Dr. Dan Boye , Spring 2008
Office: Dana 134
Appointments: I am generally available from 9:00-5:00 M-F. Communication
with me by email is very reliable. If my office light is on and I'm not
there, check in the Dana basement (Room B36) or in the Physics Office.
Phone: 894-2394
daboye@davidson.edu
Physics 115
Musical Technology
Course Syllabus
Performance Calendar
Physics
Video Demonstrations
The class will attend Opera Carolina's
production of Mozart's Don Giovanni on March 27. Directions to the Belk Theater of the Blumenthal Performing
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Supplementary Material:
References
Credo
References
Access
Science
Wave Properties and Effects
Wave Motion
Speed of Sound Exercise
Doppler Effect Demo
Superposition Physlet
Interference and Diffraction
PlotFunction and Data Physlet
Waves on a String Exercise
Open and Closed Tubes Exercise
The ear and hearing
How the Ear Works
Physiology of the Ear
Basilar Membrane Movies: High Freq.
Medium Freq. Low Freq.
Fletcher-Munson diagram
Psycho-acoustical Exercises
Masking
Octaves
Decibel Size
dBA, dBB,
dBC scales
Davidson Noise Ordinances
OSHA Occupational Noise Exposure Standards
Room acoustics
Dana Acoustics Exercise
Room Acoustics Exercise
Measuring Reverberation Time
Criteria for judging room acoustics
Calculation of Reverberation Time
Calculation Example
Hi-Fi Criteria
Speaker Placement
Timbre
Fundamental Statements of Fourier Analysis
Sound Clip Search site
Web demonstrations and exercises
Windows Media Player Visualization Site
Just Noticeable Difference
Virtual Pitch
Phase Information & Hearing
Synthesizer
Vibrato: amplitude and frequency
Primary Beats and Combination Tones
Harmonic Series
Linear and Logarithmic Scales
Java2 Sound Tool
Digital Speech Site
Electricity and magnetism
Lamp Circuits Exercise
Magnetism
Exercise
Digital audio
Huffman Coding
Books on reserve in library:
Musical Acoustics, Hall
Links to bios of Famous Scientists involved in Acoustics:
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Links to acoustic information and companies:
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