Acoustics 5

Chapters

• History of Physiological and Psychological Acoustics
• Sound Propagation in a Room – Reflection at Curved Surfaces
• Sound Diffraction – Sound Shadow, Sound Refraction
• Room Acoustics III: Diffusers and their Functional Principles – Diffusivity
• Properties of Diffusers: Schroeder Diffuser, Quadratic Residue Diffuser (QRD), Polycylindrical Diffuser
• Reverberation Time – Frequency Dependence
• Standing Waves – Room Modes II
• Calculation of Room Modes
• Tutorial: Acoustic Measurements Part 3 – Measuring the Control Room
• Room Acoustic Measurement of a Control Room
• Acoustics of Recording Rooms
• Compound Oscillations: Standing Waves – Overtones
• Overtone Spectra of Compound Oscillations
• Harmonic Analysis, Fast Fourier Transfom (FFT), Harmonic Synthesis
• Sound Sources – Acoustic Characteristics of the Voice, Formants
• What exactly is Resonance?
• Sound Sources – Acoustic Properties of Instruments, Partial Tones
• Test Yourself!
• Psychoacoustics III – Spatial Hearing of Natural Sound Sources, Localisation, Blauert Bands
• Directional Hearing – Interaural Time and Level Differences
• Auditory Localisation – Localisation Accuracy, Haas Effect
• Perception of Distance, Inside-the-Head-Localisation
• Stereophony – Principles of Spatial Sound Reproduction: 1. Loudspeaker Strerophony
• Spatial Sound Reproduction: 2. Binaural Reproduction – Object-based Audio, 3. Wave Field Synthesis
• Wave Field Synthesis – Technical Basis
• Directional Hearing in Stereophony – Phantom Sound Sources on the Stereo Base
• Phantom Sound Sources: Level and Time Differences
• Theoretical Exam
• Appendix – Numbers, Formulas, Tables
• Table: Sound Pressure Levels
• Note – Frequency – Wavelength Chart, Dyads
• Glossary
• Literature - Bibliography