Users
CATT-Acoustic™
is typically used by
- Room acoustics consultants
- Sound system
consultans
- 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]
[ALTERNATIVE] [AMS
Acoustics] [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
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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 |
ALTERNATIVE
(FR)
- www.alternative-consulting.fr
ALTERNATIVE
55 - 57 rue de Montreuil, 75 011 PARIS
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 93 07 84
ALTERNATIVE is a Paris
based engineering consultancy company with expertise in acoustics and lighting
design. We are involved in architecture and urban design.Our clients benefit
from our experience of working on a wide range of projects in France as well
as overseas.
AMS
Acoustics (UK)
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
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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.
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CATT-Acoustic
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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.
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CATT-Acoustic
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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)
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Sockholm
Swedbank arena
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