Sound in the Theater II
Harold Burris-Meyer, Vincent Mallory · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1950
The application of electronic facilities to the control of sound in the legitimate theater has been subject of a long term research project subsidized by the Rockefeller Foundation. Progress reports have been made from time to time before the Acoustical Society. Complete control of the auditory component of the show was achieved immediately prior to the war. However, general acceptance of the technique has been delayed because equipment was too elaborate to be carried on the budgets of any but the largest shows. This paper reports the development, also under Rockefeller Foundation subsidy, of a modular sound control system which appears to be suitable to all needs of the legitimate theater and specialized needs in other entertainment forms.