Users
CATT-Acoustic™
is typically used by
- Room
acoustics consultants
- Universities
with room acoustics research and education
but also has users
in:
- Virtual
reality
- Recording
and
radio studios
- Car industry
- Mobile
phone
companies
- Marketing
of
acoustical products
Note: this page
does not give any special user information
or updates. The URL of a special page for users (updates, tools,
loudspeaker data, absorption data, HRTFs, an
FAQ etc.)
can be found in the
installed
readme.txt file and for versions > v8.0c3 on the Help|About
dialog.
Links to some users
This list will be
continuously updated as info from users
arrive and currently only lists a fraction of the users. Note:
sample
models shown are not always originally designed by the respective
consultant
but may also be models of halls that are to be rebuilt or renovated.
In
alphabetical order:
[Adrian James Acoustics]
[Acentech] [Akustikon]
[AREP]
[ARUP] [AVLS] [Audio
Data Lab] [Bauphysik 5] [Chalmers]
[CHRG] [University
of
Colorado ] [Duran Audio] [Emil
Berliner Studios] [Environmental
Acoustics, Inc.] [Harris Grant
Associates]
[Hilson Moran] [Griesinger]
[Lake]
[LBP] [Level Acoustics] [LIMSI] [NASA]
[NTNU] [NTUST] [PTB] [Rahe-Kraft
GbR] [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)]
[Sonus]
[Sound
Space Design]
[SRL] [Talaske]
[WCL] [Wenger] [WSP Akustik] [ÅF
Ingemansson AB]
Adrian
James Acoustics (UK)
- www.adrianjamesacoustics.co.uk
Adrian James Acoustics
Adrian
James
65
Yarmouth Road, Blofield, Norwich NR13 4LG, UK
Tel: +44
1603 717 703, Fax: +44 1603 713 183
Adrian
James Acoustics is a fully independent consultancy
specialising in buildings for the arts and for education. The practice
combines the technical facilities normally associated with large
companies
with the flexibility, speed and economy of a small specialist
consultancy.
Their aim is to assist in the design and refurbishment of acoustically
excellent buildings within the limited budgets often available for such
projects.
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four
sample models |
Acentech
Inc. (US)
Akustikon
AB (SE)
- http://www.akustikon.se
Akustikon AB
Baldersgatan
4, SE-411 02 Göteborg, Sweden
Tel: +46
31 80 18 65, Fax: +46 31 15 82 18
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19th
century auditorium |
AREP
(FR)
- http://www.arep.fr
AREP
163 bis,
avenue de Clichy, FR-75017 PARIS, France
Tel : +33
1 56 33 48 73, Fax : +33 1 56 33 05 35
AREP, a
multi-disciplinary engineering and consulting
firm, designs and builds public spaces, urban transport centers and
exchange
hubs. AREP makes its competences available to carriers,
decision-makers
and investors in different sectors through its 9 departments :
- urban
planning and layout,
- design,
engineering and site supervision,
- international
projects,
- programming,
- interior
layouts and design,
- structures,
- building
engineering,
- design
and
installation of utilities systems,
- economic
viability studies.
In
its building engineering department, AREP
has developed an expertise in the field of acoustics and especially :
- architectural
acoustics of large enclosures
- sound
system
design
- noise and
vibration control
In many
cases, these studies are carried out simultaneously
in order to provide passengers with acoustic comfort and to guarantee
the
quality and the intelligibility of the messages emitted. The acoustic
behavior
of the spaces and the efficiency of the sound systems viewed are
simulated
with CATT-Acoustic, auralization being a useful aid in the
final
decision taken by the customer.
Major projects
:
- French
High
Speed Train stations (TGV Méditerranée)
- Paris
underground rail stations (EOLE, Bibliothèque)
- modernization
of regional rail stations (Lille Flandres,
Nantes, ...)
