The existing body of literature regarding the acoustic design of concert halls has focused almost exclusively on classical music, although there are many more performances of rhythmic music, including rock and pop. Objective measurements were made of the acoustics of twenty rock music venues in Denmark and a questionnaire was used in a subjective assessment of those venues with professional rock musicians and sound engineers. Correlations between the objective and subjective results lead, among others, to a recommendation for reverberation time as a function of hall volume. Since the bass frequency sounds are typically highly amplified, they play an important role in the subjective ratings and the 63-Hz-band must be included in objective measurements and recommendations.

Authors: Adelman-Larsen, Niels Werner; Gade, Anders Christian; Thompson, Eric R.
Affiliations: Acoustic Technology, Ørsted.DTU, Technical University of Denmark; Flex Acoustics(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 122 (May 2007) Paper Number: 7141
Publication Date: May 1, 2007 Import into BibTeX
Session Subject: Room and Architectural Acoustics; Sound Reinforcement
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