CHARACTER OF SOUND

ACOUSTICS
SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND 1. Cycle - full circuit of particle

ELEMENTS: 2. Frequency - number of times a cycle is repeated

1. Source
2. Transmission path 3. Amplitude - maximum displacement
3. Receiver
4. Velocity - speed of sound
POROUS ABSORBENT
Best for lower band frequency 5. Wavelength - distance

ECHO 6. Pure tone - one energy one frequency

The repetition of a sound produced by the reflection of sound waves
from an obstructing surface, loud enough and received late enough 7. Musical Tone - many pre tones
to be perceived as distinct from the source
8. Intensity - rate of flow at sound energy
RESONANCE
The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by QUALITY OF SOUND
sympathetic vibration
1. Reverberation - the prolonging of sound
PHON
Unit of loudness level 2. Echo - repetition of sound, with magnitude and delay

SOUND ABSORPTION 3. Flutter - rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of sound
waves back and forth between two parallel surfaces
Process of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat
4. Creep/ Crawl - reflection of sound from a curved surface
SOUND
Fluctuation in pressure, particle displacement in elastic medium 5. Sound Foci
SABIN 6. Diffusion - sound is everywhere
unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material
7. Refraction - when traveling forward in a straight path, it changes direction as
it passes through different density and causes sound wave to
bend
Frequency - expressed in hertz
Decibel - unit of sound 8. Diffraction - acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend
Noise - unwanted sound
Decay time - reverberation tie 9. Focusing - sound waves reflected from a concave surface
Hertz - the SI unit of frequency