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Sound Image Costs and Benefits, Part 2 By Bob McCarthy Image control techniques in action... |
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Sound Delivery By Bob McCarthy Every room I have encountered has a unique and extremely complex acoustic response. ... |
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Under-balcony Delays By Bob McCarthy As sound designers, we often have to decide whether we should go through the added expense and trouble of mounting, wiring, and buying under-balcony speakers—an extra array. ... |
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Boundary Mics and Automatic Mic Mixers By Bob McCarthy This month’s showcase will feature boundary microphones and automatic mixers. The coupling of these two entities steers us in a decidedly corporate direction, emphasizing conference, podium, courtroom, and boardroom applications. ... |
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Array, or not to array? That is the Question, Part 2 By Bob McCarthy The two avenues we will explore are pattern stretching and pattern bending. In both cases, as you will see, the traditional thinking of coverage angle will give way to visualizing coverage shape. ... |
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Array, or not to array? That is the question By Bob McCarthy Is a single loudspeaker better than an array of loudspeakers?... |
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Understanding Natural Sound By Bob McCarthy One of the most enduring goals in sound system performance is to create a “natural” sound. ... |
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Acoustic Expertise: Worship Facility Structure By Bob McCarthy If you have the wrong type of room shape for what you want to do, there are very real consequences. It can be disappointing, cost more money, or both. This article is intended to explore the impact of macro shape on your sound design ambitions in houses of worship.... |
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Acoustic Expertise: Club Sound By Bob McCarthy Audio principles for nightclubs and bars.... |
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Ceiling Speakers By Bob McCarthy Here we are again with more reflection on ceiling speaker plans. Our journey will begin with the familiar shapes and styles of typical ceiling speaker types and progress to the more exotic and unusual. ... |
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Four Audio Myths By Bob McCarthy The world of audio has an air of mystery about it. Our auditory sense is a solitary experience. ... |
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Ideal HOW Acoustics By Bob McCarthy How variable acoustics can create a continuously adaptive sound environment for contemporary houses of worship. ... |
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Understanding Home Theater Audio By Bob McCarthy How home listening acoustics compare to arena acoustics.... |
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Ceiling Loudspeakers By Bob McCarthy It can generally be said that many loudspeakers look the same, even if they don’t sound the same. This is especially true of ceiling loudspeakers. ... |
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Acoustics/Room Tuning By Bob McCarthy You can tune a guitar or a radio, but you can’t tune a room. The knob is just too darn big! Nonetheless, the term “tuning the room” has been adopted to describe the tools and techniques used to neutralize a listening space and its installed loudspeaker system... |
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By Any Measure By Bob McCarthy Everyone has pondered that inimitable question: which came first, the chicken or the egg? The same question could be posed about sound-system design evolution:... |
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