APx500 Audio Measurement Software
APx500 Measurement Software is the most advanced audio measurement interface available. Complex procedures that include user prompts, limits, and calls to external applications can be created directly in the GUI, saving time and money while ensuring painless updates over time and no development is required.
Create custom interfaces and application-to-application automation using the comprehensive APx API. Extensive documentation and examples are provided for Visual Basic.NET, C#, MATLAB, LabVIEW, and Python. Projects and automation can be shared with other APx units anywhere in the world.
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Product Overview
AP offers a wide range of options tailored to specific applications, including:
• Electro-acoustic testing (R&D or Production)
• Perceptual audio test: POLQA
• Speech Intelligibility: ABC-MRT measurement
• Speech Intelligibility: STI measurement
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APx500 Software Platform
APx audio analyzers use a common software platform that makes tests and results easier to share. All test settings are saved in a single project file, for simple test setup replication between R&D and production facilities.
Project files are compatible with both B Series and legacy APx instruments and each project is self-contained, so there’s never any worry about dependencies or broken links.
The Perpetual License
Before we dive into how the subscription model works, let’s define what a perpetual license is. When you buy an APx500 audio analyzer, the analyzer includes a perpetual license for the current software release at the time of purchase (as well as a one-year software maintenance contract granting that analyzer a perpetual license for the next major release). This means that no matter what you do in the future, that analyzer will always be licensed for the software version authorized at the time of purchase. Additionally, you will always have the choice to purchase an upgrade to a software version later than the one for which your analyzers are licensed, or alternatively, purchase a subscription license to access any software version newer than your current license.
The Software Subscription
The Software Subscription license provides access to all versions of any existing/future software and all measurement options, except PESQ and POLQA, for the duration of the subscription purchased. Upon subscribing, you will receive an electronic license file (or may purchase a FlexKey) that enables all software versions and options with an expiration set to the end of the subscription. Upon renewal, a new license file is provided immediately, but if the subscription expires and the subscription is not renewed, your analyzer will automatically revert to the perpetual license for which the hardware was previously licensed.
Enjoy the Flexibility
Software subscriptions allow you to access the latest version of APx500 software and all measurement options (excluding PESQ & PLQA) regardless of the current perpetual license available on your analyzer.
This is an economical solution if it has been more than a few years since you upgraded your software.
Product Features
Snapshot of what you get
For the past 15 years, Audio Precision has averaged two APx500 software releases per year.
Each release has expanded the capabilities of previously purchased analyzers and opened new technical markets that can be addressed by APx analyzers.
In the past five years, AP has added the following software features to our analyzers:
Product Benefits
Considerations
In some situations, it may make sense for you to add a subscription to an analyzer for a certain period, knowing your hardware will, when the subscription expires, revert to the perpetual license it received when originally purchased. If you are upgrading your software but have skipped a few software releases, then a subscription license may make more sense financially. On the other hand, your company may require all software be owned outright (i.e., perpetual licenses) making a subscription not an option. Unlike other subscription models in the marketplace, our subscription model will not automatically renew – you are simply subscribing for 1, 3 or 5 year(s), as determined by which subscription you purchase.
*The software subscription license provides access to all versions of software and all software options, except PESQ and POLQA, for the duration of the subscription.
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