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EASE 4.2 Upgrades and Updates

Here you will find information about changes coming with the different EASE 4.x versions and patches.

To automatically upgrade your current EASE 4.x version go to the Help menu and select "EASE Update". This command will download the latest patches from our server and install them instantly to keep you up-to-date.

Latest Update: EASE v4.2.2

Upgrading to EASE 4.2.2 online:

1. Go to the AFMG download portal located at http://www.afmg-support.eu/AFMGDLPortal/Start.aspx.
2. If you are not registered yet, create a new account for the download portal.
3. Download the new EASE 4.2.2 installer.
4. Install EASE 4.2.2.
5. You should be able to start EASE 4.2.2 right away. Your licence should not be affected.
6. Note the additional instructions for EASE SpeakerLab further below.

This update is a maintenance update with several bugfixes and a software installer that complies with Microsoft's preferred file layout.

EASE v4.2.2 Bugfixes:

• EARS: Batch processing bug fixed
• Standard Mapping / Eyes: Bugfix for mappings in symmetrical rooms
• Probe: Limit for Pulse Density in Predict Impacts
• Standard Mapping / Eyes: Forward Integral in Evaluation Window now display in absolut values and not relative
• Import/Export: Improved error handling when unpacking corrupted projects
• AURA: Bugfix for diffuse rain
• Software Installer:
  • Now supports Microsoft preferred installation structure, that is, destination paths for all operating systems
  • New Reset function allows to remove older installations completely and to re-install EASE in a clean and independent manner

Latest Update: EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.6, EASE GLL Viewer v1.0.6

Upgrading online from EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.5 to v1.0.6:

1. See the EASE v4.2.2 installation instructions above.

Upgrading online from EASE SpeakerLab versions before v1.0.5:

1. See the EASE v4.2.2 installation instructions above. Make sure that you have installed EASE SpeakerLab and the AFMG Licence Manager.
2. Go to the AFMG download portal located at http://www.afmg-support.eu/AFMGDLPortal/Start.aspx.
3. Download the User Files Setup in the EASE SpeakerLab section.
4. Install the User Files Setup.
5. Start the AFMG Licence Manager and download a licence.
6. Now you should be able to start EASE SpeakerLab.

This update is a maintenance update.

EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.6 GLL Bugfixes:

• SPL normalization in EASE for band-passed sources fixed
• Delay bug resolved
• Fixed overflow error in EASE for specific filters
• Error during calculation of directivity index fixed

Minor Update: EASE v4.2.1

Upgrading to EASE 4.2.1 online:

1. Go to the AFMG download portal located at http://www.afmg-support.eu/AFMGDLPortal/Start.aspx.
2. If you are not registered yet, create a new account for the download portal.
3. Download the new EASE 4.2.1 installer.
4. Install EASE 4.2.1.
5. You should be able to start EASE 4.2.1 right away. Your licence should not be affected.
6. Note the additional instructions for EASE SpeakerLab further below.

This update is a maintenance update with many bugfixes and a greatly extended version 1.0.5 of EASE SpeakerLab.

Note:
Only this version 4.2.1 of EASE is able to read the new v6 GLL format files (created by EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.5), older GLL files will be read, but older program versions will not read the new GLL files.

EASE v4.2.1 new features:

• EASE Probe:
• User defined window caption, adjustable under Options [F9]
• Import/Export:
• Updated DXF import/export functions, including export of loudspeaker case

Major Bugfixes:

• General:
• Fix for Play EASE Sounds lock-up on some computers
• Faster initialization of GLL loudspeakers and progress display
• Faster handling and calculation when working with GLL loudspeakers
• Improved Mouse Mode Turn
• Improved File/Send Picture To in several modules
• AURA bug fixed for GLL loudspeakers (before loudspeaker properties window had to be opened once)
• Switching between single and dual monitor setups is now supported
• Vista Problems (on some computers):
• Load EASE Mapping File now works
• Click into the list under Select Project Database does not lock the program
• Project Data:
• Bugfix for Extrude Edge along symmetry axis
• Extrude Face transfers all properties of the original face
• Edit table remembers last change also after leaving the window with a cell selected
• Bugfix for RT calculation when there are only default absorbers
• Bugfixes for extremely large projects (>32767 items) in Item View window
• Fix for rare error in large projects with coverage cones enabled (overflow on AMD X2)
• AURA:
• Bugfixes for extremely large projects (>32767 items)
• Eyes/Mapping:
• Selection of different Face Color after Mapping
• Probe:
• Read MPC files from EASE 2.1 (RT now correct)
• Speakerbase:
• Bugfix for Load DXF Case

