On the comparison of flown and ground-stacked subwoofer configurations regarding noise pollution

Mouterde T, Corteel E. On the comparison of flown and ground-stacked subwoofer configurations regarding noise pollution. In: AES Convention 151. Audio Engineering Society; 2021. Paper 10533. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21497

@inproceedings{Mouterde2021_21497,
  author = {Mouterde, Thomas and Corteel, Etienne},
  title = {{On the comparison of flown and ground-stacked subwoofer configurations regarding noise pollution}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 151},
  note = {Paper 10533},
  year = {2021},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21497}
}

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TI  - On the comparison of flown and ground-stacked subwoofer configurations regarding noise pollution
AU  - Mouterde, Thomas
AU  - Corteel, Etienne
T2  - AES Convention 151
M1  - Paper 10533
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21497
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - In addition to audience experience and hearing health concerns, noise pollution issues are increasingly considered in large scale sound reinforcement for outdoor events. Among other factors, subwoofer positioning relative to the main system influences sound pressure levels at large distances, which may be considered as noise pollution. In this paper, free field simulations are first performed showing that subwoofers positioning affects rear and side rejections but has a limited impact on noise level in front of the system. Then, the impact of wind on sound propagation at low frequencies is investigated. Simulation results show that the wind impacts more ground-stacked subwoofers than flown subwoofers, leading to higher sound levels downwind in the case of ground-stacked subwoofers.
ER  -