Nature as muse: How cave acoustics can help us be more imaginative with our reverb choices
Yuri Lysoivanov · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2018
The cave is an oft-overlooked option for the audio practitioner's toolbox. With the aid of the science team from the National Park Service, we recorded impulse responses and analyzed the properties of several acoustically distinctive spaces inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the longest cave network in the world. An understanding of the unique characteristics of these areas can help inform more creative approaches in reverb selection and educate us to be more innovative in music, sound, and room design.