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Lille
Flandres train station |
Arup
Acoustics (UK, US, AU)
Audio
Data Lab (SE)
- http://www.audiolab.se/adl
Audio Data Lab
Katarinavägen
22, SE-116 45 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8
644 58 65, Fax: +46 8 641 67 91
|
Restored
Jazz/Dance hall Nalen + Musical arena Cirkus |
AVLS
(FR)
Bauphysik
5 (DE)
Chalmers
Room Acoustics Group (SE)
- http://www.ta.chalmers.se
Dept. of Applied Acoustics
Chalmers
University of Technology, SE-41129 Gothenburg,
Sweden
Chalmers
Room Acoustics Group has been active in
room acoustic prediction and auralization since the early eighties. CATT-Acoustic
was developed while the author was a part-time Ph.D. student and member
of the group. Some published papers regarding some of the prediction
and
auralization methods applied, rather than the software itself, are
in reverse
chronological order:
Auralization,
Virtually Everywhere, B.-I. Dalenbäck,
100th AES Conv.preprint 4228 (1996); Room Acoustic Prediction Based
on a Unified Treatment of Diffuse and Specular Reflection, B.-I.
Dalenbäck,
JASA 100 (August 1996); Narrowing the Gap Between Virtual Reality
and
Auralization, B.-I. Dalenbäck, D. McGrath, Proc. 15th ICA,
429-432
(1995); Room Acoustic Prediction and Auralization Based on a
Unified
Treatment of Diffuse and Specular Reflection, B.-I. Dalenbäck,
Proc. 15th ICA, 425-428 (1995); The Importance of Diffuse
Reflection
in Computerized Room Acoustic Prediction and Auralization, B.-I.
Dalenbäck,
Proc. IOA 17, 24-34 (1995); A Macroscopic View of Diffuse Reflection,
B.-I. Dalenbäck, M. Kleiner, P. Svensson, JAES 42, 793-807 (1994);
The
Audibility of Changes in Geometric Shape, Source Directivity, and
Absorptive
Treatment - Experiments in Auralization, B.-I. Dalenbäck, M.
Kleiner,
P. Svensson, JAES 41(11), 905-913 (1993); Auralization - an Overview,
M. Kleiner, B.-I. Dalenbäck, P. Svensson, JAES 41(11), 861-875
(1993); Prediction
and Auralization Based on a Combined Image Source/Ray- Model, B.-I.
Dalenbäck, P. Svensson, M. Kleiner, Proc. 14th ICA, F2-7 (1992)
For further
papers related to CATT-Acoustic™ see Papers
and the Download area.
Concert
Hall Research Group (US)
University of Colorado (US)
Duran
Audio (NL)
Emil
Berliner Studios, Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (DE)
Environmental Acoustics, Inc. (US)
Environmental
Acoustics, Inc.
5801
Grayson Road
Harrisburg,
PA 17111, USA
Flight
Management and Human Factors Division,NASA Ames Research Center (US)
- Durand R.
Begault
Flight Management and Human Factors Division
MS 262-2
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA
94035, USA
Psychoacoustic
research: Spatial Auditory Display Laboratory.
Using CATT-Acoustic for evaluating room acoustic thresholds,
speech
intelligibility in enclosures, and for improving
virtual acoustic simulations (in connection with the Lake
CP4).
Durand Begault
is the author of: "3-D Sound for Virtual
Reality and Multimedia"; Academic Press Professional; ISBN
0-12-084735-3
and "The Sonic CD-ROM for Desktop Audio Production. An electronic guide
to producing computer audio for multimedia"; Academic Press
Professional;
ISBN 0-12-084738-8 (available at http://www.sdtb.com)
Griesinger,
David (US)
- Lexicon
USA
Experiments
with room shapes, reverberation decays and
similar topics.
Harris
Grant Associates (UK)
- http://www.harrisgrant.com
Harris
Grant Associates are an acoustics and
design consultancy, specialising in Recording Studios (Hit Factory-NY,
Sony
Music-London, Strongroom-London, Battery-NY), Large
scale
cinemas (Cinerama-Seattle), general acoustic optimisation (Lords
Media Centre-London), as well as smaller scale home theatres, and
superyacht
installations.
Hilson Moran Partnership Ltd - Acoustics (UK)
- www.hilsonmoran.com/Services/Acoustics/Acoustics.aspx
Nick
Jones
16 Armstrong Mall, Southwood, Farnborough GU14 0NR, UK
Tel: 01252 550500 Fax: 01252 550501
Shackleton
House, Hay's Galleria, 4 Battlebridge Lane, London SE1 2HP, UK
Tel: 020 7940 8888 Fax: 020 7940 8801
Specialist acoustic consultancy
within the award-winning engineering consultancy, Hilson Moran,
providing advice on commercial, residential, educational, healthcare,
industrial and mixed-use developments worldwide. Services include
environmental, architectural and building services acoustics advice,
noise and vibration monitoring, external noise modelling, 3D room
acoustics modelling, audio simulations and demonstrations.
