Acoustical Measurements of Warsaw’s Chamber Opera House Using Two Types of Sound Sources for Subsequent Auralization

Woszczyk W, Fidecki T, Hong JW(, Rudzki T, Benson D. Acoustical Measurements of Warsaw’s Chamber Opera House Using Two Types of Sound Sources for Subsequent Auralization. In: AES Convention 138. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9260. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17684

@inproceedings{Woszczyk2015_17684,
  author = {Woszczyk, Wieslaw and Fidecki, Tadeusz and Hong, Jung Wook (Jonathan) and Rudzki, Tomasz and Benson, David},
  title = {{Acoustical Measurements of Warsaw’s Chamber Opera House Using Two Types of Sound Sources for Subsequent Auralization}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 138},
  note = {Paper 9260},
  year = {2015},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17684}
}

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TI  - Acoustical Measurements of Warsaw’s Chamber Opera House Using Two Types of Sound Sources for Subsequent Auralization
AU  - Woszczyk, Wieslaw
AU  - Fidecki, Tadeusz
AU  - Hong, Jung Wook (Jonathan)
AU  - Rudzki, Tomasz
AU  - Benson, David
T2  - AES Convention 138
M1  - Paper 9260
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Impulse response measurements using log sine sweeps were made in the Warsaw’s Chamber Opera House in eight microphone locations on the floor area and at two locations on the balcony, with two microphone elevations, using two types of sound sources having different directional radiation characteristics. The Opera House having only 159 seats originates from 1775 and is renowned for its excellent acoustics fitting for Mozart operas. The measurements show how within this relatively small venue, an opera director can create a wide range of acoustic perspectives for voices and instruments, and achieve a desired dramatic effect. In a subsequent multichannel auralization, anechoic instrumental and vocal sounds were placed virtually in the opera house, and a listening panel compared the renderings. The experiment underlines the importance of choosing directional characteristics of sound sources used in the measurements of room impulse responses intended for subsequent applications.
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