Papers in the field of Room Acoustics

Phase Coherence as a Measure of Acoustic Quality:    by D Griesinger 03.09.2010
                                                   1 The Neural Mechanism;
                                                   2 Perceiving Engagement;
                                                   3 Hall Design

Sound Strength in Small Halls by J Hyde and H Möller 12.09.2010

Behaviour of lateral energy in small concert halls by H Möller and J Hyde 12.09.2010

How loud is my reverberation? by D Griesinger 03.09.2010

Room acoustical parameters at listeners’ ears—can preferred concert hall acoustics be predicted and explained? (ICA 2010 preprint) by M Skålevik 17.06.2010

Early Design Criteria for Multipurpose Cultural Houses by A Buen 21.05.2010

Reverberation Time—the mother of all room acoustical parameters by M Skålevik 20.03.2010

Acoustical problems in large post-war auditoria by J O’Keefe 10.03.2009

The Queen Elisabeth Theatre - Spatial Sound in a Wide Room by J O’Keefe 10.03.2009

The_Esplanade - From Plenum to Flytower by J O’Keefe 10.03.2009

Simplified room acoustic measurements by T Halmrast and A Buen 10.02.2009

Room acoustics in two variable acoustics coupled space venues
by A Buen and L Strand 31.01.2009

Objective assessment of concert hall acoustics by M Barron 09.10.2008

Room acoustic parameters - distribution over concert hall seating area by M Skålevik 25.08.2008

When is a concert hall too quiet? by M Barron 23.09.2008

Diffusivity and its effect on concert hall seat absorption by M Skålevik 25.08.2008

Frequency Response of Reflector Arrays, a student project by M Dalåmo, NTNU 2007, 09.04.2008

The Acoustics of a Quarry , Who needs an acoustician? T Halmrast asks. 03.08.2007

Diffusivity and directivity by M Skålevik. Early reverberant sound can compensate for unreliable direct sound. Read more in this paper. 09.10.2006

Influence of ceiling profile on distribution of room acoustical parameters, by U Stephenson. 21.09.2007

Evaluation of Objective Echo Criteria, A Løvstad’s Master Thesis on Echo Criteria, introducing a new criterion. 25.08.2006

Clarity and Source Blend This paper by G Ihlen, acoustician and member of The Norwegian Opera Orchestra, discusses clarity, source blend, transparency and their interrelation. 20.09.2006

Another Phantom of the Opera Are there more than one phantom in the opera? This paper introduces a possible acoustical phantom.14.03.2007

Reflector above the opera orchestra pit by T Halmrast, A Buen, G Ihlen. How should the reflector be shaped, to meet the intensions? A case study from the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. 14.03.2007

Small Room Acoustics

Small Room Acoustics - The Hard Case (Forum Acusticum 2011 paper) by M Skålevik 19.04.2011

Schroeder Frequency Revisited (Forum Acusticum 2011 paper) by M Skålevik 17.04.2011

Stage Acoustics

Reflection Density and Attenuation on Stages and Rehearsal Halls, J O’Keefe, 16.09.2010

Stage acoustics for symphony orchestras in concert halls, PhD thesis by JJ Dammerud. 20.05.2010

Earlier papers by Dammerud and Barron:

Stage conditions for orchestral performance, by Dammerud / Barron. Early subjective and objective studies of concert hall stage conditions for orchestral performance. 21.09.2007
Stage Acoustics - Early investigations A contemporary overview of investigations and a few results so far, by Mike Barron and JJ Dammerud. 02.05.2007
Model Investigations, by Jens Jørgen Dammerud, University of Bath, September 2006. Supervised by Mike Barron.16.04.2006
Stage Acoustics—Litterature Review, by Jens Jørgen Dammerud, University of Bath, November 2006. Supervised by Mike Barron. 13.12.2006
The content of this paper has been reviewed and included in the PhD thesis Stage Acoustics for Symphony Orchestras in Concert Halls 20.05.2010

Stage Acoustics for a symphony orchestra—an investigation, by Alf Berntson and Johan Andersson. 22.10.2007
Sound transmission through a symphony orchestra, by Magne Skålevik. Report on measurements on a stage with an orchestra present. 17.05.2007
Orchestra Canopies—Significant Features by Magne Skålevik. Orchestra canopies—do they make a useful difference and can it be measured? 13.10.2006

On the significance of stage floor construction, to instruments with endpin contact:

Double Basses on the Stage Floor (2007 paper) by Guettler, Askenfelt and Buen

An in-depth analysis of the double bass to stage floor contact (2008 paper) by Guettler, Askenfelt and Buen

The Lindeman Hall of Oslo ― Evidence of low frequency radiation from the stage floor (2010 paper) by Guettler, Askenfelt and Buen

Violin Acoustics

Seven papers by Anders Buen on violin acoustics are presented below. Published akutek.info 16.04.2007 thru 18.10.2010

On Timbre Parameters and Sound Levels of Recorded Old Violins
What is old Italian timbre?
Operating deflection modes in five conventional and two unconventional violins
Can we hear the geometrical measures of a violin?
Violin Acoustics History - a brief introduction
Differences of sound spectra in violins by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesú
Comparing the sound of golden age and modern violins: Long-time-average-spectra

Ariadne Westerkamp (1990): Die Geige gestrichen und verglichen (19MB) Published akutek.info 02.01.20112
English introduction and summary: Sound of Science—108 violins talk Published akutek.info 03.01.20112

Voice acoustics

Sound radiation from the chest of bass singers by Magne Skålevik, the SMAC-93 paper original print. The chest is to the voice like the port of vented loudspeaker enclosure is to the loudspeaker. 14.02.2008

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