COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACOUSTIC DESING I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZT 5023 ACOUSTIC DESING I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Technology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERIDUN ÖZIŞ

Offered to

Music Technology

Course Objective

Learning general principles of small room acoustic design

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Using odeon software
2   Understanding acoustical design parameters for small rooms
3   Practising small room acoustic design
4   Understanding differencies between several small rooms
5   The realization of a project using simulation software

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts I: Reverberation Time
2 Basic Concepts: Mods
3 Learning data input to odeon software
4 3D modelling and evulation of results I
5 3D modelling and evulation of results II
6 ITU-EBU Standarts
7 Introductuon to room design: Small Rooms
8 Control room design of a studio
9 Comparison of different control rooms
10 Recording room design
11 Comparison of different recording design
12 Hi-Fi Listening room design
13 Comparison of different listening room
14 Student Presentation
15 Student Project evulation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Referances:
1- Newell, Philip.,Recording studio design, Elsevier Pres, 2003
2- Odeon Simulation Software

Supplementary Referances:
Öziş, F., Vergili, S., Human - Space Relationship with a Pperspective of Music Listening Music :
Evulation of the Relation of Acoustical Parameters in Critical Listening Rooms , Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, Vulume 1 Issue 3 Spring (2008)

Öziş, Feridun., Saher, K., Investigation of Room Acoustic Properties for Clarinet and Piano in Recording Studios , Inter-noise(36th Congress on Noise Control Engineering) sf 91 Istanbul/Türkiye(28-31 August 2007)
Other Materials Related to the Course:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Different acoustic designs will be explained in comparison with the acoustic parameters.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Acoustical design applications will be made with simulation software and individual design parameters will be explained with comparisons

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course will be held with designs applied on the simulation software

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

feridun.ozis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

No office hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 6 3 18
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 2 3 6
Design Project 2 5 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Design Project 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 3 9 27
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.121545233133154
LO.221545232123154
LO.322515252153154
LO.422545254155154
LO.522545254153154