Conference_programme: 18: Room acoustics
Lecture: Musicians and their practice rooms: What do they think about present room acoustics and what would they prefer?
Author(s): Knöfel Björn, Weisheit Linda, Troge Jan
Summary:
Musicians who play an instrument are often confronted with rooms for rehearsal and practice which do not always suit their acoustic expectations and demands. From literature it is known, that different instrument groups prefer practice rooms with different reverberation times. In talks with musicians, they often mention a desire for room acoustic improvements including variable acoustic adjustments. To better estimate the musicians' demands, a questioning of more than 40 professional and semi-professional musicians, music teachers and sound engineers out of a mostly classical background had been undertaken. Besides their musical and instrumental preferences, all of the musicians were asked to characterize their typical practice resp. rehearsal room with up to 20 attribute pairs out of different perception levels. The same attributes were used from each participant to characterize a subjective perfect practice room. With the aid of statistic calculations, a set of main acoustic attributes will be derived. The study presents room acoustic demands out of the musicians' and music teachers' sight. The results of the questioning provide suggestions concerning room acoustic modifications and try to answer the question, to what content a practice room needs to be acoustic variable. Hence, variable acoustic elements will be designed.
Corresponding author
Name: Mr Björn Knöfel
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Country: Germany
