A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments

Gentner K, Braasch J, Calamia P. A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments. In: AES Convention 123. Audio Engineering Society; 2007. Paper 7199. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14257

@inproceedings{Gentner2007_14257,
  author = {Gentner, Karl and Braasch, Jonas and Calamia, Paul},
  title = {{A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 123},
  note = {Paper 7199},
  year = {2007},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14257}
}

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TI  - A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments
AU  - Gentner, Karl
AU  - Braasch, Jonas
AU  - Calamia, Paul
T2  - AES Convention 123
M1  - Paper 7199
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007/10/06
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AB  - In audio-production rooms, a common source of harmful reflections is the mixing console or desk surface itself. A perforated material is proposed as an alternative desk surface to reduce coloration by achieving acoustical transparency. A variety of desk surfaces and perforation schemes were tested within common room conditions. The resulting psychoacoustic study indicates that the fully-perforated desk provides lower coloration than that of the solid desk in every condition. A partially perforated desk shows a similar decrease in coloration, specifically when the perforated area is determined by the Fresnel zones dictated by the source and receiver positions.
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