Changing room shape relocates resonances but never removes them

Evidence

It is also important to realize that room modes are inherent in any structure which encloses the sound sources. This means that changing the shape of the room, for example by angling the walls, does not remove the resonances—it merely changes their frequencies from values that are easily calculated to ones which are not. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2022

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the noise/silence library theme of how enclosures fundamentally shape what we hear — room modes persist regardless of geometric tricks.