AmbisonieLambisonie (ambisonics) est une technique de capture, synthèse et reproduction d'environnement sonore. L'immersion de l'auditeur dans cet environnement virtuel se fait grâce à un nombre de haut-parleurs variant de trois à quelques dizaines. La méthode ambisonique existe en version 2D (les haut-parleurs sont tous situés dans le plan horizontal contenant la tête de l'utilisateur) et 3D (les haut-parleurs sont alors souvent disposés sur une sphère centrée sur la tête de l'utilisateur).
Room acousticsRoom acoustics is a subfield of acoustics dealing with the behaviour of sound in enclosed or partially-enclosed spaces. The architectural details of a room influences the behaviour of sound waves within it, with the effects varying by frequency. Acoustic reflection, diffraction, and diffusion can combine to create audible phenomena such as room modes and standing waves at specific frequencies and locations, echos, and unique reverberation patterns.
Transmission line loudspeakerA transmission line loudspeaker is a loudspeaker enclosure design which uses the topology of an acoustic transmission line within the cabinet, compared to the simpler enclosures used by sealed (closed) or ported (bass reflex) designs. Instead of reverberating in a fairly simple damped enclosure, sound from the back of the bass speaker is directed into a long (generally folded) damped pathway within the speaker enclosure, which allows far greater control and use of speaker energy and the resulting sound.
ContrebasseLa contrebasse est un instrument grave de la famille des instruments à cordes. Avant l'octobasse, la contrebasse est le plus grand (entre et ) et l'un des plus graves instruments de cette famille. À la différence des autres instruments de la famille (violon, alto, violoncelle), qui s'accordent en quintes, elle s'accorde aujourd’hui en quartes (du grave vers l'aigu : mi -1, la-1, ré1 et sol1 en notation française ou E1, A1, D2, G2 en notation anglo-saxonne), essentiellement pour des raisons de facilité de doigté.
Acoustic quietingAcoustic quieting is the process of making machinery quieter by damping vibrations to prevent them from reaching the observer. Machinery vibrates, causing sound waves in air, hydroacoustic waves in water, and mechanical stresses in solid matter. Quieting is achieved by absorbing the vibrational energy or minimizing the source of the vibration. It may also be redirected away from the observer. One of the major reasons for the development of acoustic quieting techniques was for making submarines difficult to detect by sonar.
Wave field synthesisWave field synthesis (WFS) is a spatial audio rendering technique, characterized by creation of virtual acoustic environments. It produces artificial wavefronts synthesized by a large number of individually driven loudspeakers from elementary waves. Such wavefronts seem to originate from a virtual starting point, the virtual sound source. Contrary to traditional phantom sound sources, the localization of WFS established virtual sound sources does not depend on the listener's position.
