Appendix 1: Front Panel Controls

• New Test - Allows you to collect new data

• Scratchpad - Data collection without necessarily saving them

• Settings - Menu to configure the software (set preferences, create and edit templates, and perform calibrations)

• Fun - Cool features still under development, but worth a try

• Interpret - Opens a plot and some notes on how to interpret it

• Shortcuts - Keyboard shortcuts and information about the ObieApp

• Help - Opens help pane, which provides explanatory information about individual app functions

• Getting Started - Start here, this will help you understand how everything works

• Plot area - Graphs are plotted here

*TIP: You can adjust axis limits by clicking on the number that shows the max/min, and typing in the desired end value.

• Data Set Panel - Each row fills up with a data set, and is plotted on the plot area when it’s selected.

  • You can change the data set color by clicking on the colored box next to it, and setting it to the desired color.

  • You can edit notes for a data set by clicking on it.

• Data Set Panel Controls

  • Search - Search for files to open, using keywords

  • Browse - Browse local folders for files to open

  • Lists - Create/edit lists of files

  • Share - Export selected data sets as a folder

  • Colors - Change plot colors

  • See All - Select all data sets

  • See None - Unselect all data sets

  • Reduce - Remove unselected data sets (reduce data sets to only the selected ones)

  • Clear All - Remove all data sets

  • Undo - Undo last command

  • Inspect - More options for viewing graphs

• Autoscale plot region - Click on the Y or the X button to autoscale the axes to fit the data selected on the list

• Smoothing - The default setting is that the data appears as it is collected. However, to reduce noise and/or errors, you might find it useful to “smooth” your data by selecting an option from the dropdown menu. The different options “round” your data to the nearest ¼, ½, 1st, or 2nd semitone.

• “As measured” - Allows you to normalize data sets or take averages

  • Normalize - Makes the area underneath all of them equal, between the start and end frequencies specified

  • Cplx average - Takes the complex average of the data

  • Real Average - Takes the real average of the data

• "No Bands" - This tool makes it easier to compare different data sets by taking a dB average of every data set between specified frequencies of interest

  • Click on the dropdown menu to see available bands (software comes with Octaves and Curtin bands)

  • You can determine your own bands by clicking the “Edit” button next to the dropdown menu. Click on the plus/minus sign to add/remove band-determining frequencies. You can double click on the frequency number to edit it. You can save the bands you have built by clicking “Save As”

  • Once you have selected bands, you can export the dB band average of each data set to an Excel file by clicking the “Excel” button.