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Acoustitape [message #80545] Sat, 20 September 2014 07:13 Go to next message
Nymeria is currently offline  Nymeria
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I just saw acoustitape advertised. It's a tape measure for wavelengths, used for troubleshooting. I've never seen anything like this before. Is it a common tool that I was just unaware of?
Re: Acoustitape [message #80553 is a reply to message #80545] Mon, 22 September 2014 14:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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That's the only tape measure I've seen that's calibrated in frequency, correlated with wavelengths at the speed of sound.

However, it's just a convenience (albeit a pretty cool one) because all sound professionals understand the significance of interference from adjacent sound sources and self-interference caused by boundaries. The distance between sound sources and reflections determines the frequencies that are impacted. It's pretty much acoustics 101.

Re: Acoustitape [message #99306 is a reply to message #80553] Tue, 24 March 2026 01:08 Go to previous message
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Wayne Parham wrote on Mon, 22 September 2014 14:31

That's the only tape measure I've seen that's calibrated in frequency, correlated with wavelengths at the speed of sound.

However, it's just a convenience (albeit a pretty cool one) because all sound professionals understand the significance of interference from adjacent sound sources and self-interference caused by boundaries.  The distance between sound sources and reflections determines the frequencies that are impacted.  It's pretty much acoustics 101.

Does it mean that professionals won't rely on it as a means of measuring noise over a period?
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