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Is it really possible to calculate acoustics ? How does the acoustics of a room affect the sound of the loudspeakers ? Speaker: Volker Lwer, IFBconsulting
Direct sound, inverse square law Signal/Noise Room acoustics Direct sound and reverberation Total sound field
Preliminary remarks
Processes of nature Subjective feeling Representative models
Process Input
Input
Perception
Input
Models, algorithms
Room parameters
Simplify the processes of the natural world Understand and recognise interrelations Calculate result parameters
Event parameters
Algorithms, calculation
Result parameters
Source parameters
What is sound ?
Distance law
t = 0 ms
Distance law
Ld = 0 dB R = 1m
Ld = -6dB R = 2m
Ld=-12dB R=4m
Fundamentals of Room Acoustics; PLS mediasystems 2006
Freefield
Signal / Noise
S/N S/N
SPL SPL
S S N N
Signal / Noise
S/N S/N
SPL SPL
The room
Direct sound Ld
Reflections
Absorption, Reflection,Transmission
V RT60= 0.163
Volume V
S = surface
S3a3
Siai
= absorption coefficient
Fundamentals of Room Acoustics; PLS mediasystems 2006
SPL SPL
Ld Ld Lr Lr
8 8
16 16
32 32
64 64
Ld Ld Lr Lr Lt Lt
SPL SPL
8 8
16 16
32 32
64 64
dB SPL
LT LR LD
Entfernung distance
L D = 10 L R = 10 log log Q 4 r2 4 S
Fundamentals of Room Acoustics; PLS mediasystems 2006
L T = 10
log
Q 4 r2
4 S
Directivity Q & DI
Q= 1 DI= 0 dB
Q= 2 DI= 3 dB
Q= 4 DI= 6dB
DI = 10 log Q
Fundamentals of Room Acoustics; PLS mediasystems 2006
Hopkins-Stryker D/R
100 80
SPL
60 40 20 0 1 1 2 4 8 16 32 64
Distance
S Lr Lt
Discussion