The Effectiveness of the Electro-Acoustical Simulator for Engineers (EASE) in Determining Room Acoustics

Proper room acoustics play an integral role in the effectiveness of a given chamber for aural communication. This investigation explored the effectiveness of the Electro-Acoustical Simulator for Engineers (EASE), a computer simulation, in determining critical properties of room acoustics by comparing data compiled with the computer model to measured physical data in a detailed case study. The study illustrated that the electronic model provides reliable reverberation time data through the Sabine reverberation formula. Sound decay plots and values obtained through reverse Schroeder integral formulas are inconsistent with measured data, however, due to the tracing module EASE uses.