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Acoustic specialists at the Government Communication Centre (HMGCC) in Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes, have been using Klark Teknik’s Helix DN9340 digital equalisation system in an unconventional way – to devise new methods of checking out communications systems for use in harsh environments.
HMGCC engineers have been working with a limbless dummy with a small speaker where the mouth should be to simulate human speech. Realistic speech quality is a very important criterion for this project, and one of the many uses of Helix is to EQ the mouth speaker.
“I particularly appreciate the rich functionality of Helix, which has allowed the replacement of several EQ units and laboratory audio filters with just one box,” says Ken Worrall. “The ability to control both channels independently is an extremely useful function, as is the option of controlling it from a PC in addition to the front panel. The DN9340 is a very precise, affordable alternative to some of the measurement equipment on the market.”
Other of HMGCC’s uses of the Helix include providing an equalisation correction for the in-ear to free field transfer function, used in calibrating headphones during the measurement of the noise exposure of headphone users.
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Editors' information:
Klark Teknik was founded in 1974 and in the years immediately following, their innovative approach to design and development allowed them to introduce some truly groundbreaking designs. Klark Teknik was responsible for the world’s first digital delay and digital reverb units, however it was their concepts for equalisation devices that really changed the world of professional audio resulting in the DN370 and the famous DN360. Today Klark Teknik continues to bring innovation in design and dedication to engineering and sonic quality in both the analogue and digital realm of signal processing.
