Articles tagged “direct sound”
3 articles covering direct sound in acoustic engineering and building design.
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GUIDES8 min read
Critical Distance: Where Direct Sound Meets the Reverberant Field
Understand critical distance — the point where direct and reverberant sound are equal — and why it determines PA coverage, microphone placement, and speech clarity.
March 20, 2026
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TUTORIALS5 min read
What is Critical Distance? Where Direct Sound Meets Reverberant Sound
Critical distance is the point where direct sound from a source equals the reverberant field. Learn the formula, why it determines speech clarity, and how to design rooms around it.
March 20, 2026
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TUTORIALS19 min readFeatured
Room Acoustics Fundamentals: How Sound Behaves Inside a Room
Sound in a room does not simply travel from source to listener. It reflects off every surface, arrives at the listener hundreds of times with different delays, and creates a complex acoustic signature. Here are the fundamentals of room acoustics — from direct sound to late reflections to standing waves.
March 14, 2026
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