What is Aperture?
Aperture is a web-based software tool for sharing, presenting, and collaborating on Meyer Sound system designs without needing to download, register, or learn the relevant design creation packages, such as MAPP 3D or Dolby DARDT.
Aperture can open MAPP 3D and Dolby DARDT files in a web-based environment and enable acoustic predictions for the designs. Users can save specific views and prediction settings that can then be presented and exported as graphics for use in document creation.
Aperture also provides technical factor of safety document export, equipment list exports, and exports to EASE 5. It is a companion to MAPP 3D, the flagship design tool for Meyer Sound products.
Aperture does not change a design or perform layer visibility functions. Specific PA options need to be set as ‘visible layers’ and saved ahead of Mapp import.
Aperture lets sound designers:
Walk through a proposed system interactively, with live animations.
Produce clean, consistent graphics for a written proposal.
Tell a more compelling visual story than a flat design tool or screenshot.
Generate inventory and factor-of-safety details for an installation.
Important
Internet connectivity required
Aperture downloads loudspeaker information from the internet. When a project has many different models, it needs to download the models and the acoustic model from an online server. This makes it dependent on an internet connection during loading and import.
Aperture is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tool accessed via the Internet and requires a Chromium-based web browser to function properly.
Web-based: No install needed. Open Aperture in a browser at https://aperture.meyersound.com
Web browser compatibility: Chromium only
Updates: Because it's a web app, new features and fixes appear automatically