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Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen - Rock and Pop Venues - 9783662502471 - V9783662502471
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Rock and Pop Venues

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Description for Rock and Pop Venues Paperback. This book offers an objective methodology for assessing rock and pop music venues, including construction details and building materials in new or renovated halls. Describes famous European venues, with a new, simple method of objectively rating venues. Num Pages: 485 pages, 120 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AMC; AVGP; PHDS; TTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 741.

Popular music plays a substantial role in most people’s life. The demand and financial revenue of Rock and Pop concerts is large and still increasing with the decreased revenue on recorded music. 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.

  • 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 ... Read more
  • 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

”Acoustics are important within pop and rock venues to ensure a great experience for audiences and performers. This book fills an important gap of knowledge on the acoustics of venues. It will be of value to sound engineers as well as building owners and operators and building design professionals”.

Rob Harris, Arup Acoustics

With this book, many future amplified music concerts will sound better, for the joy of audiences and musicians alike. This enormous work demonstrates a rare degree of passion and insight, from the hand of the key researcher in the field”.

Dr. Per V. Brüel

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
485
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662502471
SKU
V9783662502471
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen
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. ... Read more

Reviews for Rock and Pop Venues
“Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen passionately makes the case in his book that acoustics of pop and rock performance venues are a critical factor for audience enjoyment and the requirements of musicians and sound mixing engineers presenting the show. … Rock and Pop Venues: Acoustic and Architectural Design should have a wide appeal to acousticians working in room acoustics design. … Overall, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Rock and Pop Venues


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