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The following documents contain information that you might find helpful as you use the NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite.

• LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Analysis VIs Readme—Use this file to learn important last-minute information, including installation and upgrade issues, compatibility issues, changes from the previous version, and known issues with the Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite. Open this readme by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»LabVIEW»Readme and opening readme_SVMS.html or by navigating to the labview\readme directory and opening readme_SVMS.html.
• Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite Example VIs—Refer to the labview\examples\Sound and Vibration and labview\examples\Order Analysis directories for example VIs that demonstrate common tasks using the sound and vibration analysis tools that the Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite provides. You also can access these VIs by selecting Help»Find Examples from the pull-down menu and selecting Toolkits and Modules»Sound and Vibration in the NI Example Finder window.
• Additional LabVIEW documentation.
• The Structural Dynamics Research Lab at the University of Cincinnati Web site at www.sdrl.uc.edu.

The following list contains reference materials used to produce the Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite. These references contain more information on the theory implemented in the Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite.

Note  The following resources offer useful background information on the general concepts discussed in this documentation. These resources are provided for general informational purposes only and are not affiliated, sponsored, or endorsed by National Instruments. The content of these resources is not a representation of, may not correspond to, and does not imply current or future functionality in the Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite or any other National Instruments product.

• American National Standards Institute. 1983. Specification for Sound Level Meters. ANSI S1.4-1983. Washington: American National Standards Institute.
• ———. 1986a. Design Response of Weighting Networks for Acoustical Measurements. ANSI S1.42-2001. Washington: American National Standards Institute.
• ———. 1986b. Specification for Octave-Band and Fractional Octave-Band Analog and Digital Filters. ANSI S1.11-2004. New York: Acoustical Society of America.
• Crocker, Malcolm J. 1998. Handbook of Acoustics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Eisenmann, Robert C., Sr., and Robert C. Eisenmann, Jr. 1998. Machinery Malfunction Diagnosis and Correction. NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Hassall, J. R., and K. Zaveri. 1988. Acoustic Noise Measurements. Nærum, Denmark: Brüel & Kjær.
• International Electrotechnical Commission. 1975. Preferred Frequencies for Measurements. International Standard IEC 266, 1st ed. 1975-07. Geneva, Switzerland: International Electrotechnical Commission.
• ———. 1995. Octave-Band and Fractional Octave-Band Filters. International Standard IEC 1260, 1st ed. 1995-07. Geneva, Switzerland: International Electrotechnical Commission.
• ———. 2002. Electroacoustics - Sound Level Meters. International Standard IEC 61672, 1st ed, 2002-05. Geneva, Switzerland: International Electrotechnical Commission.
• Qian, Shie. 2002. Introduction to Time-Frequency and Wavelet Transforms. NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Randall, R.B. 1986. Measurement of Audio-Frequency Noise Voltage Level in Sound Broadcasting. ITU-R Recommendation 468-4. Radiocommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union.
• ———. 1987. Frequency Analysis. Nærum, Denmark: Brüel & Kjær.
• ———. 1995. Psophometer for Use on Telephone-Type Circuits. ITU-T Recommendation O.41, Revised, 1993-1996. Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union.
• Smallwood, D. 1980. An Improved Recursive Formula for Calculating Shock Response Spectra. 51st Shock and Vibration Bulletin.