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Audio Technologies

Hangtechnika
A tantárgyleírás hatályossága
Hatályosság kezdete:
2026. March 21.
Hatályosság vége:
Subject name (Hungarian, English)
Hangtechnika
Audio Technologies
Subject code BMEVIHIMA12
Subject type
Training Level
Course types and hours (weekly/semester)
Course type lecture tutorial laboratory
hours (weekly) 2 1 0
type (linked/independent) derived course
Assessment type vizsga
Credits 4
Subject coordinator
DR. Márki Ferenc
position: egyetemi docens
Responsible department
Hálózati Rendszerek és Szolgáltatások Tanszék
Faculty Villamosmérnöki és Informatikai Kar
Subject website
Primary curriculum type
Direct prerequisites – Strong prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Weak prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Parallel prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Milestone prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Exclusion none

Objectives

Programme
Lectures (each in 2 hours extent):

1. lecture: Basics of aoustics from the point of view of audio engineering: sound pressure, sound pressure level, sound waves.

2. lecture: Reflections in enclosed spaces: reverberation time formulae by Sabine and Eyring, energy decay curve, critical radius, standing waves, assurance of adequate absorbance.

3. lecture: Psychoacoustics I: the mechanism of our hearing, subjective loudness, definition of phom and sone, critical bands.

4. lecture: Psychoacoustics II: spectral and temporal masking effects and their usage in psychoacoustic encodings, transient detection.

5. lecture: Sound source localisation (based on intensity and phase),
stereophonic directional hearing (phantom source localisation), surround sound: Quadro, Dolby Stereo, -Surround (Pro Logic), -Digital, Haas effect (i.e. source localisation in rooms, its use in sound reinforcement tasks).

6. lecture: Elements of sound radiation systems and their properties (regular, horn, cluster), subwoofers, positioning of loudspeakers near to walls/corners.

7. lecture: Strongly directed sound radiation, interpretation of directivity. Electronically controlled speech columns: beam-width, -elevation.

8. lecture: Line-array systems, difficulties of sound reinforcements in large-scale concerts (side radiation, positioning of subwoofers). Power properties of amplifiers: sinusoidal/musical/rms power, peak to rms ratio, optimisation for PA (=Public Addressed) applications, digital amplifier.

9. lecture: PA vs. HiFi loudspeakers (efficiency, dynamics, sound quality). Active vs. passive loudspeakers (efficiency, frequency range, sound quality, weight, price). Studio monitors vs. HiFi loudspeakers.

10. lecture: Microphones in audio engineering: dynamical, condenser, gouping of microphones based on their usage. Important parameters of microphones from the point of view of audio engineering: frequency range, directivity pattern.

11. lecture: Analogue signal transmission: symmetric-assimetric transmission, phantom powering, signal levels (microphone, electrical instruments, line level), dB references: dBV, dBm, dBu, earth-loop, DI-Box, transmission of digital audio signals: AES/EBU, SPDIF, ADAT, MADI.

12. lecture: Sound-system technique: microphones, mixing consoles, effects, loudspeakers, monitoring, recording. Channel and master section of mixing consoles, synchronisation of digital equipment, automatisation.

13. lecture: Selected topics of mobile sound reinforcement: wireless audio signal transmission, powering of loudspeakers and other sound processing devices.

+1 lecture: the sum of the 3 “small clausures” each lasting 30 minutes (equally distributed along the semester)

Laboratory (each lasting 4 hours):
1.    Sound studio practice: signal transmission
2.    Seting up and measuring sound radiation systems
3.    Programming of sound effects (in Matlab)

The goal of this lecture is to teach participants those knowledge, which is expected to be known, whom call themselves as Audio Engineer in Hungary. Special emphasis is on sound reinforcement questions, because the innocence of practicing sound engineers is in that area the greatest. The man goal of this course is to make students, who knowledge in the field of electrical engineering, able to master at high level sound reinforcement and other audio engineering tasks.

Learning outcomes

Ez a tantárgy a KKK rendeletben meghatározott, következő kompetenciák fejlesztését szolgálja:

Knowledge

No learning outcomes recorded.

Skills

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Attitudes

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Autonomy and responsibility

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Oktatási módszertan

During 10 weeks: lectures, after that 3 laboratory each lasting 4 hours

Tanulástámogató anyagok

Online források
Takács F, Hangstúdiótechnika, Műegyetemi Kiadó, 2004.; Jákó P, Digitális hangtechnika, Kossuth Kiadó, 2005.

Recommended preliminary knowledge for completing the subject

Knowledge type competencies
(azon előzetes ismeretek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
Topics of Engineering acoustics (BME VIHIMA11).
Skill type competencies
(azon előzetes képességek és készségek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
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Recommended (non-compulsory) preliminary competencies
(azon ajánlott (nem kötelező) előzetesen megszerzendő kompetenciák összessége, amelyek jelentősen hozzájárulnak a tantárgy eredményes teljesítéséhez)
Topics of Engineering acoustics (BME VIHIMA11).
General rules
Requirements: a.    During the semester: 3 “small clausures” (each lasting less than 30 minutes), from which at least 2 have to surpasse a note of 2 to receive signature. b.    In exam time: written exam with oral correction possibility c.    Computation of final note: 80% E + 10% sC/a + 10% sC/b     (rounded towards the nearest note), where E means note of the exam, sC/a and sC/b mean the 2 best notes fo the small clausures. c.    Proposed note: by absolving all three small clausures, if their mean achieves or surpasses the note 4, then by acceptance of this note d.    Pre exam: no Additional possibilities: The small clausures cannot be recovered
Assessment methods
In-term assessments

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Weight of in-term assessments

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Exam-period assessments

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Weight of exam elements

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Grade calculation

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Attendance requirements

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Rules for retake and resubmission

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Short description

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Detailed description

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Recommended courses

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Workload to complete the subject

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