CHARACTER OF SOUND

ACCOUSTICS
SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND

1. Cycle

- full circuit of particle

2. Frequency

- number of times a cycle is repeated

3. Amplitude

- maximum displacement

4. Velocity

- speed of sound

POROUS ABSORBENT
Best for lower band frequency

5. Wavelength

- distance

ECHO

6. Pure tone

- one energy one frequency

7. Musical Tone

- many pre tones

8. Intensity

- rate of flow at sound energy

ELEMENTS:
1. Source
2. Transmission path
3. Receiver

The repetition of a sound produced by the reflection of sound waves

from an obstructing surface, loud enough and received late enough
to be perceived as distinct from the source
RESONANCE
The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by
sympathetic vibration
PHON
Unit of loudness level
SOUND ABSORPTION
Process of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat
SOUND
Fluctuation in pressure, particle displacement in elastic medium
SABIN
unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material
Frequency
Decibel
Noise
Decay time
Hertz

- expressed in hertz
- unit of sound
- unwanted sound
- reverberation tie
- the Si unit of frequency

QUALITY OF SOUND
1. Reverberation

- the prolonging of sound

2. Echo

- repetition of sound, with magnitude and delay

3. Flutter

- rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of sound

waves back and forth between two parallel surfaces

4. Creep/ Crawl

- reflection of sound from a curved surface

5. Sound Foci
6. Diffusion

- sound is everywhere

7. Refraction

- when traveling forward in a straight path, it changes direction as

it passes through different density and causes sound wave to
bend

8. Diffraction

- acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend

9. Focusing

- sound waves reflected from a concave surface