Did the circle of stones cause focussing and discrete echoes within Stonehenge.
Tag: architectural acoustics
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.
Did acoustics affect where palaeolithic cave 'art' was painted?
Did the first large scale scientific test of the theory that acoustics affected where palaeolithic cave ‘art’ was painted, support the hypothesis? The lead author on the paper explains.
Schroeder diffuser using a metasurface: new idea?
Metasurface diffusers have been done before, it was just they were called something different
Playing the Echo
A recording of a remarkable percussion piece that plays with the echo in the reading room of Manchester Central Library.
Preserving the acoustics of derelict buildings
How two campaigns in the US are trying the preserve the acoustics of buildings, factories and storage tanks.
Crystal healing your listening room sound?
Crystal healing your listening room sound: how to waste money on pseudo-science.