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d&b Electroacoustics seminar

Thursday 27th April 

11am - 4.30pm

Central School Of Speech and Drama

This seminar provides a comprehensive guide to the principles of acoustics. Important questions are answered such as how does sound propagate and how do sound waves combine. Attendees are asked to participate to ensure that no one is left behind.

The Goal

To gain further understanding of the principles of electroacoustics for sound system design and engineering. Discover how loudspeakers interact with their environment and how to achieve intelligible sound to every listener. Novices and students will gain new skills whilst those with more experience will enjoy refreshing their knowledge.

Content

The focus of the day is on achieving intelligibility; if you’re passionate about sound, then you want to get clear, intelligible sound to every seat in the house. Most sound engineers have a good knowledge of the electronic signal path, but are less sure of the acoustic signal path between the loudspeaker and the listener’s ears.

We will

• Further our understanding of sound ‘fun’damentals and help you to understand some of the physics through experiments and practical demonstrations.

• Analyse addition and subtraction of sound waves and consider the drawbacks and benefits.

• Explore what happens to sound in our working environment and the different factors that change propagation.

• Define the parameters that constitute a well behaved (and badly behaved) loudspeaker.

• Look at the d&b acoustics calculator and find out how it can help in your system designs. You will receive a copy.

Along the way, we will take in all the acoustics and physics that you will need. We avoid the ‘chalk and talk’ approach; listening, practical experiments and reasoned discussion take the place of the blackboard as much as possible.

Schedule on the day:

Arrive 10:30 in time for coffee/chat.

11:00 Session Starts

13:00 Lunch 

quick tea break around 15:30

16:30 finish approx

Travel assistance scheme is available here

This is a d&b and ASD Educators event.

Please note, the ASD reserves the right to make changes to the programme without prior notice. Such alterations may occasionally be necessary due to circumstances beyond our control.

All events will be filmed and photographed - your presence confirms your permission for the ASD to use any images or recordings of you in our publicity materials and seminar archive.

The ASD does not accept responsibility for anyone acting as a result of information or views expressed on its training courses including course material. Opinions expressed are those of individual trainers and not necessarily those of the ASD. Participants should take professional advice when dealing with specific situations.