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New edition better features the influence of sound absorbers in reflected and important ISO standards
Offers a objective methodology to assess Rock and Pop Music Venues
Shows essential construction details and choices of building materials in the design of new venues or the renovation of old ones
Presents a set of famous European rock and pop venues, their architecture, their beauty and their properties
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This new edition of this standard work adds several new information the book, so that sound engineering and architects can better assess the acoustic value of a Rock and Pop Venue. In particular, new insights to the influence of sound absorbers in reflected and important ISO standards are included into the new edition.
Based on the first ever scientific investigations on recommendable acoustics for amplified music conducted by the author, this book sets forward precise guidelines for acoustical engineers to optimize the acoustics in existing or future halls for amplified music.
- It Gives precise guidelines on how to design the acoustics in venues that present amplified music
- Debates essential construction details, including placement of sound system and use of possible building materials, in the architectural design of new venues or the renovation of old ones
- Portrays 75 well-known European Rock & Pop venues, their architecture and acoustic properties.
- 20 venues were rated for their acoustics by music professionals leading to an easy-to-use assessment methodology
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Authors and Affiliations
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Flex Acoustics, Copenhagen, Denmark
Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen
About the author
Niels W. Adelman-Larsen was in his early twenties educated a mechanical engineer in Denmark, and in music and sound engineering at Berklee College of Music in the USA. During the next 15 years, as a full-time jazz and rock drummer, he played about 1200 concerts some of wich with top jazz performers such as late Esbjörn Svensson and Doug Raney. Such experiences, as well as jam sessions with notabilities like Joshua Redman and Pat Metheny, has made Niels aware of, as he says “ what music actually can sound and feel like at its best”.
While still playing about 80 concerts a year he completed a master’s degree with a thesis on acoustics in Danish halls for amplified music. Since 2005 Niels has been a leading writer of scientific articles on the topic. He is well-known for his passionate oral presentations and lectures and has appeared on acoustics conferences world-wide. He invented and patented a new technology for variable and mobile acoustic treatment in favour of amplified music concerts cofinanced by investors such as the Danish Ministry of Technology and Innovation. The technology was launched in 2013.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rock and Pop Venues
Book Subtitle: Acoustic and Architectural Design
Authors: Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62320-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62319-7Published: 16 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62322-7Published: 17 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62320-3Published: 15 March 2021
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIX, 480
Number of Illustrations: 260 b/w illustrations, 217 illustrations in colour
Topics: Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, Building Types and Functions, Building Construction and Design