Hearing researchers at Macquarie University have shown that listeners rapidly learn and adapt to the characteristics of acoustic spaces to improve their understanding of speech and have found evidence ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 113, No. 48 (November 29, 2016), pp. E7856-E7865 (10 pages) In everyday listening, sound reaches our ears directly ...
A group of architects in Japan has asked the government to help install acoustic panels inside childcare facilities. They cite concerns that high levels of sound reflections can affect children in ...
THERE are two methods of measuring the amounts of sound absorbed by various materials. One is the reverberation method of W. C. Sabine, in which a specimen of the material to be tested is mounted on ...
From concert-hall designers to pop record producers, everyone in the music industry knows we love reverb. But why? THE TALL, arched, windowless space has just enough light for me to make out the ...
California's Village Community Presbyterian Church has invested in an immersive audio system, as well as upgrades to its video and streaming production systems. When you purchase through links on our ...
Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...