Transmission Line Modelling Software

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#841
Hi
Moving the position of the driver down the line affects the various resonances in the line. A position 1/3 along the line is often used. You can see the effect if you open the enclosure window and drag the position of the speaker. The response will change as you do this. The aim is to minimize higher harmonic resonances by moving the driver and stuffing the line
It is not necessary to have a separate section for each folded section of the line unless the taper or cross section area changes. You can model it as one length.
Separate sections are useful if you plan to use different stuffing densities in different parts of the line
I am not sure about the depth variable. I have never used it. The cross section is the important value.
Hope this helps
Robert
 
#843
robotc said:
Hi
Moving the position of the driver down the line affects the various resonances in the line. A position 1/3 along the line is often used. You can see the effect if you open the enclosure window and drag the position of the speaker. The response will change as you do this. The aim is to minimize higher harmonic resonances by moving the driver and stuffing the line
It is not necessary to have a separate section for each folded section of the line unless the taper or cross section area changes. You can model it as one length.
Separate sections are useful if you plan to use different stuffing densities in different parts of the line
I am not sure about the depth variable. I have never used it. The cross section is the important value.
Hope this helps
Robert
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Hi Robert,
Thanks - this helps a lot. I was not sure if moving the driver down the line, whether it would treat the left hand (top) as open or closed.

So, my speaker will be a box (width and height of the driver, depth is the speaker depth which is the folds), and this box then leads into the transmission line.

Therefore, if i have 4 sections, the top box, and then the next are three folds/transmission line, is this the preferred simulation, or should i just accept some error and move the driver such that it is just within the top of the transmission line, using three sections ?

I can see how using different sections allows for different fills, but a kit i purchased has different cross sectional areas per section, so this may be better or worse than a continuous folded line.

Thanks and regards,
Shadders.

planet10 said:
That sounds like an end loaded TL. It is really advantageous to offset the driver from the end of the line.

dave
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Hi Dave,
Thanks - i will try this and see the results.
Regards,
Shadders.
 
#844
robotc said:
A position 1/3 along the line is often used
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1/3 is only an approximation. If you look at Martin King’s Tables it gives appropriate offset ratios for different tapers.

The offset kills the 1st unwanted harmonic — the hardest one to attenuat with the fill — and allows for less damping and more of the fundemental getting thru yielding more bass reinforcement.

dave
 
#845
Could someone tell me if I am using this software correctly? I am trying to model a JBL 2225H in a transmission line enclosure. It's hard for me to tell if Leonnard Audio is showing me what would be considered a good response or a poor one.

One thing I did notice was that if I use the wizard for a straght TL and then manually tapered it, I got a different response than if I used the wizard for a tapered TL.

Before I build anything I just want to know that I am modeling this properly.
 

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#846
Hmm, when I convert a straight TL to one that began as a tapered one, i.e. all dims are the same, they come out the same, so assume there's some sort of input error.

GM

edit: Re the sim, yes it looks fine, there will be some HF 'ripple' and to get rid of it and keep the LF gain requires designing with about a 4-6 dB peak at Fb to offset the extra damping required.

GM
 
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GM said:
Hmm, when I convert a straight TL to one that began as a tapered one, i.e. all dims are the same, they come out the same, so assume there's some sort of input error.

GM

edit: Re the sim, yes it looks fine, there will be some HF 'ripple' and to get rid of it and keep the LF gain requires designing with about a 4-6 dB peak at Fb to offset the extra damping required.

GM
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Hi GM, Thanks for the help. It was user input error but I figured out.

Is there any chance you could take a look at the sim I did on this link and tell me if that looks good or if I could model a better design? I tried to design in a 4-6db peak and then use dampening to flatten it out. Is that the best process?
 
#849
matt scarlett said:
I can't open the program any help please?
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Hi,
Did you follow the instructions :
the zip must be extracted to C:\tline_installer otherwise it won't work, i.e. you will have c:\tline_installer\TransmissionLine.application and then a subdir named AF which has the other files in it. Double click the application file and it should install normally without needing any webserver or external site.

Regards,
Shadders.
 
#860
Got it, thanks 🙂

Just for anyone else who might have the same problem (not being a techy 🙂 ) I changed the 'Administrator' permission settings like so YouTube
dowloaded the file > moved it over (drag & drop/copy & paste) into C: > extracted zip file > Open tline_installer > then when you see options AF and TransmissionLine ... hit TransmissionLine (as per original instructions)

Thanks for all the help 🙂🙂🙂

Like i said, i used it before mainly for building subwoofer enclosures on the car audio side of things. However, even with the results, i sometimes felt that a just a little tweaking was needed beyond the graphs. Not to poo poo the software, anything but, its just sometimes what the graph was telling me, wasn't what i actually wanted. As for home audio speakers, I rarely if ever use damping, and if i do, its usual a nominal amount at the throat of the line. Just my preference. But I'm always learning 🙂

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Thanks again for all the help received.

Matt
 
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