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How Loud is My Reverberation?

Authors: Griesinger, David

AES Convention 98 · Paper 3943 · February 1995

Abstract

Knowing the reverberant level is vital in room acoustics, however, it is poorly predicted by conventional measures. The paper presents the results from a continuing series of experiments on the loudness of running reverberation. It also proposes a method for determining the reverberant loudness from a measured impulse response and provides some insight into how : reverberation is perceived. Optimum reverberant levels for music depend strongly on the reverberation decay shape and the degree of musical masking. When masking is high, small changes in reverberant level can have large perceptual effects.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 98
AES Convention
98
Paper number
3943
Publication date
February 6, 1995
Session subject
Architectural Acoustics
Affiliation
Lexicon, Waltham, MA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper