Acoustics of new and renovated chamber music halls in Russia

Perception of music dynamics in concert hall acoustics.

Dynamics is one of the principal means of expressivity in Western classical music. Still, preceding research on room acoustics has mostly neglected the contribution of music dynamics to the acoustic perception. This study investigates how the different concert hall acoustics influence the perception of varying music dynamics. An anechoic orchestra signal, containing a step in music dynamics, wa...

Acoustics of concert halls with organs in Russia: trends and problems

Acoustics for Amplified Music and a New, Variable Acoustics Technology

Surveys among professional musicians and sound engineers reveal that a long reverberation time at low frequencies in halls during concerts of reinforced music is a common cause for an unacceptable sounding event. Midand high-frequency sound is seldom a reason for lack of clarity and definition due to a up to 6 times higher absorption by audience compared to low frequencies, and a higher directi...

Suitable reverberation times for halls for rock and pop music.

The existing body of literature regarding the acoustic design of concert halls has focused almost exclusively on classical music, although there are many more performances of popular music, including rock and pop. Objective measurements were made of the acoustics of 20 rock music venues in Denmark and a questionnaire was used in a subjective assessment of those venues with professional rock mus...

Investigating the formal effect of rear wall structure on acoustic parameters of speech halls (Research Article)

Referring to the rear wall in a hall is the furthest element rather than the voice source, therefor the reflections of this structural member play important role in music and speech intelligibly, especially for one-third behind audiences. Hence the form of these structures can be very effective in the acoustical quality of speech halls and auditoria. In this study, four formic structures are ex...