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3. Now advance to Track 3. This track contains a set of warble tones beginning at 126 Hz,
moving downward to the lowest frequencies. As this track is played, keep your eye on 
the meter. If none of the tones on Track 3 causes an over-reading, draw a horizontal 
line on the chart paper at a level of -7 dB. (See Figure 3) This will be your baseline
reference level.
4. If any of these tones causes an over-load reading on the meter, stop the CD player and 
adjust the CD source volume downward slightly. Begin the test again, making sure that 
none of the segments in Track 3 will cause an overload. Once you have set a playback 
level that causes no overloads, return again to Track 2 and note the new level as 
observed on the sound level meter; draw a horizontal line on the chart at the indicated 
level. For example, let's assume that your new level setting from the CD source results 
in a reading of, say, -9 on the meter; then you would mark the chart paper with a line 
at -9, which would become your new baseline reference level. (See Figure 8 below)
5. For now, let's assume that your initial setting of -7 dB was OK and that there were no 
overloads when you played Track 3.
6. Beginning with Track 4 and proceeding on to Track 26, make entries on the chart paper 
for each warble tone. Before each tone plays, an announcer names the frequency of the 
tone. You will note that the warble tone sequence begins at the highest frequency of 
126 Hz, progressing downward to the lowest frequency of 20 Hz. Make your entries by 
putting a dot on the intersection of the announced frequency and the level as you read 
it on the sound level meter. This process is shown in Figure 9. Note that the test tracks 
are about 35 seconds long - 
probably longer than you will 
actually need to make an 
entry. You may speed up the 
measurement process by 
pressing the skip button on 
the CD player once you have 
made your entry on the chart.
During the course of making 
your entries, you may observe 
that the meter reading shows 
a uniform flickering between two adjacent values. If this occurs consistently, it indi-
cates a value halfway between the two LED's, and you may make your entry according
ly at a half-dB step.
7. After you have finished plotting the sequence of readings, simply connect the dots. You
are now ready to interpret the plotted data with the help of the following sample plots.
-5dB
-6dB
-7dB
-8dB
-9dB
-10dB
-11dB
-12dB
-14dB
-16dB
20Hz
22
24 25 26
28
31
35
41
45 47
50 53
57
62
68
76
85
90 95
105
115
126
9
Figure 8
0dB
-1 dB
-2dB
-3dB
-4dB
-5dB
-6dB
-7dB
-8dB
-9dB
-10dB
-11dB
-12dB
-14dB
-16dB
20Hz
22
24 25 26
28
31
35
41
45 47
50 53
57
62
68
76
85
90 95
105
115
126
Frequency
Hz
Level
dB
Width
%
Figure 9