Saint Sergius & Bacchus church from 527 was modelled as part of the CAHRISMA project (Conservation of the Acoustical Heritage by the Revival and Identification of the Sinan’s Mosques Acoustics). Sergius & Bacchus is a typical byzantine church, with a central dome and an ambulatorium. It has a reverberation time of around 3 sec (1000 Hz).

Measurements were simulated with 2 sources in 10 receiver positions – here we are having a look around the room.

Wireframe of SS Sergius & Bacchus, displaying source and receiver positions (for the simulated parameters).

Source 1 active. Examples of simulated room acoustic parameters compared to the real measured values.

Source 2 active. Examples of simulated room acoustic parameters compared to the real measured values.

Source and receiver positions (for the auralization).

Anechoic recording
Byzantine hymn
Demo sounds
View from receiver
Demo sound
Receiver position 1
View from receiver
church 3d model
Demo sound
Receiver position 2
View from receiver
church 3d model

Below you may download an ODEON Zip Archive of this example, which is a packaged ODEON model (for ODEON Auditorium or Combined, 15.15 or newer) containing all the necessary files to run it: room geometry, assigned materials, source and receiver placements, anechoic recordings, etc. The extracted anechoic recordings can then be used for auralizations on any other room model. 

To unzip an ODEON Zip Archive:

  1. Launch ODEON
  2. Go to File > Zip > Unzip archive
  3. Select your downloaded ODEON Zip Archive
  4. Select a folder to extract the files 
 

ODEON will then automatically load the room.

ODEON Zip Archive download

Room: Saint Sergius Bacchus.

We have more ODEON Zip Archives available for download, which include different room models and anechoic recordings.