Acoustical Simulation Program

Developed for sound designers, SOUNDVISION is dedicated to the acoustical and mechanical simulation of L-ACOUSTICS systems (WST line arrays and Coaxial point source technologies).

Benefiting from L-ACOUSTICS long term experience in the modelling of acoustic sound sources, SOUNDVISION is the first 3D sound design program capable of operating in real time.

Real time calculation of SPL and visualization of system coverage

SOUNDVISION allows the calculation of sound pressure level (SPL) coverage, SPL mapping and delay coverage (or mapping) for complex sound system and venue configurations.

Either horizontal (plan) or vertical (cut) views can be selected to enter room coordinates or to define loudspeaker placement/aiming. Impact coverage, SPL mapping or delay is then based on direct sound calculations over the defined audience geometry.

Selectable user modes for different operator profiles

Coverage mode provides a practical tool for the touring sound engineer while mapping mode provides more detailed information for the audio consultant. System time alignment of multiple loudspeakers or arrays can be visualized with delay mode and the mechanical data provides detailed set-up information for installer and riggers.

Online SOUNDVISION pre-modeled venue database

The world venue database allows the insertion of the touring kit into the a pre-modeled venue file. The engineer can quickly prepare and optimize the sound design variations specific to each venue. Thanks to the contributions of the SOUNDVISION user community, engineers on the road can accurately anticipate on the planning of their sound design and system optimization even if not present on site.

Designed to streamline the process of generation and edition of venue models for SOUNDVISION, SU4SV freeware is available for download from the L-ACOUSTICS® web site.

SU4SV is a plugin to use in GOOGLE® SKETCHUP software. It allows importing/exporting venue models between SKETCHUP and SOUNDVISION.

With SU4SV, SKETCHUP can be used as a file conversion platform between SOUNDVISION and CAD software (AUTOCAD, DXF…) or acoustic simulation software (CATT, EASE, ODEON…).

In addition to its conversion capabilities, SU4SV features a set of venue model edition tools adapted to users of acoustic simulation software.

SU4SV 4.4 includes the following features:

• Easy-to-use menu
• Concave surface selection tool
• Model simplification tools
• Layer management window
• Object family management window
• Information window