Arrays of loudspeakers are often used for sound reinforcement in large concert halls, auditoria, houses of worship and outdoor events. Arrays of microphones have long been used in applications such as sonar and tomography, and are becoming more important for things like teleconferencing. Global optimization techniques such as Stochastic Region Contraction can be combined with previously develop...

Developments in measuring the acoustic characteristics of concert halls and opera houses are leading to standardized methods of impulse response capture for a wide variety of auralization applications. This work presents results from a recent UK survey of non-traditional performance venues focused in the field of acoustic archaeology. Sites are selected and analyzed based on some feature of int...

We report on a series of measurements aimed to characterize the development and the dynamics of the rhythmic applause in concert halls. Our results demonstrate that while this process shares many characteristics of other systems that are known to synchronize, it also has features that are unexpected and unaccounted for in many other systems. In particular, we find that the mechanism lying at th...

Nowadays it is possible to measure room impulse responses inside famous theatres and concert halls, and use them as filters for applying high quality reverberation to recordings and soundtracks. However, also spatial information can be measured and replicated this way, once the concept of omnidirectional source and receiver has been deleted. The paper will focus on the extension of the current ...

Intimacy is one of the most intriguing concepts in auditorium acoustics, because it is so elusive and difficult to prove, and yet intuitive and palpable for many. Introduced by Beranek1, intimacy has been regarded as one of the most important aspects of the concert experience. "Acoustical 'intimacy' suggests to the listener the size of the space in which it is performed"1 and implies "that list...

Abstract The majority of authors who have studied the phenomenon cultural entrepreneurship attempted to demonstrate how market conditions and society in general power shape performances artistic products, terms economical community relevance. entrepreneurial concept is linked desire for innovation, transcending conventional traditional practices knowledge, by focussing creative interests on rea...

The subjective impression of the concert hall acoustics is usually formed around various descriptors, such as clarity and definition, and envelopment in the sound field. While room acoustics is evaluated from room impulse responses with several standardized objective parameters1, such as G, T60, C80, EDT, and LF, the frequency response of the hall is sometimes left for lesser importance. The ov...

A concert is a mass entertainment event held indoors, at halls, or outdoors (open-air festivals). These two formats differ greatly from each other. However, the goal of both events remains same – to allow audience enjoy musical performance. Indoor halls are designed for best acoustics sound. They often circular and let sound waves travel around inside building, like an echo bouncing back forth....