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CARA - Room Acoustic Software

We're very much not into doing sales-pitch type posts, but after reading through several threads in this forum, we realized that questions regarding software for room acoustics were frequent enough that if we tried to answer every thread, we'd *really* feel obnoxious!

So... the lesser of two evils

CARA is a comprehensive room acoustic modelling package designed and developed by German physicist: Dr. Ulrich Thomanek. Dr. Thomanek worked with ELAC GmbH for many years and used computer models to bring their loudspeakers to be the number two in Germany.

He started ELAC Technische Software as a spinoff dedicated to his computer programs associated with loudspeaker modelling and room acoustics. CARA 2.0 is the product.

Rather than get into too many details here, I'll send you to www.cara.de where they have lots of information regarding CARA and a walkthrough. The site is in both English and German.

Early last year, Rhintek became the US representative for ETS and CARA. We have a strong background in software development, but are relatively new to the high-end audio industry. Our website is: www.rhintek.com

Thanks for your time, I'll probably be lurking around here on occasion as it looks like this forum is a good place for me to gain more understanding.

Kristin VanVranken,
Rhintek Incorporated
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Would I give Cara all the dimensions and positions, and then have it tell me what I get?
Or, would I give Cara all the dimensions and peices of furniture, etc, and then have it tell me where to put things?

I could give Cara a pile of scenarios for what I would try, but I would rather start by rearranging my room to suit what Cara says is best.
Then, to be able to relocate one piece at a time and see what Cara says about that, since, I don't doubt it would give me something unlivable.
Otherwise, it sounds like quite a long haul, where I have to keep inputting arrangements and wait for the best results.
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