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The acoustic properties of a room or a hall have a strong influence on sound perception. In fact, room acoustics has become a separate field of acoustics, where interdisciplinary exchange between scientists, architects and artists (and financial agencies) takes place. We will be carried into the domains of nonlinear mathematics and physics to grasp the complexity of a sound field in a concert hall.
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The anechoic room is designed to absorb as much sound as possible (see Fig. 2.4). The walls consist of a number of baffles with highly absorptive material. Any fraction of sound reflected is directed towards another baffle instead of back into the room. Thus, any echo is almost completely suppressed.
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Tsuji, K., Müller, S.C. (2021). Room Acoustics . In: Physics and Music. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68676-5_12
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