Contents
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Sound
1.1 Pressure Waves and Sound Transmission
1.2 Sound Intensity, Power and Pressure Level
1.6 Time and Frequency Domains
CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Hearing
2.1 The Anatomy of the Hearing System
2.3 Frequency and Pressure Sensitivity Ranges
2.5 Noise-induced Hearing Loss
2.6 Perception of Sound Source Direction
CHAPTER 4 Acoustic Model for Musical Instruments
4.1 A “Black Box” Model of Musical Instruments
4.5 The Speaking and Singing Voice
CHAPTER 5 Hearing Timbre and Deceiving the Ear
5.4 The Pipe Organ as a Timbral Synthesizer
CHAPTER 6 Hearing Music in Different Environments
6.1 Acoustics of Enclosed Spaces
6.2 Room Modes and Standing Waves
6.6 The Effect of Room Boundaries on Loudspeaker Output
6.7 Reduction of Enclosure Diffraction Effects
CHAPTER 7 Applications: Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Combined
7.1 Critical Listening Room Design
7.2 Pure-Tone and Speech Audiometry
7.4 Filtering and Equalization
7.7 “Mosquito” Units and “Teen Buzz” Ring Tones
APPENDIX 1 The Fourier Transform
A1.3 The Complex Fourier Series
A1.4 Frequency Analysis of Non-periodic Signals:
A1.6 A Fourier Transform Example:
A1.7 The Discrete Fourier Transform
APPENDIX 2 Solving the ERB Equation
APPENDIX 3 Converting between Frequency Ratios and Cents
APPENDIX 4 Deriving the Reverberation Time Equation
APPENDIX 5 Deriving the Reverberation Time Equation for Different Frequencies and Surfaces
APPENDIX 6 The Effect of Speaker Size on its Polar Pattern
A6.1 An Array of Point Sources
A6.2 Application to Diffuser Design
A6.3 Application to Array Loudspeakers
A6.4 Application to Constant Directivity Horns
A6.5 The Effect of Mouth, or Array, Size on Beamwidth