Practical Tips for the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and Architecture

Create your own acoustic environment, such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms, with the help of specialized advice from two professional engineers. Fully comprehensive, the Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition, presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a systematic approach to room design. The reader will learn how to conduct acoustic measurements, select room dimensions and speaker placement, analyze frequency response curves, and design and install sound absorbers and diffusers. It also provides details on precise room reverberation tuning, minimizing external noise, and implementing psychoacoustic concepts.

In the Handbook of Acoustics, fifth edition, the following topics are analyzed:
- Determination of sound propagation in open or enclosed spaces
- Measurement of sound pressure level and analysis based on decibels
- Analysis of room mode resonance characteristics
- Acoustic intervention for optimal early reflections, reverberation, and diffusion
- Minimization of acoustic distortion, comb filter phenomena, and HVAC system noise
- Construction of high-quality stereo and surround sound listening rooms
- Design of personal and professional recording studios and control rooms
- Understanding the acoustics of conference spaces and concert halls
- Optimization of room design through measurements, modeling, and acoustic simulation software