Handbook for Sound Engineers, 4th Edition

Chapter 6

Small Room Acoustics

by Jones Doug

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Room Modes

6.3 Modal Room Resonances

6.3.1 Comparison of Modal Potency

6.3.2 Modal Bandwidth

6.4 Criteria for Evaluating Room Modes

6.5 Modes in Nonrectangular Rooms

6.6 Summation of Modal Effect

6.7 The Question of Reverberation

6.7.1 Room Shape

6.7.2 Reflection Manipulation

6.7.3 Comb Filters

6.8 Small Room Design Factors

6.8.1 The Control Room Controversy

6.8.2 Precision Listening Rooms

6.8.3 Rooms for Microphones

6.9 Rooms for Entertainment

References

6.1 Introduction

The acoustics of small rooms is dominated by modes, shape, and reflection management. Acousticians who build large rooms are frequently frustrated with small room design because few of the intellectual tools ...