Musicians enjoy an acoustically tuned room that helps invigorate their performances.
ACOUSTICAL GOAL
Use absorption and diffusion for a rich, musical sound field. Absorption also improves the clarity of conversation between instructors and students.
DESIGN OPTIONS
Functional and cost-effective finishes are common, with wood finishes available where budgets allow.
PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES
Diffusive and absorptive wall and ceiling treatments.
Typically, wall panels are used to control echoes in large rooms, enabling instructor-led learning while tuning the room for optimal sound.
ABSORBER
Cost-effective absorbers, efficient in 1" thickness for speech frequencies. Flush-mountable on gypsum board ceiling and walls.
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ABSORBER
Resists medium impacts and increases absorption in all frequencies. Typically used on walls.
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For full-spectrum sound, engineered panels provide more precise frequency absorption.
TUNED ABSORBER
Specially tuned absorbers that preserve high frequencies.
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BALANCED ABSORBER
Low-frequency absorbers with excellent balance across all frequencies.
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T60 refers to the amount of time it takes for a sound to decay 60 dB. Absorptive materials lower T60 times to the desired level. Optimal times differ for each type of space and can be modeled using the absorption data of each product and the surfaces of the room.
For musical venues, T60 times are normally aimed at 1.5 seconds or higher to keep some background reverberation. However, music education spaces have lower targets. Larger band and instrument rooms aim for 0.9 to 1.1 seconds, to account for conversation from instructors and classmates. Smaller practice rooms can range as low as 0.6 to 0.8 seconds, which is similar to regular classrooms. For better sound quality in all frequencies, also consider diffusers and engineered absorption panels.
UNTREATED
With large, uniform surfaces in a room, harsh reflections cause acoustic glare, which can produce undesirable sounds for music.
DIFFUSED
Musicians and vocalists are given a sense of envelopment, because sound energy travels evenly and from many different directions.
DIFFUSER
Broad-spectrum, cost-effective, and multi-directional diffusers come in two different shapes - radius and pyramidal.
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DIFFUSER
Solid wood diffusers in cherry, maple, oak and poplar.
Use MidTones for frequencies between 630 Hz and 2,500 Hz.
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DIFFUSER
Solid wood diffusers in cherry, maple, oak and poplar.
Use HighTones for frequencies greater than 2,500 Hz.
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