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01. ACOUSTICS Flashcards

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Branch of Physics concerned with sound deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound.

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ACOUSTICS

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What are the 3 parts (or elements) of Acoustics?

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  1. SOUND SOURCE
  2. TRANSMISSION PATH
  3. RECEIVER
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What are the 4 types of Acoustics?

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  1. PHYSYCO ACOUSTICS
  2. ENVIRONMENTAL ACOUSTICS
  3. ELECTRO ACOUSTICS
  4. SONICS
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It may be defined as the technology of designing spaces, structures, and mechanical systems to meet hearing needs.

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ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS/ROOM ACOUSTICS

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It is a physical wave or a mechanical vibration, or simply a series of pressure variations in an elastic medium.

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SOUND

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It is generally thought of as the ‘highness’ or ‘lowness’ of a sound

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PITCH

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The number of wave cycles per second that measures sound fluctuations of waves.

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FREQUENCY

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The distinctive quality, pitch or condition of a person’s speech produced.

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VOICE

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A cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea.

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VOICE BOX/LARYNX

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The human ear can recognize the sounds of frequencies in the range of how many Hz?

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20 Hz TO 20,000 Hz

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Sounds of frequencies less than 20 Hz.

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INFRASONIC SOUNDS

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Sounds of frequencies greater than 20,000 Hz.

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ULTRA SONIC SOUNDS

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Height of sounds wave is influenced by both the frequency and timbre of a sound.

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AMPLITUDE

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The unique sound or tone color produced by every instrument and voice, also referred to an instrument’s color.

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TONE/COLOUR/TIMBER

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A unit of acoustics absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound.

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SABIN

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High fidelity sound-Accuracy of the sound or image of its input electronic signal.

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HI-FI SOUND

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A unit of subjective loudness of pure tones.

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PHON

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The interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency. It is the most important musical scale and referred to as the basic miracle of music.

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OCTAVE

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A local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet (wireless) protocol.

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WI-FI

20
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Travels through gases, liquids, and solids.

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SOUND

21
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Weakening in force or intensity

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ATTENUATION

22
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Physics of Sound

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ACOUSTICS

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The three major components of acoustics

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  1. AMBIENT NOISE
  2. REVERBERATION
  3. SIGNAL TO NOISE RADIO (SNR)
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The percentage of productivity when increased if noise is controlled.

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26%

25
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It is determined by how fast the sound producing objects vibrates.

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FREQUENCY

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Basically your ear’s response to the frequency of a sound.

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PITCH

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The loudness of a wave depends on its energy.

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LOUDNESS

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Refers to the quality of a person’s voice.

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TONE OF SOUND

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The three quantities of characterized sound

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  1. PITCH
  2. QUALITY
  3. LOUDNESS
30
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The frequency of a sound as perceived by human ear.

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PITCH

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A physiological sensation that depends mainly on sound pressure but also on the spectrum of the harmonics and the physical duration.

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LOUDNESS

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A wave whose oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave’s advance.

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TRANSVERSE WAVE

33
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The local pressure deviation from the ambient (average or equilibrium) atmospheric pressure, caused by a sound wave.

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SOUND PRESSURE OR ACOUSTIC PRESSURE

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The SI unit of sound pressure.

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PASCAL (Pa)

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Also known as barometric pressure, is the pressure within atmosphere of Earth.

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ATMOSTPHERIC PRESSURE

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Large, open-air structures constructed on the slopes of hills.

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GREEK THEATRE BUILDINGS

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The three main elements of Greek Theatre buildings

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  1. THE ORCHESTRA
  2. THE SKENE
  3. THE AUDIENCE
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Architecture is the coherent set of constructive, operative and decorative concepts of a structure.

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ANCIENT ROMAN THEATER

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Unit of frequency defined as the number of complete cycles per second.

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HERTZ (Hz)

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Used to measure sound level, but it is also widely used in electronics, signals and communication.

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DECIBEL (dB)

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A diagram devised by Harvey Fletcher Hudson and W.A. Munson that measures the loudness and softness of a sound as it is heard by a human ear. Also known as the level of human quantity of sound.

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FLETCHER - MUNSON CONTOURS

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When two separate sources of sound are perceived simultaneously, the perception of each is made more difficult by the presence of the other.

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MASKING

43
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The exact mechanism which the binaural aspect of hearing detects direction is note entirely understood.

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DIRECTIVITY

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