The Science of Sound (3rd Edition)
by Thomas D. Rossing, F. Richard Moore, Paul A. Wheeler
Publisher: Addison Wesley (2001)

Springer Handbook of Acoustics
edited by Thomas Rossing (Springer 2007) not yet released
Chapters 9 (A.C.Gade) and 10 (Yoichi Ando)

Concert Halls and Opera Houses (2nd edition)
by Leo Beranek (Springer 2002)

 

Lecture Schedule:

Class 1 (1/17/07):
1. Sound waves and sound fields (SS Chapter 6, PVS Chapter 6)

2. Auditoriums (SS Chapter 23, PVS Chapter 11)

Class 2 (1/22/07):
3. Subjective attributes of sound: Loudness, timbre? (SS Chapter 5, 6; PVS Chapter 6)

4. Subjective and objective room acoustic parameters (SS Chapter 23, Beranek Chapter 2, Appendix 1; H of A Chapter 9)

Class 3 (1/29/07):
5. Prediction of room acoustic parameters (H of A Chapter 9)

6. Normal modes, coupled rooms (PVS Chapter 6, 11 CMS)

Class 4 (2/05/07):
7. Geometrical design studies (H of A Chapter 9)
 
8. Measurements
 
Guest lecturer, Jonathan Abel:
     Lecture: Room Impulse Response Measurement and Analysis
 
     Matlab code: estimate IR from chirp response measurement
 
     chirp (WAV)
 
     Matlab code: estimate late field parameters
 

Class 5 (2/12/07): Measurement Session -- click here for data & scripts

Class 6 (2/21/07) -- special Wednesday meeting -- : Guest lecturer, Evert Wetherill, Acoustical Consultant will speak on "Practical Acoustical Design, With Special Reference to Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Memorial Church, and other Stanford performance spaces.

Class 7 (2/26/07): : Guest lecturer, Jerry Hyde, Acoustical Consultant will speak on:
1 - A brief history of Concert Hall Acoustics
2 - Application of Room Acoustic parameters to the design of large concert halls using the Directed Reflection Sequence (DRS) approach.

Class 8 (3/05/07):
9. Studios and Listening Rooms
 
10. Noise Reduction
 

Class 8 (3/12/07): TBD

FINAL EXAM (3/19/07): 10am, closed book

 

 

Assignments

1. PVS Chapter 6, Problems 1-10 (Due Monday 1/19)
1 of 2
2 of 2

2. Test Your Hearing (Due Monday 1/29)
UNSW Music Acoustics Audiometry Website

3. Measurements analysis paper DUE ASAP: get data from Measurement Session

4. PVS Chapter 11 Problems (Due Monday 3/5)