Lake
Technology (AU)
- Lake
Technology (former Lake DSP) used CATT-Acoustic™
and CATT-VRoom (now called PureVerb™ see The
FIReverb Suite™) to create various virtual environments for
their products. Lake DSP is now part of
Dolby Laboratories, and
Lake no longer supports the Huron or CP4 platforms.
LBP
(NL)
Lichtveld
Buis
& Partners BV consulting engineers
Maliebaan 97,
P.O. Box 156, NL 3500 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 30 231
1377, Fax:
+31 30 234 1754
LBP is an
independent
consulting engineers firm in the area of acoustics, building physics,
noise
control and environmental control. LBP works on a wide variety of
projects
and employs app. 35 consulting engineers. The Product Group Room and
Electro
Acoustics is active in the acoustic design of concert halls, theatres,
auditoriums,
etc. It also designs sound systems for these venues as well for
airports,
mosques, etc. and designs systems for variable acoustics.
Level
Acoustics
(NL)
Level
Acoustics is a company in the Laboratorium voor Akoestiek of the
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at Eindhoven University
of Technology (TU/e). The company was formed in 2006. The mission of
Level Acoustics is to disseminate knowledge in the field of
architectural acoustics. We do this by organizing master classes, by
presenting workshops and courses, by conducting research, and by
participating in inspiring projects.
LIMSI
(FR)
Brian FG
Katz, Ph.D
LIMSI-CNRS, Perception Située,
BP
133, FR-91403 Orsay, France
Tel.: +33 01 69 85 81 25, fax.: +33 01 69 85 80 88
NTNU,
Trondheim Akustikk, Elektro (NO)
NTUST (TW)
Architectural
Acoustics, Room Acoustics, Noise and Vibration Control, Research
Methods fo Environmental Technology, Environmental Control Systems
Postal Address: #43,Sec.4,Keelung
Rd.,Taipei,106,Taiwan,R.O.C
Phone number: +886 2 27376719
Fax number: +886 2 27376721
PTB
(DE)
- http://www.ptb.de
Dr.-Ing.
Ingolf Bork
Projekt Raumakustische Simulation 1.401: http://www.ptb.de/en/org/1/14/1401/_index.htm
Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee
100, DE-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Tel.: +49
531 592 1531, Fax.: +49 531 592 1509
The former
Laboratory of "Musical Acoustics" in 1997 changed
its name and main tasks to "Raumakustische Simulation". The support of
the national industry of musical instruments had been done by
developments
of quality determination procedures and improvement of various kinds of
instruments. Still up to the end of 1998 the performance of the German
Competition of Musical Instruments will lie in the hands of this
laboratory.
The experience in the field of Musical Acoustics will now be used to
test
the application of room acoustical simulation software in musical
performance
locations. For this purpose among others the CATT software is
in
use. International Round Robin on Room Acoustical Computer
Simulation
have been organized by the Laboratory and the third test was started
during
2001.
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PTB
studio |
Rahe - Kraft GbR (DE)
www.rahe-kraft.de
Peter Rahe
& Jakob Kraft
Möckernstraße
26
DE-10963
Berlin
GERMANY
Phone:
+49-30-2639 369-0
Fax:
+40-30-2639 36920
Rahe-Kraft
GbR is an independent consultancy specialising
in the design of sound systems for events and unusual requirements.
The
founders combine their years of experience in live-sound
engineering with the use of CATT to design systems which meet the
requirements
of the event business. They are also specialized in the use of
line-arrays.
Services are:
- sound
system
design matching event requirements
- cost
estimates
- contract
specifications
- quote
evaluation
- simulation
and auralisation
- CAD
design
for architectural requirements
- joint-venture
planning with contractors
- supervision
and quality management
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(US)
Sonus
(NL)
Sonus bv
consultant
acoustical engineers
PO Box 468
NL-3300 AL Dordrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 78 6312102 Fax: +31 78
6149623
Sonus bv
offers
professional consultancy in the fields of acoustics, noise control and
vibration.
The company also gives vocational training and creates software for
calculations
in the sphere of industry, traffic and railtraffic. Our well-qualified,
motivated
and
enthusiastic staff is a guarantee for highly qualified work and
practical solutions.
