An application for the determination of the acoustical properties of small volume popular music venues

Abstract

Researches on the acoustical properties of popular music venues (bars, clubs etc.) are rather limited in the related literature.However, taking the number of listeners into account, these venues are more crowded than concert halls where classicalmusic is being played. Therefore, the acoustical properties of these venues, such as bars-clubs, are quite important in res -pect to transmit the musical performance to the listeners properly.This study is based on the presentations of the acoustical properties of selected venues and the comparisons of the dataacquired from the sound systems with the measured acoustical data. Thus, it is aimed to analyze the relationships betweenthe acoustical designs and sound systems in such venues.