Investigation of room acoustic properties for clarinet and piano in recording studios


ÖZİŞ F., Saher K.

36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2007, İstanbul, Türkiye, 28 - 31 Ağustos 2007, cilt.4, ss.2632-2635 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 4
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2632-2635
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The room acoustic properties of the recording studios are one of the main factors when assessing the quality of sound in CD production. The room acoustical properties of the recording studios are described with reverberation time and the frequency response of the room. This paper investigates the reverberation time and frequency response requirement of the recording studios for recording of clarinet and piano. Three different reverberation time is achieved for two types of volumes by altering the absorption characteristics of the materials in a computer model. The anechoic recordings of the instruments are convolved in the computer model. In total twelve convolutions for three different RT values in two types of volumes are done. The convolutions are listened by the subjects who are tone-meisters .The subjects are asked to assess the quality of the sound for the 'record' and the 'mix'. They prefer the small rooms with higher absorption amount and an increasing frequency response for the 'record'. The large rooms with lower absorption and a decreasing frequency response are preferred for the 'mix'. When piano and clarinet is compared it is seen that piano recording needs higher RT and more or less flat frequency response.