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Active Control of Noise by Wave Field Synthesis

Authors: Zanolin, Michele; Podini, Paolo; Farina, Angelo; De Stabile, Stefano; Vezzoni, Paolo

AES Convention 108 · Paper 5092 · February 2000

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research of active control of noise. The authors built a prototype to lower the direct field of a known source using a linear array of 40 loudspeakers controlled by delay lines and a digital signal processor. The inspiring theoretical tool is wave field synthesis (WFS), an holographic approach to sound control, which was proposed by Berkhout, et al., in 1988, at the Delft University of Technology. An average reduction of 3 dB was obtained on an area of 16-square meters for a frequency of 1000 Hz.:

Details

Published in
AES Convention 108
AES Convention
108
Paper number
5092
Publication date
February 6, 2000
Session subject
Audio Measurement and Instrumentation
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, MA ; Physics Department, University of Parma, Italy ; Acoustic consultant, Gamma Engineering, Reggio Emilia, Italy ; Industrial Engineering Department, Area delle scienze, Parma ,Italy (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper