EXTRAS / TECH NOTES + LINKS TO INFO REGARDING THE LEGENDARY LUDLOW GARAGE CONCERTS – AND MORE!
EXTRAS & TECH NOTES - FEATURED LINKS:
- Acoustical Checklist for Cincinnati OTR Condo Buyers & Apartment Renters
- Achieving Privacy: A Major Challenge for Urban Property Re-developers – A Major Problem for Tenants
- Optimizing the patron experience in restaurants and bars
- Noise, Vibration, Control, new hospital, Mercy Hospital West, Cincinnati, OH, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- ACOUSTIC PRIVACY, SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY, AUDIO SECURITY, Office, Education, Residential, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Value Engineering to Achieve Optimum Acoustics, Noise & Vibration Control, Speech & Music Communication and/or Privacy
- Scientific, Laboratory, Lab, Instruments, Low, Tolerance, Vibration, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Onsite, On-site, Speech Privacy, Privacy, Testing, Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, SCIF, Proves Its Value, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Emergency Generator, Noise, Vibration, Control, Challenges, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Optimizing, Open Plan Office, Acoustic, Design, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICAL SERVICES – Why a Client May Need These Services: Architectural Acoustics – Excerpt from The A.I.A. Architects Handbook of Professional Practice, 13th edition, 2000, written by Christopher Jaffe, Ph.D., Hon. AIA, and Russell A. Cooper
LINKS TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN RELATED FIELDS
- A Designer’s Workroom – custom interior design services – – designersworkroom.com
- Carrie Wilson Graphic and Web Design – – carrierwilson.com
- Brainsells – advertising / logo design – – Email to: brainsells@fuse.net
- Metro Adjusting Service, Inc. – independent insurance adjusting – – metroadjusting.com
- Linda Little – career coaching / resume preparation – – Email to: littlelinda@fuse.net”>
- KOJO Studios – IT services – – koji-studios.com
LINKS TO PRODUCTS & SERVICES IN OUR FIELD
- Ketchum & Walton – acoustic / noise / impact / vibration control product manufacturer’s representatives – – ketchumandwalton.com
- Green Glue – a provider of soundproofing solutions. Products include noiseproofing compound, noiseproofing sealant, noiseproofing clips and noiseproofing joist tape
- Krieger Specialty Products – manufacturers of KriegerSonic Acoustical and SCIF Doors and Windows
- Tri-State Industrial Health Screening – industrial mobile hearing testing, respiratory medical clearance, hearing conservation training and sound level surveys (OSHA)
LINKS TO INTERIOR NOISE REFERENCE INFORMATION
- Noise, Scale, Common, Sources, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Noise, Criteria, Curve, NC, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- HVAC, Equipment, Typical, Noise, Spectra, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Silent Guard Virtual Sound Lab – demonstrates the sound isolation for windows with various STC /OITC ratings using several exterior noise sources (link at Silent Guard website)
LINKS TO ENVIRONMENTAL / COMMUNITY NOISE REFERENCE INFORMATION:
- Testing to Identify and Rate Community Environmental Noise Sources
- B&K Publication: Environmental Noise, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- B&K Publication: Environmental Noise Measurement, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Community Response to Noise – % Annoyed by Ldn, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Community Response to Noise – based on Ldn, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Community Response to Noise, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- EPA Data – % of People Disturbed by Various Ldn Noise Levels, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- EPA Recommended Community Noise Level Values to Protect Public Health & Welfare, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- EPA Recommended Correction Factors for Measured Ldn, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- World Health Organization Recommendations for Noise Levels at Residences, Schools, & Hospitals, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Noise Levels of Common Exterior Sources, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
LINKS TO REVERBERATION TIME INFORMATION:
- Optimum, RT60, Reverberation Time, Various Room Types, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Optimum, RT60, Reverberation, Time, Graphs, 500 Hz, Various Facilities, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Recommended, RT60, Reverberation, Times, Educational Facilities, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Prediction, Reverberation Time, RT60, Rectangular, Room, Non-Uniformly Distributed Sound Absorption, R. Neubauer, Consulting Bureau, Ingolstadt, Germany, and B. Kostek, Sound & Vision Engineering Department, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Technical University of Gdansk, PL – 33 pages (describes the method currently used by Spectra Tech to optimize room acoustics – the “New Fitzroy” formula – and compares it to the Sabine, Norris Eyring, Millington-Sette, Tohyama and Suzuki, Arau, Nilsson, Annex D of the European Standard prEN 12354-6 [10], Kuttruff, and original Fitzroy formulae), Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Potential, effect of reverberation on speech intelligibility, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- RT60, Reverberation, Room, Acoustics, Optimization Program, User Guide V10.3, how our program works, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Armstrong – Room Acoustics / Reverberation Simulator (link at Armstrong World Industries website)
LINKS TO SPEECH PRIVACY / AUDIO SECURITY INFORMATION:
- ACOUSTIC PRIVACY, SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY, & AUDIO SECURITY, SCIF, Office, Education, & Residential Environments, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Acoustical Environment, Open-Plan Office, – 5 page publication – PDF format, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Guide, Speech, Privacy, Test, Printout, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Recommendation, Incorporate, Acoustical Testing, Project Specifications, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Auralex – demonstration of sound attenuation provided by various types of common walls constructed using drywall, etc. (link at Auralex website)
LINKS TO OTHER AUDIO INFORMATION:
- Human Perception of Sound Level Differences
- Relative Loudness of SPL Changes
- Audio for the Elderly
- Understanding, Science of Audio, Acoustics, – 12 page publication – PDF format, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Sound Dispersion, vs, Distance Chart, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Guidelines, A-weighted Sound, System, Levels, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Wavelengths of Energy, Frequencies, in Feet and Meters, Spectra Tech Ltd, Consultant
- Frequency Ranges of Various Voices and Musical Instruments [link at Independent Recording Network website]
