The new windows from the 2020 Acoustic Advent run by @trevor_cox @salfordacoustic
Author: TheSoundBlog
Stonehenge: Whispering Gallery?
Searching (in vain) for whispering gallery effects in Stonehenge. Pretty FDTD simulations and measurements in our Acoustic Scale Model of Stonehenge.
What’s in an (artificial) voice?
An introduction to a new experiment looking at how we respond to artificial voices from BBC R&D and University of Salford.
Podcast Headphone Spatialiser
The Salford Acoustics’ SpatialPodcast plug-in is designed for podcasters wishing to add more dimensional sound to their recordings.
Stonehenge, henge, henge
Did the circle of stones cause focussing and discrete echoes within Stonehenge.
How reverberant was Stonehenge?
The reverberation time in our 1:12 scale model compared to the full scale replica at Maryhill, USA
How We Measured the Acoustic Scale Model of Stonehenge
Details on the measurement equipment and analysis process for the 1:12 scale model of Stonehenge
An Acoustic Scale Model of Stonehenge
How was it built? Over the last 18 months I’ve been constructing a 1:12 scale model of Stonehenge. I want to better understand the ancient acoustics within the circle. By creating Stonehenge ‘Lego’ I can test how the site would have sounded in it’s various historic configurations. With so many stones displaced or missing in… Continue reading An Acoustic Scale Model of Stonehenge
Fluttering Reverb in a Railway Tunnel
A strange acoustic created by an unusual tunnel shape.
The uncanny valley: does it happen with voices?
The uncanny valley: does it happen with voices? While images of near-human robots can be creepy, the same thing doesn’t seem to happen from disembodied voices.