Acoustic

Acoustics is a branch of physics focusing on the study of sound. Acoustic may refer to:

Music

Albums

• Acoustic (Above & Beyond album), 2014
• Acoustic (Deine Lakaien album), 2007
• Acoustic (Eva Cassidy album), 2017
• Acoustic (Everything but the Girl album), 1992
• Acoustic (John Lennon album), 2004
• Acoustic (Love Amongst Ruin album), 2011
• Acoustic (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album), 1994
• Acoustic (Nouvelle Vague album), 2009
• Acoustic (Simple Minds album), 2016
• The Acoustic by Ektomorf, 2012
• Acoustic by Oumou Sangaré, 2020
• Acoustic Volume 2 by Joey Cape and Tony Sly, 2012

EPs and singles

• Acoustic (Bayside EP), 2006
• Acoustic (Britt Nicole EP), 2010
• Acoustic (Coldplay EP), 2000
• Acoustic (Lights EP), 2010
• Acoustic (Second Coming EP), an acoustic version of 13, 2003
• Acoustic, by Brandi Carlile, 2004
• Acoustic, by Gabrielle Aplin, 2010
• Acoustic, by Press to Meco, 2019
• "Acoustic" (single), "Follow You Home" and "Refugees", by Embrace, 2014

Companies

• Acoustic (magazine)
• Acoustic Guitar (magazine)
• Acoustic Disc, a record label owned by David Grisman
• Acoustic Control Corporation, produced amplifiers

Other music

• Acoustic guitar, as opposed to electric guitar
• Acoustic bass guitar, as opposed to electric bass guitar
• Acoustic music, music that solely or primarily uses non-electrical instruments
• Acoustic recording, a pre-microphone method of recording
• Architectural acoustics, a branch of building design which aims for ideal sound projection
• Musical acoustics, the branch of acoustics that studies the physics of music
• Piano acoustics, the physical properties of the piano that affect its sound

Technology

• Acoustic cryptanalysis, in cryptography, a side channel attack which exploits sounds
• Acoustic fingerprint, a condensed digital summary, a fingerprint generated from an audio signal
• Acoustic location, a pre-radar and pre-sonar method of detecting hostile vehicles and vessels
• Acoustic metamaterials, engineered materials with atypical properties
• Acoustic signature, sound emitters, such as those of ships and submarines
• Acoustic thermometry, observation of ocean climate using long-range instruments
• Acoustic torpedo, a torpedo that aims itself

Other uses

• Acoustic (film), a 2010 South Korean omnibus film
• External acoustic meatus, another name for the ear canal

See also

• Acoustica (disambiguation)
• Acoustics (disambiguation)
• Acoustic EP (disambiguation), various albums
• Acoustic Sessions (disambiguation)