[ 29. September 2018 ]

DEGEM News – BERLIN – Forschungskolloquium über die Anpassung von Sängern an die Raumakustik

Von: Steffens, Jochen
Datum: Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Betreff: [ak-discourse] Forschungskolloquium über die Anpassung von Sängern an die Raumakustik

Liebe Kollegen und Studierende, liebe Interessenten an Veranstaltungen am Fachgebiet Audiokommunikation,

einmal mehr möchte ich Sie sehr herzlich zu unserem Forschungskolloquium am kommenden Dienstag, 2.10., um 16.15Uhr im Raum E-N 324 einladen. Im Rahmen dieses Termins wird Paul Luizard seinen Probevortrag (Konferenz Auditorium Acoustics) zum Thema How singers adapt to room acoustical conditions halten. Der Vortrag erfolgt in englischer Sprache, und eine Kurzzusammenfassung darüber finden Sie, wie immer, am Ende dieser E-Mail.

Wir freuen uns sehr auf Ihr Kommen.

Herzliche Grüße und Ihnen allen ein schönes Wochenende
Jochen Steffens

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Dr. Jochen Steffens

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Fachgebiet Audiokommunikation (Sekr. EN-8)

Technische Universität Berlin
Einsteinufer 17c
10587 Berlin

Büro: +49 30 314 29161

Previous studies on the adaptation of performers to room acoustic conditions mostly focused on musicians. The present study deals with the strategies used by singers, whose musical instrument is inherently part of themselves, inducing a specific perception of the sound they produce. To overcome the variations of the acoustical characteristics of the rooms where they perform, singers tend to vary their sound production (e.g. sound intensity, spectral balance, tempo, articulation). To which extend do singers change their sound production when singing in different rooms? The methodology involves 8 rooms with different acoustical characteristics in which 4 singers performed 3 excerpts acapella of musical pieces. In each place, they were recorded by means of nearfield microphone capturing only the singing voice, i.e. without reverberation from the room. Omnidirectional and binaural room acoustic measurements were also performed on stage. Room acoustical parameters are derived from the measured impulse responses and musical descriptors are extracted from each note of the singing recordings, allowing to quantify the musical performances. The degree of correlation between singing and room acoustics is further considered, revealing both common and specific strategies used by the singers.