EDUCATIONAL (New section)
Very short guide to analysis of machine vibration [PDF]
How to make a noise complaint: UK [WEBSITE]
Basic general introduction to musical acoustics [VIDEO]
Principles of vibration isolation and damping [PDF]
How to arrange your loudspeakers for a perfect listening experience [VIDEO]
Principles of microphonics and guide to major types [VIDEO]
Excellent account of how the human hearing system works [VIDEO]
Very short guide to analysis of machine vibration [PDF]
How to make a noise complaint: UK [WEBSITE]
Basic general introduction to musical acoustics [VIDEO]
Principles of vibration isolation and damping [PDF]
How to arrange your loudspeakers for a perfect listening experience [VIDEO]
Principles of microphonics and guide to major types [VIDEO]
Excellent account of how the human hearing system works [VIDEO]
GENERAL
Institute of Acoustics
www.ioa.org.uk
Audio Engineering Society
www.aes.org
The Acoustics Group of the National Physical Laboratory
Metrology and research for sound in air, underwater and ultrasonics
http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/acoustics/
Acoustical Society of America
asa.aip.org
University of Salford
www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
www.isvr.soton.ac.uk
Acoustic animations
http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
More acoustic animations
http://www.acs.psu.edu/users/sparrow/animations.html
Even more acoustics animations
alt.sci.physics.acoustics
Musical acoustics demonstrations
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/
Acoustics at the University of Strathclyde
http://www.strath.ac.uk/eee/research/cue/
Acoustics at Loughborough University
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aae/archive/research/groups/structural-mechanics-acoustics/structuraldynamicsandacousticsresearchsub-group/
ELECTROACOUSTICS, RECORDING & HIFI
Links to many audio sites and companies
http://www.audiodirectory.nl/
Audio world
http://www.audioworld.com/
Brüel & Kjær
Manufactures transducers, instruments and software for sound, acceleration, and vibration measurement and analysis.
www.bksv.co.uk/
Sony
www.sony.co.uk/
HEAD acoustics: head-related recording and playback systems
www.head-acoustics.de/eng/
Electroacoustic resources
http://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/EARS/
Castle Acoustics
www.castle.uk.com/
How to arrange your loudspeakers for a perfect listening experience
Principles of microphonics and guide to major types
Audio circuit designs
http://www.redcircuits.com/
HEARING, AUDIOLOGY, AUDIOMETRY
American Academy of Audiology
http://www.audiology.org/
Audiology Online
http://www.audiologyonline.com/
Audiology guidance and links
http://www.worldaudiology.com/
British Academy of Audiology
http://www.baaudiology.org/
British Society of Audiology
http://www.thebsa.org.uk/
Excellent account of how the human hearing system works
NOISE
Noise Abatement Society
noiseabatementsociety.com/
Hoare Lea (Acoustics)
Noise consultancy and measurement services
www.hoarelea.com › Services
Association of Noise Consultants
www.association-of-noise-consultants.co.uk
Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) (USA)
http://www.inceusa.org/
Practical sound insulation guidance
http://www.airo.co.uk/insul.htm
Rockwool
UK's leading manufacturer in sustainable stone and mineral wool insulation materials for thermal, fire and acoustic insulation.
www.rockwool.co.uk/
How to make a noise complaint: UK
SOUNDSCAPES
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
http://wfae.proscenia.net/
Global soundscapes
https://www.globalsoundscapes.org/
Soundscape collection at the British Library
sounds.bl.uk/environment/soundscapes
EU COST soundscape programme
soundscape-cost.org/
SOUND ART Acoustic ecology
http://www.acousticecology.org
Phonography (field recordings)
http://www.phonography.org
Janek Schafer: sound art and electronic music
http://www.audioh.com/information/soundartresource.html
Steim Center for Research & Development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts
http://www.steim.org
Gallery of interactive sound pieces
http://www.soundtoys.net/
Sonic Arts Network
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/
Electronic Music Foundation
http://www.emf.org/
SOUND STUDIES
European Sound Studies Association
www.soundstudies.eu/
UK Sound Studies database
soundstudies.org.uk/
Journal of Sonic Studies
sonicstudies.org/
Functional sounds
Research on designing sound with a functional purpose (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
http://www.soundstudieslab.org/projects/functional-sounds/
Audiovisual Culture and the Good Sound (University of Aarhus)
http://ak.au.dk/en/
ULTRASOUND
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
www.aium.org
IEEE – Ultrasound Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control
www.ieee-uffc.org/
Regional Medical Physics, UK
www.rmpd.org.uk/links/links_ultrasound.htm
Oxford University, BUBL,(Biomedical Ultrasonics and Biotherapy Laboratory )
www.ibme.ox.ac.uk/bubl
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
http://www.aium.org/
Cambridge Ultrasonics
R&D service provider of novel ultrasonic systems
http://www.cambridgeultrasonics.com/
Ultrasim simulator for finding the sound field from transducers, primarily for medical ultrasound.
