Like most of us, you occasionally speak with a microphone in front of an audience. And like most of us you’ve probably experienced problems with feedback and clarity in the sound system. (more…)

Running liveliness is one of our favorite topics here at Sound Thoughts. Today, Rick Talaske presents this musing on running liveliness and the relationship between subjective and objective measures of acoustic quality: (more…)

Richard Talaske, President and Principal Acoustics Consultant at TALASKE, discusses the concepts of presence and running liveliness with Henry Fogel. Part 2 of a series of conversations about sound in our lives. (more…)

For the next part in our recurring series “Experts Listening,” Byron Harrison, Senior Acoustics Consultant, tells us how he evaluates the sound in performance spaces and how sound engages him in live performance: (more…)

To a true music lover, there are few things more exciting than a live concert. A chance to hear your favorite band onstage amid hundreds, maybe thousands, of other fans is a truly incredible experience. (more…)

Ever since the first stage was constructed, the “theater experience” has united audiences in a way that few other activities have. (more…)

Those of us who began working before the electronic age may recall lecturers who wheeled carts to the podium, adjusting an overhead projector and pulling down a screen before beginning a multi-media presentation. Equipment functioned adequately, but it was cumbersome. (more…)

In the acoustic design of buildings, we usually make great efforts to remove the possibility that vibration and noise will enter the structure. Vibration re-radiates as unwanted noise and causes annoying and fatiguing spaces. In his sound installation, Playing the Building, David Byrne (more…)