AES Berlin 2014
Tutorial T3
Saturday, April 26, 14:30 — 16:00 (Estrel Hall B)
T3 - Tuning Your Studio - Acoustic Analysis of Small Rooms for Music
Presenter:Lorenzo Rizzi, Suono e Vita - Acoustic Engineering - Lecco, Italy
Abstract:
Music production nowadays is made in smaller and smaller rooms but the focus on audio technologies almost removes the importance of room acoustics. We’ll deal with the fundamentals of sweet-spot response measurements for acoustic optimization of the listening system and speaker/dubbing/rehearsing rooms. Why small rooms for music do not follow Sabine’s laws of acoustics. Are classical acoustical parameters (e.g., RT, and the others) of any relevance?
The tutorial will also cover measuring impulse and frequency responses and discuss the importance of spatial averaging and transients. A number of room measurement and system case studies will be presented that illustrate procedures such as balancing the channels, the influence of room modes in the frequency and in the time domain, stereo triangle optimization, microphone positioning, echogram analysis, the importance of scattering and diffraction—tips to improve the room quality and technical targets
 | This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement |
