This tutorial paper reviews the process of instrumentation and measurement as applied to the acoustic and electroacoustic elements of audio systems. The dynamic nature of audio system components is shown to motivate the application of frequency domain techniques. These methods impose measurement bandwidth and frequency resolution constraints when practically implemented on digital instrumentation. The difficulties of isolating the performance of electroacoustic transducers from their acoustic environment are discussed and the limitations introduced by spatially sampling an acoustic field by single point microphone measurements are considered.

Author: Darlington, Paul
Affiliation: University of Salford, Salford, U.K.
AES Conference: UK 12th Conference: The Measure of Audio (MOA) (April 1997)
Paper Number: MOA-07
Publication Date: April 1, 1997 Import into BibTeX
Subject: The Measure of Audio
Permalink: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=7075

Click to purchase paper as a non-member or login as an AES member. If your company or school subscribes to the E-Library then switch to the institutional version. If you are not an AES member and would like to subscribe to the E-Library then Join the AES!

This paper costs $33 for non-members and is free for AES members and E-Library subscribers.

Learn more about the AES E-Library

E-Library Location: (CD aes17)   /procuk/1997lo04/1648.pdf

Start a discussion about this paper!