EE217: The Science of Sound
Topics and Notes Summary (last update 4/22/2011):
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Apr. 28 (Thurs) |
Last class day: wrap up and course review for final exam The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 2:00-3:50PM, in the regular classroom.
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Apr. 26 (Tues) |
Audio signal processing (cont.) Perceptual audio coding (MP3, etc.)
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Apr. 21 (Thurs) |
Quiz in class on transducers and electricity. Audio signal processing and effects (examples)
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Apr. 19 (Tues) |
Digital audio effects--basic principles and concepts
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Apr. 14 (Thurs) |
Audio signals: connector types Intro to digital audio and digital sampling.
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Apr. 12 (Tues) |
Electrical principles: balanced and unbalanced interconnects
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Apr. 7 (Thurs) |
Audio signals: electrical principles (handout)
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Apr. 5 (Tues) |
Transducers (cont.): loudspeakers
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Mar. 31 (Thurs) |
No class this day (instructor out of town)
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Mar. 29 (Tues) |
Transducer introduction: microphones Microphone polar patterns.
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Mar. 24 (Thurs) |
Musical acoustics (cont.) |
Mar. 22 (Tues) |
Discuss Reynolds Hall test results. Begin musical acoustics topics. Handout.
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Mar. 17 (Thurs) |
Spring Break (no class this day) |
Mar. 15 (Tues) |
Spring Break (no class this day)
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Mar. 10 (Thurs) |
MEET in Reynolds Recital Hall Acoustical tests and measurements |
Mar. 8 (Tues) |
Sound attenuation properties of wall and floor systems. HOMEWORK assignment due at the start of class. |
Mar. 3 (Thurs) |
Sound propagation in small rooms and large rooms. |
Mar. 1 (Tues) |
Sound absorption, reflection, and transmission (cont.) Midterm exams returned in class. HOMEWORK assignment: handout sheet (due at the start of class on 3/8/11) |
Feb. 24 (Thurs) |
Midterm Exam in class (closed book, closed notes) |
Feb. 22 (Tues) |
Sound absorption, reflection, and transmission Reading assignment: chapters 20-23 from the textbook. |
Feb. 17 (Thurs) |
The human ear (cont.) Note: midterm exam is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 24, in class. |
Feb. 15 (Tues) |
The human ear: physiology and psychology Reading assignment: chapters 13, 14, and 15 from the textbook. |
Feb. 10 (Thurs) |
In class Quiz on remainder of Section I and lecture material. Decibels and sound level comparisons |
Feb. 8 (Tues) |
Harmonics and spectra; sound levels and the decibel Reading assignment: complete material from Section I ). |
Feb. 3 (Thurs) |
In class Quiz on Chapters 6, 8 and lecture material. Harmonics and spectral behavior. S tanding waves and resonance. |
Feb. 1 (Tues) |
Complete the discussion of wave phenomena. Speed of sound measurement. Reading assignment: chapters 8 and 9 from the textbook (we are skipping chapter 7). |
Jan. 27 (Thurs) |
In class Quiz on Chapter 4 and lecture material. Vibration calculations. Start wave propagation discussion. Speed of sound measurement in class (postponed until Tuesday). |
Jan. 25 (Tues) |
Vibration in simple mass-spring systems: sinusoidal oscillation, frequency, period, cycle, amplitude, and the effects of damping. NOTE: there may be printing errors in the text. The publisher has provided corrected pages from the book that you can print and replace (.pdf). Reading assignment: start chapter 6 from the textbook (we are skipping chapter 5 for now). |
Jan. 20 (Thurs) |
In class Quiz on Chapter 3 and lecture material. Power and energy discussion. Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems (Chapter 4) Reading assignment: Read chapter 4 from the Strong textbook. |
Jan. 18 (Tues) |
Basic physical quantities and laws. Measurement units for distance, time, mass, frequency, force, energy, power, etc. Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems. |
Jan. 13 (Thurs) |
First class meeting at 1:10PM in Howard Hall Room 117. Course introduction and some listening experiments. Reading assignment: Read chapter 3 from the Strong textbook . For those of you who have not yet acquired the book, here is a temporary pdf for chapters 3 and 4. |