Soundscapes in Piazza della Repubblica of Tresigallo, Italy

Research in outdoor acoustics is not widely studied as room acoustics from an immersive-experience point of view. However, the combination of 3D audio with a panoramic view makes the urban environment more engaging. For this campaign of measurements, a 64-channel spherical array microphone has been used, corresponding to a resolution equal to high-order ambisonics (HOA). This paper deals with the analysis of a soundscape taken in Piazza della Repubblica in Tresigallo, a historical square located in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. This place is characterized by a very calm environment, dominated only by road traffic noise. The audio recording has been analyzed by using environmental parameters such as loudness, sharpness, prominence, and roughness.