Minor Update: EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.5, EASE GLL Viewer v1.0.5

Upgrading to EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.5 online:

1. See the EASE v4.2.1 installation instructions above. Make sure that you have installed EASE SpeakerLab and the AFMG Licence Manager.
2. Go to the AFMG download portal located at http://www.afmg-support.eu/AFMGDLPortal/Start.aspx.
3. Download the User Files Setup in the EASE SpeakerLab section.
4. Install the User Files Setup.
5. Start the AFMG Licence Manager and download a licence.
6. Now you should be able to start EASE SpeakerLab.

This update is a major update with many extensions:

EASE SpeakerLab v1.0.5 new features:

• General:
• Now required to be licensed separately from EASE
• Various bugfixes, fixes problems with Vista 64 Bit
• Many extensions and additions
• Supports new GLL format v6 with Unicode
• New handling of maximum voltages and input and output signals
• GLL authorization functions updated
• GLL Viewer / Source Editor:
• Extended View menu
• File/Send Picture To and File/Send Table To added to export tabular data and bitmaps
• New and updated plots
• Maximum Input Voltage / Input Voltage
• Sensitivity
• Maximum SPL
• Frequency Response
• Beamwidth
• Polar diagrams
• Source Editor:
• Extended IR import functions, more formats such as LMS and ETX text
• Imports EASE SPK, XHN and other conventional loudspeaker data formats
• Consideration of measurement conditions for level and time of flight correction
• Test signal for maximum input voltage can be defined
• GLL Viewer:
• Absolute levels display
• Air properties and applied input signal can be user-defined
• Faster loading of GLL files, improved calculation speed

Note:
This version of EASE SpeakerLab reads and writes the new GLL format v6 (EASE versions before 4.2.1 cannot read new v6 format).

Major Update: EASE 4.2 Subversion 22

Upgrading to EASE 4.2.0.22 online:

1. Go to EASE Update in your Help menu
2. If you are at subversion 4.1.2.16 you will see a patch in the EASE Updater that provides a link to the new AFMG download portal located at http://www.afmg-support.eu/AFMGDLPortal/Start.aspx.
3. Create a new account for the download portal, once your registration is confirmed, download the new EASE 4.2 installer.
4. Install EASE 4.2.
5. You should be able to start EASE 4.2.0.22 right away. Your licence should not be affected.

EASE 4.2 New Features and Bugfixes:

=> EASE 4.2 - a free upgrade for all EASE 4.0 and 4.1 users

=> EASE SpeakerLab v1.0 – a new loudspeaker modelling tool

=> EASE GLL Viewer – a free viewer software for loudspeaker data

Major new features:

• General:
• Full compliance with MS Vista, including support for enabled User Account Control (UAC) and disabled Virtualization
• Newly developed geometry engine for shadowing/raytracing calculations in AURA and EASE Ray Tracing (up to a factor of 4 faster)
• Full support for GLL as new loudspeaker data files => Model line arrays, columns or clusters with GLLs in EASE:
• Allow modelling of complex sound systems including filters
• Provide user interaction capabilities that until now were only available through a programmed DLL
• Use GLLs for prediction of coverage, reverberation and room-acoustics
• Use GLLs for calculation of overall system directivity and performance
• Includes new software module EASE SpeakerLab
• Free EASE GLL Viewer software
• Probe:
• Direct data transfer to EASERA, via WAV or BIR (Tools Menu)
• Import/Export:
• Updated DXF interface, improved handling of clustered points
• Main Window:
• Direct access to EASE SpeakerLab and EASE GLL Viewer
• Project Data:
• Loudspeaker properties window gives access to GLL configuration (similar to DLL)
• Implemented wave field synthesis algorithms as function under Loudspeaker Table / Align Loudspeaker
• AURA:
• Several improvements enhance new functions introduced in v4.1.2.16
• EASE SpeakerLab:
• Import and view 3D loudspeaker measurements in high-resolution
• Full support for impulse response and complex frequency response data
• Build GLL files to:
• Accurately define near field and far field characteristics of a loudspeaker system
• Describe complex line array mechanics
• Take into account IIR and FIR filters for passive and active systems
• Fully documented text formats allow data viewing and generation by third parties
• Fast and intuitive data entry using the EASE SpeakerLab graphical user interface
• SpeakerLab tutorial provides a step-by-step guide through the software
• GLL Viewer:
• Freely available viewer to open and analyse GLL files
• Distribute viewer along with your data files
• SpeakerBase:
• Calculation and display of GLL balloons

