting and polarity.
  • Select one of four averaging modes: Complex, Power (flat, zero phase), Power (minimum phase) and Power (minimum phase + excess reference phase).
  • Finally, in FIR Designer copy the average measurement to the Import tab for use in your FIR or IIR+FIR filter design, or export the average response to file. (Export is not shown in video below.)

*Same instructions apply for FIR Designer M
13 Sep 2018

FIR Designer 2.7.0 Expands Averaging Functionality & Adds Kaiser-Bessel Windowing

Current licensees can access the latest download on the “update available” dialog within FIR Designer 2.

FIR Designer 2.7.0 is now available and includes both new features & updates:

  • The “Measurement Averaging” tab has been completely updated to the new workflow and plotting, recently released in the stand-alone Averager application. (Averaging session files can be exchanged between both FIR Designer 2 and Averager).
  • FIR filter windowing now has a Kaiser-Bessel option with adjustable alpha.
  • The parameter table drop-downs open in one click.
  • Parameters dialog has been updated for ease of use and flexibility for the future.

See the Release Notes (for all versions) here.

Learn more about FIR Designer or download a free demo (Windows or Mac).

Existing FIR Designer 1 license-holders are eligible for a USD $100 coupon towards the first-year purchase of FIR Designer 2; just contact us.

Screenshots from Averager, the measurement averaging tool from Eclipse Audio
26 Aug 2018

Introducing Averager – New Loudspeaker Measurement Averaging Tool

By popular demand, we’ve developed a stand-alone application for averaging multiple loudspeaker measurements into one measurement, which can then be used in other audio tools, plotting tools & in FIR Designer’s ‘Import’ tab. Averager accepts loudspeaker measurements from any tool, such as Systune, Easera, Smaart, Klippel & others. It expands on the functionality found within FIR Designer‘s ‘Measurement Averaging’ tab with improvements to the workflow, additional plot comparisons & statistics, & the ability to save the average response to file. Averager can load an unlimited number of measurements – subject to computer memory limits – and features a new, integrated help function. The updated Averager functionality will be included in FIR Designer’s ‘Measurement Averaging’ tab & available to FIR Designer license holders.

Learn more about Averager or download a free demo (Windows or Mac).

Existing FIR Designer 1 license-holders are eligible for a USD $100 coupon towards the first-year purchase of FIR Designer 2; just contact us.