| Title |
A Study on the Acoustical Characteristics of Starting Pistols as Short-Duration Impulse Sources |
| Abstract |
Several new measures have been proposed for assessing the acoustical quality of a room. A measure using the impulse response is one of those physical methods. Technically, short-duration impulse sound source is produced at source position, and measured at receiver position including the spatial distortion. The original sound is compared with the received ones to quantify the distortion. The degree and the way of distortion is regarded as acoustical characteristics of the room. This paper aims to analyze acoustical features of starting pistol and to verify the shots as a valid short-duration impulse sound source. |