sound reflectors and the projection of sound
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Sound Reflectors and the Projection of Sound. Kaegan Gregory. Overview of Prior Research. Every concert hall is unbalanced Acoustic engineers adjust acoustics in concert halls Sound shells Sound Reflectors RCHS auditorium adjusted with sound reflectors - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sound Reflectors and the Projection of SoundKaegan Gregory
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Overview of Prior Research• Every concert hall is unbalanced• Acoustic engineers adjust acoustics in
concert hallso Sound shellso Sound Reflectors
• RCHS auditorium adjusted with sound reflectors• Tested low, middle, and high
frequencies
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Procedure• Test acoustics
o Low medium high frequencieso 9 points in auditorium
• Develop wooden sound reflectorso test, and revise positions
• Develop plastic sound reflectorso test, revise positions
• Analyze datao Standard deviation of low medium high
frequencies, this value is then plugged into ANOVA
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Data: Control• Auditorium proved to be unbalanced• Seemingly random data• Odd acoustic trend• Average decibel level: 74.9 (average
throughout auditorium)• Data was expected
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• Position of 1st wooden reflectors
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Data: Wooden Reflector (pos. 1)• Balance improved
o Still abnormalities in hot spots in auditorium, requiring further adjustment
• Data makes sense based on angles • Projected sound throughout auditorium• Average decibel level: 78
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• Graph of standard deviation of trials between left, center, and right
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• Position of 2nd wooden reflectors
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Data: Wooden Reflector (pos. 2)• Balance further improved• Angles of reflection adjusted • Average decibel level: 77.5
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• Graph of standard deviation of trials between left, center, and right
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• Position of plastic reflectors
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Data: Plastic Reflector • Balance improved to a standard
deviation of 1.36 (60% improvement from original)• Average decibel level: 76
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• Graph of standard deviation of trials between left, center, and right
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Analysis• When all trials are compared, no
significant differences. (p=.071)• When control was compared to any
trial, there were significant differences (p=.011)o Shows that adjustments caused sound to be
reflected almost certainly not by chance
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What Does This Mean??• The sound reflectors proved to be a
practical solution for the RCHS auditoriumo Hot spots nearly eliminatedo more sound projectedo Materials fairly inexpensive
• Implementationo Beta testing (band/chorus)o Design improvemento Scaled enlargemento Suspension?
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Music• Associate principal
flute ASYO• Associate principal
flute ESYO • 4th flute AYWS• 7th chair Allstate
band
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Honors • Governor’s Honors
Program (flute/dance)o Music Theory Classeso History of Music classeso Solo and orchestral
performanceso Choreography techniqueso Modern, Jazz, MOJA, and
Ballet
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Movement• Founding member of Omni Free
Runningo Flowo Parkouro Trickingo Free Runningo Tumbling