Setup & Calibration Workflow

Summary:

• Introduction
• Configuration Workflow Overview
  • Altitude^CI Configuration Wizard
  • NOVA Configuration Wizard
• Calibration Workflow Overview
• Altitude^CI & NOVA Calibration Workflow
• After the Calibration: Next Steps

 

Introduction

The Setup and Calibration Wizards guide you through the essential steps required to create a functional preset when you turn on your processor for the first time or when you create a new preset. These wizards ensure that your system is correctly initialized, your speakers are declared, your routing is configured, and your system is calibrated. 

Although the wizards for Altitude^CI and NOVA follow the same UI logic, the configuration paths differ based on functionality, inputs/outputs, AoIP capability, and the initial branching question.

 

Configuration Workflow Overview

Both Altitude^CI and NOVA follow the same global structure:

Startup → Speaker Declaration → Routing → Preset

However, each platform begins with a different branching step that determines the rest of the workflow.

 

Altitude^CI Configuration Wizard

• Startup
• Speaker declaration
• Routing
• Preset
  
  

Startup

It begins with the Startup step, which includes:

• Welcome
  Information about the system clock, network connection, basic/expert mode and language selection.
• WaveForming Selection
  A simple Yes/No question.
  If WaveForming is enabled, additional calibration steps will appear later in the workflow.
  
  

 

Speaker Declaration (Basic or Expert Mode)

Used to declare all speakers and subwoofers in your system.

• Basic Mode (left)
  Select a predefined layout template and the number of subwoofers.
• Expert Mode (right)
  Manually select speakers and channel names for any immersive format, using the top-view layout interface.

 

Routing

Assign each declared channel to a physical output.

This step includes:

• Choosing the output type (analog, AES/EBU, Dante/AES67)
• Assigning a physical output to each channel
• Optional PEQ on outputs
• Declaring whether speakers are full-range or multi-way
• Testing each output using pink noise
  Caution: Depending on system gain, output levels may be high. Reduce amplifier gains if necessary.
  
  

 

 

Preset

The last configuration step:

• Name the preset
• Save it
• Choose whether this preset should become the default preset

The wizard will then prompt you to start the Calibration Wizard.

 

 

NOVA Configuration Wizard

 

• Startup
• Source declaration
• Speaker declaration
• Routing
• Preset

 

Startup

• Welcome
  Information about the system clock, network connection, basic/expert mode, language selection, and consent to maintain access to Trinnov cloud services.
• Monitor Controller Selection
  This question determines the entire workflow:
  • Yes → NOVA becomes the monitor controller
  • No → an upstream monitor controller will handle source/speaker switching and volume control

 

If Monitor Controller = Yes

Source Declaration (Basic or Expert Mode)

Because NOVA uses PCM inputs rather than bitstreams, sources must be declared manually.

For each source:

• Select the input connector
• Choose the format (mono, stereo, 5.1)
• Define routing
• Apply input level offsets (expert mode)
  
  

 

Speaker Set Declaration (Basic or Expert Mode)

Multiple speaker sets may be defined, optimized or unoptimized.

 

Routing Overview (Basic or Expert Mode)

This step is optional but in Expert mode, a simplified matrix showing how declared sources and speaker sets connect through the system.

If Monitor Controller = No

Full Routing Matrix

A flexible routing interface to map physical inputs to outputs exactly as required by the external monitor controller.

 

Preset

The last configuration step:

• Name the preset
• Save it
• Choose whether this preset should become the default preset

The wizard will then prompt you to start the Calibration Wizard.

 

 

Calibration Workflow Overview

The calibration workflow is almost identical on both platform families, except for the optional WaveForming steps on AltitudeCI when it was selected during Startup.

Altitude^CI Calibration Workflow with WaveForming

NOVA Calibration Workflow

 

Altitude^CI & NOVA Calibration Wizard

• Welcome
• Microphone
• Level
• Xover
• Measurement
• Calibration
• WaveForming

 

Welcome

A brief reminder about network connectivity, preset context, basic/expert mode, and a mandatory check that the system clock is set to 48 kHz, required for calibration.

 

Microphone

The wizard manages microphone setup in two substeps:

1. Connection and Initialization
   The unit powers the microphone and retrieves the appropriate compensation file.
2. Placement Guidance
   An informational page shows where to place the microphone at the reference listening position.

 

Calibration Level

Pink noise plays through all speakers to verify that the calibration level is correct.

In expert mode, individual output offsets may be applied to compensate for large level differences.

 

Measurement

A branching decision adjusts the rest of the process:

Multiple measurements? Yes/No

If Yes:

• NOVA offers measurement presets
• AltitudeCI and NOVA allow a custom measurement set to be created

If No:

• The wizard displays an additional reminder for positioning the microphone at the reference seat

 

Active Xover Calibration (Basic or Expert Mode)

This step appears only when one or more speakers are declared as multi-way during speaker declaration. It is available in Basic and Expert modes.

Trinnov provides a unique semi-automatic active crossover calibration system. Because the crossover settings directly affect the acoustic response of a loudspeaker, this calibration acts as a pre-calibration stage: it ensures that each driver band is aligned, level-matched, and time-coherent before the global Optimizer measurement.

 

 

Calibration

The system performs the measurement(s) and computes the initial correction filters.

 

WaveForming (AltitudeCI Only)

If WaveForming was enabled during configuration:

• Subwoofer Assignment
  Minimum of four subwoofers required; declare emitters and absorbers. Please refer to Set subwoofer roles for WaveForming for more information.

• Measurement Mapping
  Automatically suggested based on room dimensions and seating; can be modified by the user. Refer to WaveForming measurement mapping for more information.

• WaveForming Calibration
  The processor measures all subwoofers at all mapping positions. Please refer to WaveForming calibration for more information.

 

After the Calibration: Next Steps

Once calibration is complete:

• Altitude^CI recommends visiting the Graphs, Optimizer, or Decoder pages to finalize the system.
  NOVA recommends visiting Graphs, Optimizer, or Monitoring depending on the workflow.

From here, users may review the acoustic graphs, fine-tune the system or start listening to their systems directly.