We use CATT-Acoustic for our building acoustical projects as
soon
as the situation becomes more complex and less straightforward. In
these
situations CATT-Acoustic proves to be a great acoustic
designtool.
We used CATT-A for auditoria, large control rooms, a strangely shaped
open
plan office and atriums in school buildings. School "de Brouwerij in
Zetten"
(the Netherlands) is an example where CATT-A is used for. A few
pictures
of the CATT model of the school are displayed beneath.
For the most recent abstract of the projects, look on the Sonus website.
|
CATT-Acoustic
use, sample project |
Sound
Space Design (UK)
Bob
Essert bobessert -at- soundspacedesign.co.uk
Sound Space Design, Ltd
2 St. George’s Court
131 Putney Bridge Road,
London SW15 2PA
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:
+44 208 877 5868, Fax +44 208 875 9385
Consultants
and designers in the acoustics of concert halls, theatres, interesting
spaces and soundscapes of all kinds. We bring to our design work
the experience and technical means to put you in an environment before
it is built – to let you hear what a hall will sound like before it is
built, or even completely designed. For over 25 years Essert has
been leading the development and application of physics and
psychoacoustics modelling to the building design process, and honed the
modelling process for accuracy and relevance. Recently the SSD
team have been developing greater accuracy and cost effectiveness and a
more streamlined links to design. CATT-Acoustic is an important
part of our system, working as a front end that drives our
quick-to-apply auralisation in our SoundSpace studio and enables us to
sketch with sound.
Sound Research Laboratories Ltd (UK)
Suffolk
(Head Office), London, Manchester, Wessex, Dubai
SRL is the longest running
acoustic
consultancy in the UK - we have been in practice for over 40 years.
During this time we have been involved in many major developments in
the UK and worldwide. We bring the experience from these projects to
all of our work. Our capabilities are broad, ranging from planning,
performance prediction, design, inspection, troubleshooting, laboratory
and site measurement and commissioning. Indeed anything where noise and
vibration is an issue. More latterly we have increased our capabilities
to air tightness and BREEAM assessments.
We have a UKAS accredited test
laboratory at our head office in Suffolk.
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Sample
SRL model |
The
Talaske Group Inc. (US)
- http://www.talaske.com
The
Talaske Group. Inc.
105 N. Oak Park Avenue,
Oak Park
Illinois 60301
USA.
Tel:
+1 (708) 524-2800, Fax: +1 (708) 524-2818
As consultants
in acoustics, audio and audio/visual/video
design, The Talaske Group, Inc. was organized in 1987 to
provide
professional services to architects, engineers, building owners and
users.
Our clients turn to us when quality sound, effective communication, or
freedom from disturbing noise, are important criteria within the
buildings
they design, occupy or administer.
Our experience
encompasses all building types with a specialization
in the design of performance, educational, worship and other assembly
spaces.
The education and experience of our team of consultants qualify us to
offer
the following services:
- Room
Acoustics Design
- Computer
Modeling / Analysis / Auralizations
- Acoustic
Isolation Design
- Building
Systems Noise Control Design
- Environmental
Acoustics Design
- Audio
and Audio/Visual Systems Design and Specification
For additional
information about our consultants, projects
and company, please refer to our home
page.
|
CATT-Acoustic
use, sample project |
WCL
Audio Group (GR)
- www.wcl.ee.upatras.gr
Prof. John
Mourjopoulos
WIRE COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY (WCL), AUDIO GROUP
Dept.
of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University
of Patras, Greece
WCL was
established in 1967 at the School of Engineering
of the University of Patras and began its activities two years
later
with the election of Professor George Kokkinakis as its director. It
currently
employs 50 persons (faculty members, researchers, postgraduate students
and support personnel) and is active in three main R&D areas with
organised
teams: Telecommunications, Speech & Language Technology, Audio
&
Electroacoustics.
The Audio
Group has been active since the late
1980’s, it is headed by Assistant Professor John Mourjopoulos and its
research
cover the areas of digital audio system and room equalisation,
perceptual
audio coding, audio and speech signal enhancement and digital audio
signal
processing.
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various
auditoria |
Wenger
Corporation (US)
WSP
Akustik (SE)
ÅF
Ingemansson AB (SE)
|
Sockholm
Swedbank arena
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