Wall of Sound

If a material has an NRC of 0, it will reflect sound. If it has an NRC of 1, it is perfectly absorptive. These numbers can be converted into a percentage, therefore ranging from 0% to 100% in absorptiveness. (Noise Reduction Coefficients (NRC) Ratings for Common Building Materials & Products, n.d.) In order to soundproof a room, one must keep in mind that blocking an air path using a regular wall, ceiling, or door will not entirely reduce the sound. Vibrations will continue to travel through…

Using Ordinary Headphones to hear Dolby Digital 5.1/ 7.1 Surround Sound One of the fun goodies we have obtained from the technological vending machine of science is surround sound. This three dimensional palette of aural bliss makes our movies more immersive, gives our music new depth and makes gaming more addicting than ever. When looking at the handful of speakers in a surround sound system, one could offer a rough guess at how all of those tones are delivered from every direction to…

Panting I don’t look back at the foggy and gloomy sky. Noises, whispers and voices follow me into the wall of dark muddied trees. The cold air pierces my throat as I inhale faster. My heart beats more rapidly with every step I take deeper into the wilderness. I think I have shaken them from my path and they are trailing far behind me in the distance. I hear the voices again, this time they sound like they are right next to me. I run, I run faster than a cheetah chasing its prey. I go deep into…

placed close to the recorder, this sound could have been easy to pick up by the recording device. I think if we were able to listen to the recording with headphones, it would have been a more accurate depiction of the quality. There was some breathing and wind sound that could be heard in the background noise, especially in the rainbow passage reading. Higher Bit Rate (192kbps): 9/10 The sample recorded had no background noise which produced a clear and quality sound for the phonation…

guitar with sound waves and how they relate to the guitar working properly. We will then describe how the overall guitar works and we will go through the process which is the guitar making sound and incorporate the parts into how they help make the guitar work. The Diddley Bow guitar generally consists of one single string attached to a board or pole that runs through both ends of a cigar box. The cigar box, made of wood or a wood-cardboard hybrid, is cut on both sides with one or more sound…

After walking along a path that he had found for a few hours, Condor spotted a large monument made out of dark granite with silver accents. There were several fountains and waterfalls that dripped astonishingly dark ink and left Condor shaken. Although the monument had a grim air about it, he knew that he had to go inside. As he began to tread up the numerous stairs to the main entrance, he felt fear coursing through his veins. He reasoned that if his friends were there, all this could be over…

plays a main role in their culture. The Seashell Radio’s use is most apparent in Mildred: The thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind. The room was indeed empty. Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning (Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 12). The Seashell radio removes Mildred from reality and allows her to…

compared to “a hive.” He says we need to “press an ear against its hive.” In this stanza Collins is telling us to listen for the sounds of the poem, and what they convey (danger, excitement, sadness, etc.). The importance of words in poetry is represented by the hive that Collins wants us to press our ear against. Traditionally readers do not think to listen to the words and sound that the words make, but this is exactly what Collins is asking us to do. Another way to experience the poem is to…

The first element is distinguishing the prominent feature of the room, such as the sound booth would be to record the music as perfect as possible canceling all outside noise, while a large-scale concert hall factors such as volume level and background noise become issues. Some less than extraordinary performance halls recently can be…

The Use of Sound Design in Creating Fiction The crowd rustles, the jostling for seats rises and then slowly abates. Lights begin to dim, and a quiet stillness of anticipation palpably subdues the audience. After darkness and silence fills that space of minute eternity, sounds in orchestra escape into wanting ears and thus a sojourning through story, in the form of theatre, begins its irrepressible rein. Regardless of technology, or venue sophistication; regardless of social status or…