SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal ( Volume: 116, Issue: 5-6, 2007)
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Cinema Electro-Acoustic Quality Redux
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- Publisher
- SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
- Doc Type
- Journal Article
- Content Type
- Original Research
- Abbreviated Title
- SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
- Volume
- 116, No. 5-6, pp. 220–233
- Abstract
- Multiple, closely similar, stadium-seating cinemas equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art sound systems from various manufacturers were thoroughly characterized for sound quality. All the auditoriums were acoustically similar and met all contemporary standards. Findings including acoustical issues remaining after the standard reverberation time, background noise level, and isolation, have been addressed. New or extended findings were made, particularly related to the effects of auditorium features such as stadium seating, regularly spaced rows of seats, the low wall(s) that separate the lead-in ramp area from the stairs up to seating, and backwall absorption. Traditional problems such as screen loss and reflections between the screen and horns were investigated, as well as sound system design elements. The principal findings involve a new method of mapping the coverage of the sound system, with individual response curves for both the long-term steady-state and the first arrival sound, mapped on a grid of typically ten points in the auditorium. Thus problems arising from directional effects in the loudspeaker output or screen modification of the output in coverage, and room acoustics, are well documented. Also included are subwoofer placement effects, the differences between compression drivers equipped with titanium and those with beryllium diaphragms, and others.
- Publication Date
- 2007-05-01
- DOI
10.5594/J11446- ISSN
- Print:
1545-0279| Electronic:2160-2492 - Link
- https://doi.org/10.5594/J11446
- Author(s)
- Tomlinson HolmanThe University of Southern California
bio
Tomlinson Holman is a professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and at the Viterbi School of Engineering, and president of TMH Corp., where he spearheads new developments for the industry. He also works with Audyssey Laboratories in the introduction of automated room equalization to homes and professionals. Holman is a fellow of SMPTE, the Audio Engineering Society, the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society, and the World Technology Network. He received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the Silver Medal of the Audio Engineering Society “for more than three decades of work in the advancement of audio electronics, multichannel sound techniques, and motion picture sound production and reproduction systems;” and the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award. From SMPTE, he is a recipient of the Samuel L. Warner Medal, the Eastman Kodak Gold Medal, and a Certificate of Merit for a previous paper in this series. Holman holds 23 U.S. and foreign patents and is the author of three books, “Sound for Film and Television,” “5.1 Surround Sound Up and Running,” and “Sound for Digital Video,” all from Focal Press. - Copyright
- © 2007 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
Bibliographic Reference(s)
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- 10. In this case, all of the systems were baffled, thus diffraction off the edges of the boxes in this frequency range was obviated. It would be a problem if the loudspeakers were free-standing, as would also be the 4-π:2-π steradian baffle transition that affects both the direct soand and power response of freestanding loudspeakers. EXTERNAL
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