NATS 1720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Home Recording, Reverberation, Sound Energy
16 Dec 2017
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Clarity is good since words are clearly heard and understood. Low or no echo (helps clarity: concert hall: No bad seats (same quality of sound everywhere) Hall should feel alive"; reverberation (lingering of sound. Concert hall and type of performance being held: home recording studio: Low or no sound distortion (frequency dependent factor. This can be a problem in small spaces) Reverberation: how long sound energy lingers in a room. Too much can make it jarring or noisy, not enough can make a room sound dead" (like a vacuum for sound). Intimacy- space feels small; subjective perception of being close to the source of sound. Warmth and brilliance: usually corresponds to base sounds being more pronounced. Loudness- enhancement of loudness compared to hearing it in an open source. Spaciousness- the sensation that sound is coming from all directions. Direct sound travels as a straight line from the source to the ear.
