The total environment of a work of art as it is created by the various parts of the composition working together
a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"
Loosely, the term is equivalent to atmosphere or mood, but more specifically, ambiance is the atmosphere or mood of a particular setting or location Ambiance is particularly vital to gothic literature and the horror story See atmosphere and mood
A term used to describe the greater feeling of depth when listening to a surround soundtrack It could be the hum of distant machinery, the echo after a thunder clap or reverberation of a scene in a large church hall
The result of sound reflections in a confined space being added to the original sound Ambience may also be created electronically by some digital reverb units The main difference between ambience and reverberation is that ambience doesn't have the characteristic long delay time of reverberation - the reflections mainly give the sound a sense of space
That portion of the background sound in a music hall, auditorium, or listening environment other than that resulting from reflected program sound Ambience includes intrusion of natural environmental noise inherent in the location, air-conditioning noise, audience noise, etc
The acoustic characteristics of a space with regard to reverberation A room with a lot of reverb is said to be "live"; one without much reverb is "dead "
The ambience of a place is the character and atmosphere that it seems to have. The overall ambience of the room is cosy. = atmosphere. the qualities and character of a particular place and the way these make you feel = atmosphere pleasant/relaxing/friendly etc ambience (ambiance, from ambiant, from ; AMBIENT)
The acoustical character of a listening or performing space, determined mainly by the timing, level, frequency balance, and directions of sound reflections in it
The acoustic characteristics of a space with regard to reverberation A room with a lot of reverb is said to be "live"; one without much reverb is said to be "dead"