Acoustic may refer to:

  • Acoustics, 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 SangarĂ©, 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)