What Can "Go Wrong" in Acoustic Measurements: Common Errors, Hardware Failures and Mistakes.

Making acoustic measurements is challenging. A lot of things can go wrong: microphones can fail or be damaged, animals can gnaw cables, clocks will drift, weather conditions can change, details about the measurement can be lost, even highly competent people can make mistakes. New capabilities in sound level meters & computers and small changes in working practice can avoid, mitigate, salvage or at least understand "what went wrong". This presentation will share experiences and lessons learned from working with instrumentation designers and users in industry and government. Please come willing to share your experiences so others can learn.