Science of sound, a branch of physics
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How to deal with the difference in sound when the audience comes in
For mixing in a small church, with cheap equipment, we have the following problem.
When we set up all equipment and do a sound-check, all levels are good and the sound is just very good. When the ...
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Fixing acoustics in a glorified hallway
We have a small radio studio that is essentially in a hallway. When on air, you can definitely hear the room coming through the mics. It sounds like there is a lot of standing wave.
Our budget is ...
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What is the best way to mic a hammered dulcimer?
Looking for some suggestions on getting the most authentic recorded sound from a Hammered Dulcimer. The model I am mic'ing has 2 sound holes.
What would be the ideal mic type(s) (i.e. dynamic, ...
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Micing a big square room
I do a lot of remote recording sessions for church choirs. Often they use fellowship halls, which typically have a big rectangular room with a relatively low flat ceiling. Obviously, this is less ...
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How do audio engineers (physically) treat rooms for studios?
Here's my problem: I live in a small apartment downtown São Paulo - it's noisy as it can be.
Loud traffic, people screaming and buses circulating day and night. This was never a problem - I usually ...
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How does our brain detect the direction of sound?
We are able to detect the direction of sound because of our brain's capbility to measures the time lag and amplitude difference between the sound that reaches our ears. However the sound produced by a ...
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Why do I hear less bass in the middle of the room, and can I do anything about it?
I've recently purchased a pair of monitor speakers in order to build myself a better critical listening environment.
I've tried setting them up near one wall in a small room off of my living room, ...
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Determine whether resonance/standing waves are from speakers or room?
I have two massive resonances (more than 12db above the response curve elsewhere) with my bookshelf monitors placed on a desk in a large furnished, carpeted room. One is at about 110 Hz and another ...
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Absorbing Room - materials, their shapes, what's the difference?
Internet is really lacking information about acoustics in the room, absorbing materials, it's shapes and patterns.. how to glue them, why there are different shapes.
I really would like to know how ...
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What causes proximity effect?
What is the source of proximity effect... the boost in lower frequencies as a vocalist gets close to a condenser mic?
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How to improve acoustics of a 16 meter square garage on a budget?
I'll be renting a garage now for practice.
It will be used for several bands.
The garage size is 16 square meters and it doesn't matter if it's loud outside (these garages are pretty far from the ...
