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A Great Acoustician is Quiet
The end of an era. I met Dr. Bruel personally when I first started at Bruel and Kjaer over 17 years ago. Bruel and Kjaer had just been purchased by a German bank after having some financial...
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Acoustics in Advertising: Porsche Black Edition
Acoustics is a great way to visualize power that cannot be seen because with proper sound reproduction equipment, it can evoke a visceral reaction. This works well in movie or home theaters, but...
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The Photoshop of Sound
Hopefully everybody knows what Photoshop is by this point, but just in case, it is Adobe’s professional level image editing software. It has even become an adjective. If you see a picture of a cat with...
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Acoustics Everywhere – Tinnitus – There’s an App for That!
Also known as “ringing in the ears,” it is estimated that tinnitus affects 10% – 15% of the population. Wikipedia has a long article about the phenomena and mentions that as of 2013, there is no...
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Acoustics Everywhere (sort of): Video of Vinyl Playing
I found this video in a post from professional blogger Jason Kottke, “Slow-motion video of a vinyl record playing,” but it turned out to be much more than a video of a turntable needle. In nine...
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People are constantly asking why Apple bought Beats for $3B. To steal Bill Clinton’s wonderful campaign slogan “It’s the economy, stupid,” “It’s the music, stupid!” The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)...
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Repost: The World’s Loudest Sound
Jason Kottke posted a great article recently about the world’s loudest sound. The first paragraph says it all: “The sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured eardrums...
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Extracting Audio From Visual Information
Here is a great article from MIT News where researchers have developed an algorithm that “recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass.” The concept itself...
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Acoustics Everywhere: Three Weekend Articles
Here are three fascinating acoustics articles for your weekend reading. The Wall of Sound – A excellent “longread” on the Grateful Dead’s famous acoustic experiment which was a technical marvel of the...
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Using a Smartphone as a Sound Level Meter
After almost 20 years in the field of acoustics measurement and vibration, I have finally seen a true revolution: generic devices with enough power and flexibility to act as accurate, repeatable...
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