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>> RIGHT NOW ON CHRONICLE IN
HIGH DEFINITION.
>> THEY DRINK THE STUFF, YOU
WOULDN'T.
>> CARDBOARD AND ***, ALMOST
LIKE TOOTHPICKS.
>> CREATE A RACKET YOU CAN'T
BELIEVE.
>> IT IS REALLY HARD TO STOP
WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> DRIVE THE EXTRA MILE JUST TO
FIND OUT.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> TONIGHT ALL HAIL THE TESTERS,
MAKING LIFE BETTER DAY BY DAY.
>> HAIR DRYERS THAT DON'T SOUND
LIKE A JET ENGINE.
>> IT IS KIND OF LIKE A
DETECTIVE AND WE TEAR THESE
THINGS APART.
>> WINDOWS THAT CAN TAKE A LOT
OF GRIEF.
>> WE TAKE A TWO-BY-FOUR AND
BLAST IT.
>> THE BIGGEST LAB IN THE WORLD.
>> I BET TOM BRADY COULDN'T
THROW FROM ONE END TO THE END.
>> THIS IS ONLY A TEST, NEXT ON
CHRONICLE.
>> GOOD EVENING, DO YOU WANT
YOUR FOOD TO TASTE GOOD, YOUR
APPLIANCES TO WORK WELL, YOUR
HOME TO BE SAFE AND SECURE?
WELL, THERE IS AN ARMY OF FOLKS
WHO SHARE THAT GOAL AND IT IS
THEIR JOB TO MAKE SURE YOUR LIFE
WORKS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.
>> SO YOU THINK COMPANIES JUST
COME UP WITH IDEAS? PUT THEM ON
THE FAST-TRACK AND RUSH THEIR
PRODUCT AND SERVICES INTO THE
MARKET? NOT SO FAST.
BEHIND THE SCENES THERE IS AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TESTING,
PROBING, TRIAL AND ERROR, STOPS
AND STARTS, TONIGHT, WE WILL
TAKE A NOT ALL BEER AND
CHOCOLATE.
>> FOR NOW, HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR THE MUSEUM OF FINE
ARTS SPECTACULAR NEW ATRIUM?
>> IN THIS ROOM, IT RINGS
BETWEEN TWO AND THREE SECONDS
WITHOUT ANY ABSORPTION AT ALL IT
WOULD RING FOR MORE THAN EIGHT
SECONDS.
>> BEFORE THE MFA BUILT ITS NEW
AMERICAN WING IT WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT THE ADJACENT ATRIUM WOULD
SOUND LIKE.
>> IT IS A SPACE THAT IS
CHARACTERIZED BY STONE, GLASS,
METAL, MATERIALS THAT ARE HARD,
SOUND REFLECTIVE, AND THE MUSEUM
WAS RIGHTLY CONCERNED THAT IT
NOT BE A TOTAL CACOPHONY WHEN
EVENTS WERE GOING ON IN HERE.
>> ENTER BEN MARKUM AND AN ACT
CUSTODY STALL DESIGN TEAM IN
CAMBRIDGE.
>> WE CAN LISTENING FROM LISTEN
ARE THE SAME SEATING IN THE
BALCONY BUT WITH THE CURTAIN
EXTENDED.
>> USING A TECHNIQUE, THEY
CREATE COMPUTER MODELS THAT
PREDICT WHAT A ROOM WILL SOUND
LIKE BEFORE IT IS BUILT.
>> IT DOES.
IT DRIVES IT OUT A LITTLE BIT,
SHARPENS THE ATTACK, YES.
>> FOR THE MFA PROJECT ASYNTEX
THEY MADE RECORDING OF A NUMBER
OF ATRIUMS LIKE AT THE PEABODY
MUSEUM AND SOUTH STATION USING
PROPRIETARY ALGORITHMS AND A
DASH OF SECRET SAUCE THEY WERE
ABLE TO CREATE A VIRTUAL ATRIUM,
LETTING ITS MUSEUM CLIENTS
LISTEN TO THEIR YET UNBUILT
SPACE.
>> HERE IS THE ROOM FILLED WITH
500 PEOPLE WHEN I SWITCH, WE
WILL ADD A SWING BAND TO THE 500
PEOPLE DURING A DINING EVENT.