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~ultrasim/
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
National Oceanography Centre
noc.ac.uk/
Marine mammal acoustics
http://www.pamguard.org
Discovery of sound in the sea
Lots of information about underwater sound
http://www.dosits.org/
Marine Acoustics Institute
http://www.instituteformarineacoustics.org/
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (US); ocean acoustics section
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/acoustics/acoustics.html
Underwater propagation, and sound levels [NEW]
http://www.arc.id.au/UWAcoustics.html
VIBRATION
The UK Health and Safety Executive's guidance on vibration at work
http://www.hse.gov.uk/VIBRATION/Index.htm
Vibration Institute
http://www.vi-institute.org/
Vibration calculator
http://www.cvmsl.co.uk/vibration-calculator.php
DEFRA's 2007 Guide to human responses to vibration (in residential environments)
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/documents/human-response-vibration-residential-environments.pdf
Principles of vibration isolation and damping
Very short guide to analysis of machine vibration
Institute of Acoustics
www.ioa.org.uk
Audio Engineering Society
www.aes.org
The Acoustics Group of the National Physical Laboratory
Metrology and research for sound in air, underwater and ultrasonics
http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/acoustics/
Acoustical Society of America
asa.aip.org
University of Salford
www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
www.isvr.soton.ac.uk
Acoustic animations
http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
More acoustic animations
http://www.acs.psu.edu/users/sparrow/animations.html
Even more acoustics animations
alt.sci.physics.acoustics
Musical acoustics demonstrations
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/
Acoustics at the University of Strathclyde
http://www.strath.ac.uk/eee/research/cue/
Acoustics at Loughborough University
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aae/archive/research/groups/structural-mechanics-acoustics/structuraldynamicsandacousticsresearchsub-group/
ELECTROACOUSTICS, RECORDING & HIFI
Links to many audio sites and companies
http://www.audiodirectory.nl/
Audio world
http://www.audioworld.com/
Brüel & Kjær
Manufactures transducers, instruments and software for sound, acceleration, and vibration measurement and analysis.
www.bksv.co.uk/
Sony
www.sony.co.uk/
HEAD acoustics: head-related recording and playback systems
www.head-acoustics.de/eng/
Electroacoustic resources
http://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/EARS/
Castle Acoustics
www.castle.uk.com/
How to arrange your loudspeakers for a perfect listening experience
Principles of microphonics and guide to major types
Audio circuit designs
http://www.redcircuits.com/
HEARING, AUDIOLOGY, AUDIOMETRY
American Academy of Audiology
http://www.audiology.org/
Audiology Online
http://www.audiologyonline.com/
Audiology guidance and links
http://www.worldaudiology.com/
British Academy of Audiology
http://www.baaudiology.org/
British Society of Audiology
http://www.thebsa.org.uk/
Excellent account of how the human hearing system works
NOISE
Noise Abatement Society
noiseabatementsociety.com/
Hoare Lea (Acoustics)
Noise consultancy and measurement services
www.hoarelea.com › Services
Association of Noise Consultants
www.association-of-noise-consultants.co.uk
Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) (USA)
http://www.inceusa.org/
Practical sound insulation guidance
http://www.airo.co.uk/insul.htm
Rockwool
UK's leading manufacturer in sustainable stone and mineral wool insulation materials for thermal, fire and acoustic insulation.
www.rockwool.co.uk/
How to make a noise complaint: UK
SOUNDSCAPES
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
http://wfae.proscenia.net/
Global soundscapes
https://www.globalsoundscapes.org/
Soundscape collection at the British Library
sounds.bl.uk/environment/soundscapes
EU COST soundscape programme
soundscape-cost.org/
SOUND ART Acoustic ecology
http://www.acousticecology.org
Phonography (field recordings)
http://www.phonography.org
Janek Schafer: sound art and electronic music
http://www.audioh.com/information/soundartresource.html
Steim Center for Research & Development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts
http://www.steim.org
Gallery of interactive sound pieces
http://www.soundtoys.net/
Sonic Arts Network
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/
Electronic Music Foundation
http://www.emf.org/
SOUND STUDIES
European Sound Studies Association
www.soundstudies.eu/
UK Sound Studies database
soundstudies.org.uk/
Journal of Sonic Studies
sonicstudies.org/
Functional sounds
Research on designing sound with a functional purpose (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
http://www.soundstudieslab.org/projects/functional-sounds/
Audiovisual Culture and the Good Sound (University of Aarhus)
http://ak.au.dk/en/
ULTRASOUND
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
www.aium.org
IEEE – Ultrasound Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control
www.ieee-uffc.org/
Regional Medical Physics, UK
www.rmpd.org.uk/links/links_ultrasound.htm
Oxford University, BUBL,(Biomedical Ultrasonics and Biotherapy Laboratory )
www.ibme.ox.ac.uk/bubl
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
http://www.aium.org/
Cambridge Ultrasonics
R&D service provider of novel ultrasonic systems
http://www.cambridgeultrasonics.com/
Ultrasim simulator for finding the sound field from transducers, primarily for medical ultrasound.
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~ultrasim/
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
National Oceanography Centre
noc.ac.uk/
Marine mammal acoustics
http://www.pamguard.org
Discovery of sound in the sea
Lots of information about underwater sound
http://www.dosits.org/
Marine Acoustics Institute
http://www.instituteformarineacoustics.org/
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (US); ocean acoustics section
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/acoustics/acoustics.html
Underwater propagation, and sound levels [NEW]
http://www.arc.id.au/UWAcoustics.html
VIBRATION
The UK Health and Safety Executive's guidance on vibration at work
http://www.hse.gov.uk/VIBRATION/Index.htm
Vibration Institute
http://www.vi-institute.org/
Vibration calculator
http://www.cvmsl.co.uk/vibration-calculator.php
DEFRA's 2007 Guide to human responses to vibration (in residential environments)
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/documents/human-response-vibration-residential-environments.pdf
Principles of vibration isolation and damping
Very short guide to analysis of machine vibration