Abstract
Students can learn about standing waves in rooms as they recreate the classic 1970 recording by Lucier, “I Am Sitting in a Room”. In this work, the composer records himself describing the process in which he is engaged. The approximately 1‐min recording of his speech is then played back and re‐recorded in the same acoustic environment (an unspecified room). The recording and playback process is repeated several times; the complete work consists of a sequential playback of each iteration. From an acoustically unremarkable, if slightly reverberant, initial recording, the speech is altered with each iteration as the resonance frequencies of the room are amplified relative to other frequencies. Eventually, intelligibility is lost and all that is heard are the modulated tones comprising the harmonic series. Using only a microphone, a digital recording device, a playback system, and a suitable room, students can reproduce this effect while investigating how the room dimensions, shape, and wall materials affect the final outcome.
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