Resources
Free Goodies
A really simple Microsoft Excel room dimensions calculator for determining good room dimensions. No modal spacing tea leaves to read!
This Microsoft Excel "toy" parametric equalizer simulator can help you understand how an equalizer works.
A Microsoft Excel STC calculator which can aid you in comprehending sound isolation and STC (Sound Transmission Class).
John Mulcahy has a terrific free software tool for room acoustical measurement called Room EQ Wizard. It's so good that it is the preferred front end for our Alpha Certification® analysis measurements!
Chris Whealy, another Brit, has written some super acoustic tools in Microsoft Excel, which may be found here.
Great Links
Wikipedia's excellent overview of acoustics.
The most comprehensive audio dictionary on the Web is the Rane Corporation's Pro Audio Reference.
Inexpensive corner bass absorbers from studiotips.com: the Studiotips SuperChunk and the Studiotips Corner Absorber.
Audio perception page with demos to play.
Lexicon's brilliant founder David Griesinger talks about The Physics and Psycho- Acoustics of Surround Recording in this PowerPoint presentation.
The pro movie sound mixer's site, FilmSound.org, has lots of interesting things about the art.
If you want to buy a single comprehensive introductory book on room acoustics, this is it.
Fun Acoustics Links
Ancient Greek theater acoustics.
Can you hear the Mosquito Ringtone?
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