Major Bugfixes:

• General:
• Fixed bug with coexisting versions of Surfer
• EARS:
• Add Decay Filter could created an artificial echo, fixed
• Improved auralisation engine
• Eyes/Mapping:
• Optimizations for faster mappings and browsing through calculated maps in evaluation window
• Fixed overflow error for maps with rough resolution
• Raytracing:
• Negative impact chance for very small cut-off times, fixed
• AURA:
• Bugfix for memory problems when running AURA Mapping for many receivers
• Project Data:
• Bugfix for Extrude Face in symmetrical rooms
• Several minor bugfixes

Minor Update: EASE 4.1 Subversion 2.16

Upgrading to EASE 4.1.2.16 online:

1. Go To EASE Update in your Help menu
2. If you are at subversion 4.1.0.7 you will see a patch in the EASE Updater that brings you to subversion #2.16.
3. Download and run the patch.
4. You should be able to start EASE 4.1.2.16 right away. Your licence should not be affected.

This update includes several new functions and many bugfixes:

Major new features:

• EASE Mapping/Eyes:
• Mappings from incompatible projects can now be loaded in
• More information added to file info
• EASE Speakerbase:
• New functions for loudspeakers data manipulation: Mirror, Rotate, Disable Backside
• Improved import functions, LMS and EASERA formats supported
• EASE Probe:
• Improved IR and STI calculation method, derived from AURA but accessible in all versions (Automatic Phase)
• EASE AURA:
• New AURA core 2.1 is faster and has received many bugfixes
• New user interface with strongly simplified parameter entry based on mean free path statistics
• General / EASE Main:
• Speakerbase Updater replaced by Database Updater, also new wall materials can now be downloaded through the internet.
• New material database for the US included.

Note:
In some cases old mapping or response files may not allow for the new functionality. In such cases a warning will appear and recommend recalculation.

Major Bugfixes:

• EARS:
• Faster reading of response files
• Multi-Channel Convolver improved
• Bugfix for EARS Convolver for short signals and long filters
• Raytracing:
• Improved Interaction with EASE Probe
• Level abort bug fixed
• Busy box appears quicker for mirror image calculations
• Several bugfixes for very large impact files (memory problems)
• Probe:
• Bugfix for Import Postfile
• Exported Wave files now include correct delay
• Display of Schroeder integral improved
• Bugfix: Probe crashes for some files when selecting frequency response display
• Mapping:
• Bugfix: Listener orientation for Probe/Auralisation not correct
• Wall Material Database:
• Now maintains Upper and Lower case file names when saving directly
• Speakerbase:
• Coverage Cone calculation improved
• Project Data:
• Bugfix in Tables: Using File/Save Table the maximized window blocks the save dialogue.
• Loudspeaker properties may now show a default filter button if function is supported by Line Array DLL
• AURA:
• Delay bug fixed (AURA Mapping)
• Scattering bug fixed (AURA Response)
• Legend adjusted for Echo Speech and Echo Music
• Temporary path standardized
• Performance improvements
• Eyes/Mapping:
• Receiver locations close to walls should no more be considered as shadowed
• Average/RMS display improved
• General:
• Several bugfixes for Unicode systems

Minor Update: EASE 4.1 Subversion 7

Upgrading to EASE 4.1.0.7 online:

1. Go To EASE Update in your Help menu
2. If you are at subversion 4.1.0.6 you will see a patch in the EASE Updater that brings you to subversion #7.
3. Download and run the patch.
4. You should be able to start EASE 4.1.0.7 right away. Your licence should not be affected.

