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ADAPTABLE ACOUSTICS IN MULTI-USE MUSIC PERFORMANCE SPACES

HAND, SCOTT ANTHONY
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083634977

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2004, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning: Architecture (Master of).
Architectural acoustics entails creating a space in which the sound is both heard and thought about, just as visual aesthetics are also thought about in architecture. In a performance space, acoustics play a major role in the audience’s perception of the performance. The conventional method of acoustic design is to develop the space for a balance of sound qualities for the primary performance. Sometimes, a limited amount of adjustability of acoustic qualities allows a few of those qualities to be shifted from one listening setting to another. These adjustments help tune the space to match the performance and enhance the overall quality of the show, lecture, or performance. Acoustic and architectural research leads to a design of a system for adaptable acoustics. This system allows for a particularly wide range of adjustability within a music performance space – both in performer numbers and type and in music style, type, and volume. This thesis research and design, for a multi-use performance hall and rehearsal spaces on a site in Fairfield, Ohio, push the physical limits of acoustic ranges, and adapts the space itself to the sound and the occupants within.
Gordon Simmons (Advisor)
72 p.
acoustics; room acoustics; architectural acoustics; auralization

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  • HAND, S. A. (2004). ADAPTABLE ACOUSTICS IN MULTI-USE MUSIC PERFORMANCE SPACES [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083634977

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • HAND, SCOTT. ADAPTABLE ACOUSTICS IN MULTI-USE MUSIC PERFORMANCE SPACES. 2004. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083634977.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • HAND, SCOTT. "ADAPTABLE ACOUSTICS IN MULTI-USE MUSIC PERFORMANCE SPACES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083634977

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