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Having been involved in theatrical reinforcement for several years, in the late seventies we were working closely with the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. We established a goal back then to try to determine why reinforced sound in the theatre was consistently so awful. During the course of making frequency response measurements of the sound system in the Opera House, we had an idea. What, we wondered, did the room itself do to a sound emanating from the stage?
Author (s): Peterson, William M.;
Affiliation:
Professional Sound Industries, Fairfax, VA
(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 76
Paper Number:2163
Publication Date:
1984-10-06
Session subject:
Sound Reinforcement
DOI:
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Peterson, William M.; 1984; The Real Room Curve: Its Special Application in Theatrical Sound Reinforcement [PDF]; Professional Sound Industries, Fairfax, VA; Paper 2163; Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=11592
Peterson, William M.; The Real Room Curve: Its Special Application in Theatrical Sound Reinforcement [PDF]; Professional Sound Industries, Fairfax, VA; Paper 2163; 1984 Available: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=11592
@inproceedings{Peterson1984the,
title={{The Real Room Curve: Its Special Application in Theatrical Sound Reinforcement}},
author={Peterson, William M.},
year={1984},
month={oct},
booktitle={Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
publisher={Paper 2163; AES Convention 76; October 1984},
number={2163},
organization={AES},
}
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