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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Healey" data-source="post: 137676" data-attributes="member: 279"><p>Re: Too Much Subs</p><p></p><p>I think that the venues are part of the problem, too. I was planning on posting this link in the acoustics thread going on in the Varsity forum, but it would fit well here too:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://flexac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Importance-of-bass-clarity.pdf" target="_blank">http://flexac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Importance-of-bass-clarity.pdf</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://flexac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JASA.pdf" target="_blank">http://flexac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JASA.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Reverberation time is typically measured at mid frequencies - an average of 500 Hz and 1000 Hz. This is the frequency range where reverberation effects speech clarity, but modern music has a ton of content in the low frequencies that doesn't exist in traditional music or speech. The reverberation at these frequencies isn't usually accounted for in the design of rooms. There is fairly compelling evidence that the low frequency reverberation has a large effect on how people perceive the quality of rock and pop music. The problem is that low frequency reverberation is much more difficult to control in large rooms and requires innovative (and expensive) solutions. You can't slap up fiberglass panels or spray the walls with K-13.</p><p></p><p>Turning the bass down at the sound board is important, but making sure the room sounds good down low is also important for venues where rock and pop are a large portion of the shows. This is especially true in arenas where even the mid frequency reverberation isn't typically well controlled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Healey, post: 137676, member: 279"] Re: Too Much Subs I think that the venues are part of the problem, too. I was planning on posting this link in the acoustics thread going on in the Varsity forum, but it would fit well here too: [url]http://flexac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Importance-of-bass-clarity.pdf[/url] [url]http://flexac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JASA.pdf[/url] Reverberation time is typically measured at mid frequencies - an average of 500 Hz and 1000 Hz. This is the frequency range where reverberation effects speech clarity, but modern music has a ton of content in the low frequencies that doesn't exist in traditional music or speech. The reverberation at these frequencies isn't usually accounted for in the design of rooms. There is fairly compelling evidence that the low frequency reverberation has a large effect on how people perceive the quality of rock and pop music. The problem is that low frequency reverberation is much more difficult to control in large rooms and requires innovative (and expensive) solutions. You can't slap up fiberglass panels or spray the walls with K-13. Turning the bass down at the sound board is important, but making sure the room sounds good down low is also important for venues where rock and pop are a large portion of the shows. This is especially true in arenas where even the mid frequency reverberation isn't typically well controlled. [/QUOTE]
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