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    Advancements in impulse response measurements by sine sweeps

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    Sine sweeps are employed since long time for audio and acoustics measurements, but in recent years (2000 and later) their usage became much larger, thanks to the computational capabilities of modern computers. Recent research results allow now for a further step in sine sweep measurements, particularly when dealing with the problem of measuring impulse responses, distortion and when working with systems which are neither time invariant, nor linear. The paper presents some of these advancements, and provide experimental results aimed to quantify the improvement in signal-to-noise ratio, the suppression of pre-ringing, and the techniques employable for performing these measurements cheaply employing a standard PC and a good-quality sound interface, and currently available loudspeakers and microphones

    A New Method for Measuring the Scattering Coefficient and the Diffusion Coefficent of Panels

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    The sound scattering properties of diffusing panels are actually very difficult to measure and to predict. In this paper the Wave Field Synthesis approach is employed for the experimental measurement of the scattering coefficient. The results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations made possible by some recent improvements to the Pyramid Tracing algorithm, which takes into account separately the scattering of sound from the edges of finitesize surfaces, and the surface scattering coefficient
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