Room Acoustics

General Course Information

Course Material RAC

We use as main course material from series of  books available as e-book at Chalmers library (see course PM).

In addition we have the following material from Peter Svensson

• RAC_1_measurements
• RAC_2_reflections
• RAC_3_absorption
• RAC_4_diffuse_geometrical
• RAC_5_wavetheoretical
• RAC_6_subjectiveeffects
• RAC_7_electroacoustic
• RAC_problems_solution
• Play with IRs
• RAC_8_electroacoustic systems in rooms

Literature for the thematic block on  “Electroacoustic systems in rooms”

• Studio control room design
• Loudspeakers in rooms and active reverberation systems
• Sound system design – Case study
• Active reverberation systems

Suggested extra material

For those of you interested in room acoustics, the following books could be of interest (in alphabetical order):

• Y. Ando.: “Concert Hall Acoustics.”
• L. Cremer et al.: “Principles and Applications of Room Acoustics. Vol 1.”
• L. Cremer et al.: “Principles and Applications of Room Acoustics. Vol 2.”
• I. Hoffman et al.: “Halls for Music Performance: Another Two Decades of Experience, 1982-2002”
• J. W. Kopec : “The Sabines at Riverbank”
• D. Lubman et al.: “Acoustics of Worship Spaces”
• E. R. McCue et al.: “Acoustical Design of Music Education Facilities”
• W. C. Sabine : “Collected Papers on Acoustics”
• R. H. Talaske et al.: “Halls for Music Performance: Two Decades of Experience, 1962-1982”
• R. H. Talaske et al.: “Theatres for Drama Performance: Recent Experience in Acoustical Design”

You will also find much material on room acoustics at severeal pages such as  http://asa.aip.org/ which is the website of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). It is also useful to look at the collections of papers from the biannual AES conventions and at the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society which you will find at http://www.aes.org/. The European site https://www.euracoustics.org/ also carries room acoustics information but less accessible.

A site with many links to various manufacturers of electroacoustic equipment is http://www.audioscientific.com/.