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A clear anechoic chamber

How to make a clear anechoic chamber

January 24, 2014
The World's most reverberant space

Audio recordings of the World’s ‘longest echo’ for downloading.

January 20, 2014
Why does the Beetham Tower hum?

Why the Beetham Tower howls in high winds

October 27, 2013
Preserving the acoustics of derelict buildings

How two campaigns in the US are trying the preserve the acoustics of buildings, factories and storage tanks.

October 17, 2013
Measuring the acoustics of the Bridgewater Hall

Measuring the reverberation time in a concert hall

October 10, 2013
A submarine as a recording studio

The band Royal Forests using a submarine as a recording studio

July 16, 2013
How the Centre Court roof changes the sound at Wimbledon

How the roof of the Centre Court at Wimbledon changes a thwack to a thwock as the racket hits the ball

July 2, 2013
Igloo acoustics

Manchester has completely ground to a halt with heavy snowfall. Yesterday, my children and their friends built an impressive igloo from compacted snow bricks. I crawled into it this morning and was struck by the sound of my voice inside. Normally in a small room your voice gets enhanced by the sound bouncing around the…

January 6, 2010
Pyramids and chirps

I’m starting to gather examples of curious acoustic effects – and the sound of the El Castillo pyramid in Mexico is a really good example. An article [1] on this has just appeared in an academic journal I help edit. Apparently, if you sit at the bottom of the steps you think you hear rain…

December 18, 2009

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