Doppler Effect

The Doppler Effect is an example of how sound travels through different sound mediums. As a
vehicle is moving towards you the sound waves are compressed, as it is moving away the spread out
hence the sound change in the frequency of the vehicle. The example I used was of a police car going
pass, you can clearly hear the change in the pitch of the sirens as it comes towards the mic and
moves away. As the vox pox have to be produced outside I will insure that my subject is not moving
so that the sound quality is clear.

Reflection of sound

An example of a reflection is an echo, where sound travels and bounces against an object and
comes back, hard surfaces such as walls reflect sound well. Light acts in a similar way in the sense
that light is reflected from shiny surfaces such as mirrors. Reflection of sound could also cause a
reverberation, this typically happens in a small room with all three of its dimensions 17 meters or
less. This would typically happen in a shower. If a reflected sound wave reaches the ear within 0.1
seconds this causes reverberations, which is the prolonging of sound Softer walls are designed so
that it reflects sound from a specific direction, for example auditoriums’ so this would cause the
audience to receive a large amount of sound from one direction. The auditorium wouldn't seem so
lively is sound is coming from one direction, so rough walls could be good in the fact that it would
reflect sound in a variety of directions. This would allow the audience to receive sound at different
levels at different parts of the room, making the room livelier. Echoes are caused when the sound
takes longer than 0.1 seconds to reach the ear, this sound sensation will have died out. The arrival of
the second sound waves will be perceived as a second sound rather than the prolonging of the first
sounds.

Refraction

Refraction of sound involves a change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to
another. Refraction is accompanied by a change in speed and the wavelength of the waves.
Refraction of sound waves is most evident in situations in which the sound wave passes through a
medium with varying properties. For example, sound waves refract when traveling through water.
The sound wave is not changing medium, but it is traveling through a medium with varying
properties, because of this factor the wave will encounter refraction and change its direction.

Urban environment / rural environment

Urban is more noise, unwanted sound, rural more nature I was recording in a more rural
environment, and all you can really hear is the background noises of long distance conversation or
sounds of nature. Another example of another rural environment is nature, objects such as trees
create when sound when they are swaying in the wind, these sounds are nice and wanted sounds for
certain different sound captures. However the complete opposite is an urban environment, where it
is extremely noisy and most of the sound is unwanted. In order to get more clearly recording next
time i would use a stereo microphone as it makes the sound seem more realistic.
With and without furniture

We can clearly hear the difference in pitch and audio gain with environments with and without
furniture. Let's take the audio when there was no objects around, the reason why it sounded so
much different is because there was nothing to block the person speaking and the walls from having
a direct hit which would result in reflection, this makes the audio more echoed. However when there
are objects in the way, such as a classroom sound is trapped in the walls thus not coming back to our
ears, hence why the pitch sounds different in the two different environments.
Through objects

Sound through air, is just a normal sound, however it depends where you was recording, as if there
were buildings nearby the sound would reflect off the wall. When picking up sound through glass it
makes the subject seem really far away, this could be useful in a variety of examples. When
recording sound through a wall no audio is picked up, as the wall blocks all the incoming sound.
When sound travels through object there is some interference, thus not making sound as clear as it
is when it is traveling through air.

Through water

Water is denser than air, so it takes more energy to generate a wave, but once a wave has started,
sound will travel faster in water than it does in air.