This update is a maintenance build fixing known errors:

• Improved Check Data and better performance of Loudspeaker tables, esp. for Line Array handling
• DXF Import & Export bug fixed (import using material / color - tables)
• AURA bug fixed

Minor Update: EASE 4.1 Subversion 6

Upgrading to EASE 4.1.0.6 online:

1. Go To EASE Update in your Help menu
2. If you are at subversion 4.1.0.5 you will see a patch in the EASE Updater that brings you to subversion #6.
3. Download and run the patch.
4. You should be able to start EASE 4.1.0.6 right away. Your licence should not be affected.

This update fixes some minor bugs that were found in the major 4.1 release, for example:

• Sometimes strange RT's appear in the Probe.
• Wall materials with more than 20 letters are handled correctly during DXF Import/Export
• Raytracing bug fixed: Draw Only Reflected Rays does not always ignore rays that do not hit a surface
• Speakerbase - Import Impulse Response now allows to import the on-axis frequency response as sensitivity
• Bug in AURA Response resolved

Minor Update: EASE 4.1 Subversion 5

Upgrading to EASE 4.1.0.5 online:

1. Go To EASE Update in your Help menu
2. If you have not yet upgraded to 4.1 subversion #2 you should do that now (see below). Otherwise EASE 4.1.0.5 cannot be accessed.
3. If you are at subversion 4.1.0.2 you will see a patch in the EASE Updater that brings you to subversion #5. (It also includes an upgrade for the EASE Updater.)
4. Download and run the patch. You will be asked to reboot. Do that.
5. After the reboot go again to "EASE Update". Now you should see the new help files for 4.1. The patch is about 16MB big.
6. If you like, download the new help and run the patch.
7. You should be able to start EASE 4.1.0.5 right away. Your licence should not be affected.

This update fixes the bugs that were found in the major 4.1 release, for example regarding DXF Import. It also gives access to the updated 4.1 help files.

Major Update: EASE 4.1 Subversion 2

Upgrading to EASE 4.1 online:

1. Go To EASE Update in your Help menu
2. If you have not yet upgraded to 4.0 subversion #40 you should do that now. Otherwise EASE 4.1 cannot be accessed.
3. If you are at subversion #40 you will see a patch in the EASE Updater that brings you to subversion #41. (This is actually only an upgrade for the EASE Updater. EASE will remain unchanged.)
4. Download and run the patch. You will be asked to reboot. Do that.
5. After the reboot go again to "EASE Update". Now you should see the new patch to 4.1. It is about 7MB big (We already excluded the updated helpfiles which add another 16MB).
6. Download and run the patch. You should be able to start EASE 4.1 right away. Your licence should not be affected.

EASE 4.1 is out. It includes a whole bunch of new features, such as

• AURA 2.0 with the new Diffuse Rain algorithm. This method incorporates another PhD work from Aachen University. It also adds histograms for better particle control.
• For Scattering we have build in a new Scattering Wizard: Check the material database
• The evaluation window features a new Distribution register tab that proves to be extremely useful. It provides you with the statistics for the distribution of levels for the calculated area.
• We introduce the Coherency Group Principle. Calculations with more than one line array can now be done using partial interference.
• "Fast Switching" Buttons and Hot Keys to easily jump between the main modules.
• New Hot Keys, Mouse functions and Mouse Wheel support have been added.
• Air attenuation according to ISO standard 9613.
• The Check Holes function has been revised completely.
• Table functions and Polar Input have been extended.
• Objects can be mirrored. Faces can be extruded up to the tilted ceiling.
• New Line Array DLL's are available through the EASE Speakerbase Update.
• The Probe Schroeder Plot has been revised.
• EARS features the new Stereo Convolver.
• The DXF Import has been improved further.
• And most important for our US users: No more rounding effects in imperial coordinates!

Check here for more news later. Additional information is also available at www.renkus-heinz.com

Minor Update: Subversion 40

This subversion includes a whole set of new features:

• Using the EASE/Help/Speaker Update menu you can update your speaker base online.
• The EGLViewer included can be distributed freely to customers. It allows viewing of EASE OpenGL files independently from EASE
• The insertion and duplication of objects has been simplified with regards to the labelling.
• The Import Impulse Response function now also supports the MLSSA FRQ file format.
• Various TGA subformats can be imported to be used for textures in EASEVision.

Minor Update: Subversion 37

Minor Update: Subversion 353

EASE 4.0 Release: Subversion 35

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