Archive for the ‘Sound Design’ Category

The Science Of Noise

March 7th, 2010

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Active Noise Cancellation

March 7th, 2010

“Sound is a pressure wave, which consists of a compression phase and a rarefaction phase. A noise-cancellation speaker emits a sound wave with the same amplitude but with inverted phase (also known as antiphase) to the original sound.”

“The waves combine to form a new wave, in a process called interference , and effectively cancel each other out – an effect which is called phase cancellation .”

Spaces Speak – Are You Listening ? Experiencing Aural Architecture

March 6th, 2010

Great book by Linda-Ruth Salter and Barry Blesser.

“Recommend for sound engineers, acoustic design architects, musicians and people who love music and/or are interested in the aural spaces abounding.”

“In Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?, Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter examine auditory spatial awareness: experiencing space by attentive listening. Every environment has an aural architecture. The audible attributes of physical space have always contributed to the fabric of human culture, as demonstrated by prehistoric multimedia cave paintings, classical Greek open-air theaters, Gothic cathedrals, acoustic geography of French villages, modern music reproduction, and virtual spaces in home theaters.”

Physics Lesson Starters: Sound Experiments

March 4th, 2010

“Using high speed camera technology Trevor Cox, professor of acoustics at the University of Salford, conducts experiments in sound, starting with what happens when you slow down rubbing the rim of a glass of water to 80 times less than normal speed.”

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The Alchemists Of Sound – Documentary

February 17th, 2010

“This is an interesting documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was one of the sound effects units of the BBC . Created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and closed in March 1998.”

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