Handbook for Sound Engineers, 5th Edition

Chapter 6

Small Room Acoustics

by Doug Jones

6.1  Introduction

6.2  The Behavior of Small Rooms as a Function of Wavelength

6.3  Room Modes

6.4  Room Mode Distribution

6.4.1  Comparison of Modal Potency

6.4.2  Modal Bandwidth

6.5  Criteria for Evaluating Room Modes

6.6  Modes in Nonrectangular Rooms

6.7  Summation of Modal Effect

6.8  The Question of Reverberation in Small Rooms

6.9  Room Shape

6.9.1  Reflection Manipulation

6.9.2  Comb Filters

6.10  Small Room Design Factors

6.10.1  The Control Room Controversy

6.10.2  Precision Listening Rooms

6.10.3  Rooms for Microphones

6.11  Rooms for Entertainment

References

6.1  Introduction

The acoustics of small rooms is dominated by modes, shape, and reflection ...