Acoustics and Psychoacoustics - NIE2249

Assessment 1: Written practice exercise

Students are to submit MATLAB code for multichannel audio convolution and feedbacks are provided.

Written practice exercise

Assessment 1: In-Class Test

Unseen, closed book - will assess student’s knowledge and understanding of theories and principles covering sound propagation, sound levels, sinusoid, frequency perception, loudness perception.

In-Class Test

Assessment 2: In-Class Test

Unseen, closed book - will assess student’s knowledge and understanding of theories and principles covering auditory localisation, spatial impression, objective spatial parameters.

Assessment 3: Portfolio

This task requires each assignment group to capture a set of acoustic impulse responses (IRs) in a lecture room using various measurement techniques and perform necessary editing.

Portfolio

Assessment 4: Written Assignment

Using the room impulse responses acquired from the group work above, each student is required to analyse and evaluate the acoustic characteristics of the room using various objective parameters and write a technical report.

Written Assignment

<p>In this module, you will gain a theoretical understanding of various psychoacoustics and room acoustics principles from the lectures (e.g. perception of frequency and loudness, auditory localization, spatial impression, room response and acoustic treatment, etc.). You will enhance your understanding further and develop practical skills to capture, measure and analyse acoustic signals during the lab sessions (e.g. capture and analysis of acoustic impulse responses, binaural synthesis, objective analyses of acoustic parameters, etc.). You will also develop MATLAB programming skills during the lab sessions.</p>

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NIE2249 - Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

Analyse and process acoustic signals using MATLAB.

Gain knowledge and critical understanding of the generation and propagation of sound.

Gain knowledge and critical understanding of the mechanisms of human auditory perception.

Capture acoustic signals in a small room and a concert hall using appropriate equipment.

Gain knowledge and critical understanding of objective parameters for small room and concert hall.

Write a technical report from the capture, analysis and processing.