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A Study on the Relationship Between Apparent Auditory Room Size and Acoustic Preference

공간의 청각적 규모감과 음향적 선호도간의 관계

  • 정대업 (전북대학교 건축도시공학부)
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

Human tend to rely their information about the size of a space on vision. However, it might be a common experience to perceive a certain difference in spaces without any visual difference, in such spaces as rooms for music performance, multimedia environments with multiple sound sources, and car cabins, where auditory experiences have a certain importance. In the present work, apparent auditory room size was measured at different positions in a room through a series of listening experiments. Also, measurement of room acoustic parameters was carried out and their relationships with perceived auditory room size were analyzed. The results suggest that apparent auditory room sizes were largely dependent on musical clarity, distance between a source and a receiver, and sound pressure level at the listening position. Also, the results from acoustic preference test suggest that smaller apparent room sizes were preferred for listening to orchestral, cello and flute music. The relationship between apparent auditory room size and vocal music was found to be statistically insignificant.

인간은 일반적으로 공간의 크기에 대한 정보를 시각에 의존한다. 그러나 청각적 경험이 중시되는 공연공간이나 다수의 음원을 활용하는 멀티미디어 환경 및 자동차의 캐빈 등에서는 시각적으로 큰 차이가 없는 상황에서도 제공되는 청취환경에 의해서 공간의 크기를 다르게 지각하게 된다. 본 연구는, 단일공연장내 상이한 위치에서 청각적으로 지각되는 공간의 규모를 청취실험을 통하여 측정 분석하였으며, 동일위치에서 측정된 건축음향파라메타와의 상관관계분석을 통하여 영향요인들을 살펴보았다. 실험결과, 공연장의 크기에 대한 청각적 인상은 음악적 명료도(clarity)에 의해 크게 좌우되며, 음원과의 거리, SPL등에 의해 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 각기 다른 4종류의 연주악기를 이용한 음향 선호도 평가결과, 성악을 제외한 오케스트라, 첼로, 플룻의 경우 공간적 규모감이 작은 것을 선호하였다. 반면, 성악의 경우 공간적 규모감과의 유의적인 상관관계가 나타나지 않았다.

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