SynAudCon Courses
Course 320 – Sound System Design – Room Acoustics
This is the sibling course to Course 310 – Sound System Design – Direct Field. It is based on the room impulse response (RIR). The RIR is the room’s acoustic signature. Learn how to understand it, measure it, listen to it, and predict it. Learn how it affects speech intelligibility and sound clarity. The principles are universal and timeless.
Course Description
Inspired by our in-person Sound System Design seminar, Pat Brown created this online course that takes it even further.
The sound system’s performance is not independent of the room that it is in. The direct field that it produces is just a fraction of the total sound arriving at listener positions. A complete design process includes the room’s acoustics. In fact, it is driven by the room’s acoustics.
Sound System Design – Room Acoustics is a course that presents room acoustics as it relates to sound systems. Sound reinforcement loudspeakers have directional properties not typically considered by a room acoustics course.
Learn about the room impulse response (RIR).
Learn how to perform meaningful acoustic measurements of a room.
Perform accurate sound level calculations at the drawing board.
Learn how various acoustic materials modify the sound heard by the listeners.
Gain the theoretical background needed to use any room modeling computer program.
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The course is for experienced audio practitioners. We recommend a skill level consistent with graduates of our Course 50, Course 100, and Course 310.