Cabinet documentation

After creating a cabinet, the program shows the empty six faces of the cabinet in the specified dimensions. A right button mouse click on any of these walls brings up a popup menu, which allows to add some elements to the wall.

The following elements are available:
  • Drivers
  • Vents
  • Interior walls
  • Inner casings
Every element is positioned on the wall in a wall coordinate system with origin at the lower left corner of the wall.

In this way it is possible to construct a wide range of different speakers. The examples below show how realistic cabinets can be defined using some wall elements. But beside the nice look, all major data required for a accurate speaker simulation is given as well. MZ SpeakerDesigner automatically extracts the following information from the cabinet:
  • The number of internal volumes and their dimensions.
  • The drivers and vents being assigned to a particular volume.
  • The type of rear configuration for every driver (closed, vented or transmission line).
  • The size of the baffle and the position of each driver.
Although a single cabinet is adequate for most loudspeakers, MZ SpeakerDesigner supports up to 8 cabinets per project. The relative position of multiple cabinets is adjusted through the origin (the space coordinates of the lower left corner of the front side).

Examples

Visaton Atlantis MK II A cabinet with four drivers on the front and two vents on the back. Four interior walls split the volume into four divisions.

Seas Thor A cabinet with three drivers on the front and a vent on the back. Three interior walls define the shape of the transmission line.

Pyramid A cabinet with inclined walls, three drivers and two vents on the front.

Cabinet information

MZ SpeakerDesigner includes a cabinet information viewer, which displays the results of the volume calculation.

Visaton Atlantis MK II

Links

Documentation index
MZ SpeakerDesigner

Last update: 7 January 2012