Ethan Winer
Acoustics Expert
Folks,
There are many freeware and web-based room mode calculators, but all the ones I've seen just list a table of the modes, so you still have to plot them by hand on semi-log graph paper to see how even they are. Or they require you to own Excel. Here is a link to a room mode calculator I wrote (only 36 KB to download):
www.ethanwiner.com/MODECALC.EXE
It runs in DOS and it's not fancy, but it plots the first ten primary room modes graphically so you can easily see how the modes are distributed and how they relate to one another. Instructions at the top of the screen explain how to use it - enter the Length, Width, and Height using the Tab key to go between fields, then hit Enter to see the result. The modes for each dimension are displayed in a different color, and when two or more modes occur near the same frequency the duplicates are shown on a separate line so one does not hide the other. It also lists the three ratios commonly accepted as "ideal" along with the ratio for the dimensions entered, for easy comparison.
--Ethan
There are many freeware and web-based room mode calculators, but all the ones I've seen just list a table of the modes, so you still have to plot them by hand on semi-log graph paper to see how even they are. Or they require you to own Excel. Here is a link to a room mode calculator I wrote (only 36 KB to download):
www.ethanwiner.com/MODECALC.EXE
It runs in DOS and it's not fancy, but it plots the first ten primary room modes graphically so you can easily see how the modes are distributed and how they relate to one another. Instructions at the top of the screen explain how to use it - enter the Length, Width, and Height using the Tab key to go between fields, then hit Enter to see the result. The modes for each dimension are displayed in a different color, and when two or more modes occur near the same frequency the duplicates are shown on a separate line so one does not hide the other. It also lists the three ratios commonly accepted as "ideal" along with the ratio for the dimensions entered, for easy comparison.
--Ethan