Acoustic may refer to: *

Acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...

, a branch of physics focusing on the study of sound

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 David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acousti ...

, a record label owned by David Grisman *

Acoustic Control Corporation Acoustic Control Corporation was a manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, founded by Steve Marks (with the help of his father) and based in Van Nuys, California. Its original location was a shack on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. ...

, produced amplifiers

Other music

Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, as opposed to electric guitar *

Acoustic bass guitar The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than, a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar ...

, as opposed to electric bass guitar *

Acoustic music Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the a ...

, music that solely or primarily uses non-electrical instruments *

Acoustic recording A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English) or a vinyl record (for later varieties only) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The g ...

, a pre-microphone method of recording *

Architectural acoustics Architectural acoustics (also known as building acoustics) is the science and engineering of achieving a good sound within a building and is a branch of acoustical engineering. The first application of modern scientific methods to architectur ...

, a branch of building design which aims for ideal sound projection *

Musical acoustics Musical acoustics or music acoustics is a multidisciplinary field that combines knowledge from physics, psychophysics, organology (classification of the instruments), physiology, music theory, ethnomusicology, signal processing and instrument buil ...

, 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 An acoustic torpedo is a torpedo that aims itself by listening for characteristic sounds of its target or by searching for it using sonar ( acoustic homing). Acoustic torpedoes are usually designed for medium-range use, and often fired from a ...

, a torpedo that aims itself

Other uses

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