Electroacoustic Architecture: Is it Green?

Roger Schwenke (Senior Scientist, Meyer Sound Laboratories, USA）

Electroacoustic Architecture offers a means of changing the acoustic properties of a room electronically. They are an alternative to physically variable acoustics, where acoustic properties are changed by retractable curtains and doors opening to reverberant chambers, etc. This paper will address the question of whether Electro Acoustic systems are a Green alternative to Physically Variable acoustics.

(1) Dr. Roger Schwenke is a Senior Scientist who has been contributing his expertise in acoustic measurement and prediction at Meyer Sound Laboratories for over ten years.

A member of the Acoustical Society of America,

A key member of Meyer Sound’s Constellation team

(2) Schwenke made measurements of recording site acoustics in preparation for Zakir Hussain's recording "Golden Strings of the Sarode," which was nominated for a Grammy.

Schwenke has presented numerous papers for Meyer Sound at professional conferences and conventions internationally. In addition, he’s appeared as an expert in acoustics on the Discovery Channel's show MythBusters so many times, that he has been named "Honorary MythBuster" by the show.

(3) Schwenke received his Doctorate in Acoustics from Penn State University in December

of 2000; his thesis work in advanced detection and estimation methods was sponsored by the Applied Research Laboratory.