>> NOISY, REALLY HARD TO HEAR,
REALLY HARD TO TELL WHAT IS
GOING ON AND BY ADDING
ABSORPTION INCREMENTALLY WE GOT
TO A POINT WHERE THAT MUSIC CAN
STILL BE IN THE ROOM AND STILL A
DINING EVENT WITH 500 PEOPLE BUT
ARE WITH THE RIGHT ACT CUSTODY
STALL, ACOUSTIC CAL TREATMENT IN
PLACE.
>> ACT CUSTODY CAL TREATMENT
BEHIND COLUMNS AND UNDER THE
FLOORING HAVE HELPED TAME THIS
WILD, GRAND SPACE.
>> THE RESULT, I THINK, IS A
SPACE THAT IS LIVELY, ENERGETIC,
MONUMENTAL BUT NOT A KOFFNOUS,
NOT.
>> CACOPHONY OUS.
>>
DO YOU FIND HEARING YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S LEAF BLOWER ANNOYING,
DOES HAIR BLOWERS AT THE GYM SET
YOUR TEETH ON EDGE? YOU ARE NOT
ALONE, SOUND CAN DO FUNNY THINGS
TO PEOPLE.
LUCKILY, THERE IS AN APP FOR
THAT.
>> TODAY, DATE BATEMAN IS
PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON
THE QUELLSLY HIGH SCHOOL, TUNING
THE SOUND OF THE SPACE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S PUT THIS ONE IN THE CENTER
AND WE WILL TAKE A MEASUREMENT
THERE.
>> HIS FIRM ASYNTAX IS IN
TECHNICAL SOUND DESIGN AND PART
OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY IS MAKING
SURE THE ROOM SOUND THE WAY THEY
PREDICTED IT WOULD SEVERAL YEARS
AGO BEFORE ANYTHING WAS BUILT.
>> THIS IS A DAY IN THE WHOLE
DESIGN PROCESS.
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DOING IT ON
PAPER, YOU BUILDING MODELS,
OKAY, I HOPE THIS GOES WELL.
AND THEN TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO
COME OUT AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT
IS ON PAPER COME OUT TO BE DONE
AS WELL AS IT IS, THE SOUND, TO
TO SOUND CORRECT, SO IT SOUND
GREAT.
>> THEY DID THE ACT CUSTODY CAL
WORK ON THE NEW ATRIUM AS WELL
AS SUCH VAUNTED PERFORMANCE
SPACES AS BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL.
>> VERY CAREFULLY WE MIGHT ADD
..
>> ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TELLS
ABOUT TIFFANY HALL IF YOU ARE
ALREADY AT THE TIP OF MOUNT
EVEREST EVERY STEP YOU TAKE IS
DOWNHILL SO IN A SENSE OUR ROLE
AT SYMPHONY A HALL HAS BEEN
LAUNCHED OVER THE ACOUSTICS.
>> BUT THEIR WORK CAN RANGE FROM
THE GRAND TO THE GRIND.
>> GLAD DISUNGER IS WITH THE
PRODUCT NOISE GROUP.
>> I HAVE DONE TOYS, A LOT OF
THINGS THAT MOVE AIR, VACUUM
CLEANERS, LEAF BLOWERS AND
KITCHEN APPLIANCES, THINGS LIKE
BLENDERS.
>> COMPANIES KNOW THAT HOW
THINGS SOUND CAN INFLUENCE WHAT
WE BUY, THAT'S WHEN THEY CALL IN
ASYNTEX.
>> THE EXAMPLE WE LIKE TO GIVE
IS IF YOU GO TO BUY A CAR AND
YOU SLAM THE DOOR, IF THE CAR
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE DOOR IS
STURDY, AND IT IS REALLY GOING
TO TURN YOU OFF TO THAT CAR.
>> UNGER BREAKS DOWN PRODUCTS
THAT TRACE UNPLEASANT NOISES AND
RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS.
>> IT IS KIND OF LIKE A
DETECTIVE, AND WE TEAR THESE
THINGS APART.
>> EVEN UNMENTIONABLES COME IN
FOR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
>> YES, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE