Music Glossary: room

Distance where direct and reverberant sound fields are equal in level; beyond it, clarity drops. more

Modified RT60 formula better matching rooms with higher absorption. more

Time-domain reaction of a system to a short impulse; encodes reflections and resonances. more

Decorrelated dense field from many reflections after the direct sound; defines room size/character. more

Absorption at first reflections, bass traps in corners, and sensible placement for accurate monitoring. more

Time for reverberant sound to decay 60 dB; common measure of room reverberation. more

Classic formula estimating RT60 from room volume and total absorption (A = αS). more

Boundary between modal region and diffuse field; above it, statistical reverb models apply. more