Robert D. Damiano

                          Neo-Sync Labs
                            PO Box 522
                    Chenango Bridge, NY 13745
                          (607) 722-8885



                            MODE-VIEW
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Mode-View is a Utility Program for Displaying the Resonant 
Frequencies of Listening rooms Using only the AXIAL MODES.  Axial 
Modes are resonances which build up between two parallel surfaces, 
as opposed to Tangential and Oblique Modes which result from sound 
waves reflecting around the room in more than 1 dimension (like some 
of those fancy Pool shots you see on TV).  

Only Axials are shown because they are usually the strongest and 
most troublesome MODES.  Also, Modes are only displayed from 0 to 
500 Hz.  Axial MODES along the Length, Width, & Height of the Room 
are each displayed with a different line type.  If two or more 
modes happen to occur at the same frequency (ie: one of the 
dimentsions is a multiple of the other), they are shown "Stacked" 
on top of each other; this makes the line appear longer at 
Multiple Mode Points.


                         Using Mode View
                             ========

To use Mode-View, Simply Double-Click "modeview.prg" from the 
Desktop.  The Dialog box at the top of the screen, is where you 
enter the room dimensions.  When you have entered the dimensions 
correctly, click "DO IT" and the plot will appear in the box at 
the bottom of the screen.  The default dimensions given at the 
start produce a nice even, and dense distribution of Axial Modes 
on the graph.  These numbers were taken from "THE MASTER HANDBOOK 
OF ACOUSTICS" by F. Alton Everest, Published by TAB Books. I 
really wish my studio had those dimensions!


                      The Shareware Pitch...
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I wrote Mode-View for my own purposes mainly as I recently  
Upgraded my studio to 16 Track, and I am sick of my Lousy control 
Room Acoustics.  If you find Mode-View useful, and want to become 
an OFFICIAL user, please send $5.00 to Neo-Sync.  In the future, I 
may add more calculations to the program like RT60 Reverb time, 
Helmholtz Resonator Frequency, etc.  If you don't register, I have 
no way of getting the upgrades to you.  I am trying this shareware 
thing out to see if it is really worth the time.  So far, it 
doesn't seem too good!   

                             Enjoy!!!