Dual-Target Design for Large-Scale Sound Reinforcement: Simulation and Evaluation

Gölles L, Zotter F. Dual-Target Design for Large-Scale Sound Reinforcement: Simulation and Evaluation. In: AES Conference: AES 2024 International Acoustics & Sound Reinforcement Conference. Audio Engineering Society; 2024. Paper 5. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22369

@inproceedings{Golles2024_22369,
  author = {Gölles, Lukas and Zotter, Franz},
  title = {{Dual-Target Design for Large-Scale Sound Reinforcement: Simulation and Evaluation}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: AES 2024 International Acoustics \& Sound Reinforcement Conference},
  note = {Paper 5},
  year = {2024},
  month = jan,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22369}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Dual-Target Design for Large-Scale Sound Reinforcement: Simulation and Evaluation
AU  - Gölles, Lukas
AU  - Zotter, Franz
T2  - AES Conference: AES 2024 International Acoustics & Sound Reinforcement Conference
M1  - Paper 5
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/01/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22369
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Progressively curved line-source arrays became state of the art in large-scale sound reinforcement as they are flexibly adapted to the listening area by well-chosen splay angles between individual elements in the chain of line-source loudspeakers. Recent perceptual studies suggest using a dual-target design to meet contradictory goals in immersive sound reinforcement: 0 dB per doubling of the distance to preserve the direct sound mix, and -3 dB per doubling of the distance to preserve the envelopment at off-center listening positions. A practical implementation has been proposed to achieve both objectives simultaneously by driving the transducers of a curved array either in phase or with individual delays. Its feasibility was verified using measurements on a miniature line array that works for small audiences, but not specifically for large arrays and audiences that would be typically found in live events. To check the applicability of the dual-target approach to large-scale sound reinforcement systems, this contribution presents a simulation study with various professional line-source arrays and a sample measurement.
ER  -