This paper describes results of study on practice room acoustics regarding the level of satisfaction players feel about the acoustical conditions. Two different factors are found to be involved for musicians to evaluate the acoustics of practice rooms: "comfort in practice" and "comfort in performance." Further evaluation of the two factors shows that "comfort in practice" and "comfort in performance" have different desired reverberation times. The average absorption coefficients, therefore, are estimated. Though the experiments were carried out on several kinds of instruments, this paper describes the results of experiments involving trumpeters and violinists.

Authors: Tsuchikura, Ritsuko; Nakahara, Masataka; Mikami, Takashi; Kamekawa, Toru; Marui, Atsushi
Affiliations: SONA Corp.; ONFUTURE Ltd.; SONA Co.; Tokyo University of the Arts; Tokyo University of the Arts(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 133 (October 2012) eBrief:58
Publication Date: October 26, 2012 Import into BibTeX
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