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Convention Paper

Room Acoustics for Rehearsals and Concerts - The New Festhalle in Landau, Germany

Authors: Völker, Ernst-Joachim; Teuber, Wolfgang

AES Convention 114 · Paper 5761 · March 2003

Abstract

The acoustics of concert halls is still a secret. The conductor, the orchestra and the hall are linked together to reach an optimal performance. A sound must be created which is a balance between many important influences, such as sounds in the energy and time domain, "Distance of privacy" for musicians, "Sound field of balance" for the audience, noise disturbences and acoustical properties of the surfaces.The conductor's place is an optimal position for good listening to "natural multichannal performance" of the orchestra. The 100 year old Festhalle in Landau hase been totally reconstructed including old ceilings and walls in youth stile. Distinct decisions had to be made to create the adaquate acoustics for concert, theater and rehearsals.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 114
AES Convention
114
Paper number
5761
Publication date
March 6, 2003
Session subject
Room Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement
Affiliation
Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics, Oberursel and Zweihausen, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper