Acoustics in rock and pop music halls

Niels Werner Larsen; Eric Robert Thompson; Anders Christian Gade

Acoustics in rock and pop music halls

Niels Werner Larsen
, Eric Robert Thompson
, Anders Christian Gade

Flex Acoustics ApS

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Abstract

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 rhythmic music, including rock and pop. Objective measurements were made of the acoustics of twenty rock music venues in Denmark and a questionnaire was used in a subjective assessment of those venues with professional rock musicians and sound engineers. Correlations between the objective and subjective results lead, among others, to a recommendation for reverberation time as a function of hall volume. Since the bass frequency sounds are typically highly amplified, they play an important role in the subjective ratings and the 63-Hz-band must be included in objective measurements and recommendations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Symposium on Room Acoustics
Publication date	2007
Pages	S26
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	International Symposium on Room Acoustics - Sevilla, Spain Duration: 10 Sept 2007 → 12 Sept 2007 http://congreso.us.es/isra2007/sevilla/index.php

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Conference	International Symposium on Room Acoustics
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Sevilla
Period	10/09/2007 → 12/09/2007
Internet address	http://congreso.us.es/isra2007/sevilla/index.php

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