We can only hope Josh
yeah, being mildly familiar with akabak (at least I know what a basic sim should be laid out like from a syntax standpoint), I struggle to even START anything in akabak, i'm exploring the examples and sifting through help files over the last few days.
I've never even seen the Akabak manual or looked at any of the examples. I used this instead -
AkAbak for Dummies
- AVS Forum | Home Theater Discussions And Reviews - and as far as I'm concerned it's the definitive resource (assuming you just want to get going as fast as possible), in fact it's the only resource I've ever needed or used (at least so far). It only covers the basics but you will probably find (like I did) the basics are all you need.
It took about 2 hours (while also watching a movie at the same time) to get up and running with this link. After two hours I could read scripts that other people wrote and draw out the enclosure they were describing and I could also write my own scripts. This link makes a very steep learning curve almost braindead simple. Note that I'm not saying I was an expert in 2 hours, it does take practice to get good at what you are doing but I had a very firm grasp of the concepts and was able to (slowly and carefully) read and write scripts for any enclosure type at the 2 hour point.
This link doesn't cover stuff like diffraction (there's other really simple programs that can do that though), it doesn't cover much more complex topics like AcourRsistance, AcouMass and AcouCompliance (which you don't really need anyway, since advanced centerline folding method neatly takes care of all that), and it doesn't cover stuff like inspecting pressure, velocity or any of those graphs, but those features are all super easy to figure out on your own.
The biggest tip I have (besides reading the provided link) is starting ALL scripts with Hornresp exports. This will save LOADS of time. Start the sim in Hornresp, export the Akabak file, import into Akabak and continue to add to the sim (if necessary) or simply use the sim as is if all you need to do is something simple like inspect velocity with a high pass filter in place.