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    The reverberation time of a room is defined as the time it takes for the sound in the room to decay to 60 decibels below the original sound level after the sound source stops. A desirable reverberation time for a medium-sized, general purpose auditorium is around 2 seconds. The reverberation time can be approximately calculated using Sabine's formula and depends on factors like the room volume and average absorption coefficient of the surfaces.

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    The reverberation time of a room is defined as the time it takes for the sound in the room to decay to 60 decibels below the original sound level after the sound source stops. A desirable reverberation time for a medium-sized, general purpose auditorium is around 2 seconds. The reverberation time can be approximately calculated using Sabine's formula and depends on factors like the room volume and average absorption coefficient of the surfaces.

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    Rationale for 60dB Reverberation Time Standard

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    The reverberation time of a room is defined as the time it takes for the sound in the room to decay to 60 decibels below the original sound level after the sound source stops. A desirable reverberation time for a medium-sized, general purpose auditorium is around 2 seconds. The reverberation time can be approximately calculated using Sabine's formula and depends on factors like the room volume and average absorption coefficient of the surfaces.

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    Thereverberantsoundinanauditoriumdiesawaywithtimeasthesoundenergyisabsorbed
    bymultipleinteractionswiththesurfacesoftheroom.Inamorereflectiveroom,itwilltake
    longerforthesoundtodieawayandtheroomissaidtobe'live'.Inaveryabsorbentroom,
    thesoundwilldieawayquicklyandtheroomwillbedescribedasacoustically'dead'.But
    thetimeforreverberationtocompletelydieawaywilldependuponhowloudthesoundwas
    tobeginwith,andwillalsodependupontheacuityofthehearingoftheobserver.Inorderto
    Index
    provideareproducibleparameter,astandardreverberationtimehasbeendefinedasthetime
    forthesoundtodieawaytoalevel60decibelsbelowitsoriginallevel.Thereverberation
    Auditorium
    timecanbemodeledtopermitanapproximatecalculation..
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    Why60dB? Whatisadesirablereverberationtime? Calculation

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    Rationalefor60dBReverberationTime
    Thereverberationtimeisperceivedasthetimeforthesoundtodieawayafterthesound
    sourceceases,butthatofcoursedependsupontheintensityofthesound.Tohavea
    reproducibleparametertocharacterizeanauditoriumwhichisindependentofthe
    intensityofthetestsound,itisnecessarytodefineastandardreverberationtimeinterms
    ofthedropinintensityfromtheoriginallevel,i.e.,todefineitintermsofrelative
    intensity.

    Thechoiceoftherelativeintensityto
    useisofcoursearbitrary,butthereisa
    goodrationaleforusing60dBsincethe
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    loudestcrescendoformostorchestral
    musicisabout100dBandatypical
    roombackgroundlevelforagood
    musicmakingareaisabout40dB.Thus
    thestandardreverberationtimeisseento
    beaboutthetimefortheloudest
    crescendooftheorchestratodieawayto
    theleveloftheroombackground.The
    60dBrangeisabouttherangeof
    dynamiclevelsfororchestralmusic.

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    Theoptimumreverberationtimeforanauditoriumorroomofcoursedependsuponits
    intendeduse.Around2secondsisdesirableforamediumsized,generalpurposeauditorium
    thatistobeusedforbothspeechandmusic.Aclassroomshouldbemuchshorter,lessthana
    second.Andarecordingstudioshouldminimizereverberationtimeinmostcasesforclarity
    ofrecording.
    Thereverberationtimeisstronglyinfluencedbytheabsorptioncoefficientsofthesurfacesas
    suggestedintheillustration,butitalsodependsuponthevolumeoftheroomasshowninthe
    Sabineformula.Youwon'tgetalongreverberationtimewithasmallroom.
    Reverberationtimedefinition Examples

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    ReverberationTimeCalculation
    ApproximatereverberationtimescanbecalculatedfromtheSabineformula:

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    Modelingaroomof
    HeightH=

    m=

    ft

    LengthL=

    m=

    ft

    WidthW=

    m=

    ft

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    withabsorptioncoefficients:
    awalls=

    , afloor =

    , aceiling =

    m2=

    givesaneffectiveabsorbingareaofSe =
    foraroomofvolumeV=

    foraverageof aavg =

    m3=

    Thecorrespondingreverberationtimeis RT60 =

    ft2
    ft3.

    seconds.

    Reverberationtimedefinition Tableofabsorptioncoefficients Examples

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    ExamplesofReverberationTimes
    Onewaytorespondtothequestion"Whatisagoodrangeofreverberationtimesfor
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    concerthalls?"istogiveexamplesofsomeofthemostfamoushallsintheworld.Forthe
    overallaveragereverberationtimes:

    Vienna,Musikvereinsaal:2.05seconds
    Boston,SymphonyHall:1.8seconds
    NewYork,CarnegieHall:1.7seconds

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    Buttheoverallaveragereverberationtimedoesnottellthewholestory.Thevariationof
    reverberationtimewithfrequencyisalsoimportant.:
    Examplesofthevariationofreverberationtimewithfrequency

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