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Broadly speaking, architectural acoustics tends to include concert halls, conference rooms, halls or centers designed exclusively for the playback of music, live concerts, video conferencing, and so forth, where the primary concern lies in the intelligibility of the speech or the spoken word. Architectural acoustics differs from industrial acoustics, or audiometry acoustics, since the frequencies and amplitude levels encountered in architectural acoustics tend to span much greater bandwidths since there could be a combination of musical instruments which vary in both frequency and amplitude.
Unless, playback is reproduced with as close a degree of precision as it is played on stage, music can be distorted, speech can become unintelligible and the whole effort is lost in conducting the program. Several factors determine the quality of the reproduced sound / music source and paramount in this is the reverberation time of the room or auditorium in question. Keeping the reverberation time at prescribed levels requires the evaluation and treatment of the walls, ceiling and possibly the floor as well with sound absorbing material.Generally speaking, reverberation times should lie in the range of 0.6 to 0.7 seconds and is a function of the volume of the space being considered.
Background noise is comprised of noise from building systems, exterior sound transmission, and sound transmission from adjacent spaces. Excessive background noise can seriously degrade the ability to communicate. Controlling the background noise levels within a space involves careful consideration of several building systems. Noise from HVAC, electrical fixtures, light fixtures, and plumbing systems should all be considered in the noise control design. Adopting an approach such as this involves the close collaboration between the architect and building contractors whose joint responsibility is to specify systems and installation methods in order to meet the background noise levels required.
Needless to mention, the quality and selection of the various electronic components that form the amplification & mixing processes in sound reproduction form an important link in the whole concept of arriving at the best results.
At Orion Acoustics, we take a broad perspective of all these parameters and work in close collaboration with architects, contractors, stage lighting and sound system engineers.
Please note that our responsibility lies in providing the right acoustics for the built environment and does not include the design and supply / installation of stage lighting, HVAC /plumbing systems, audio equipment like mixer consoles, amplifiers, microphones and loudspeaker systems. These aspects are typically addressed by renowned companies who cater to such needs exclusively.
Interested clients are requested to clearly specify their application needs to Orion Acoustics after which, one or two site visits would be required in the presence of the builder / architect, where the details are worked out. Subsequently, a noise mapping process (loudness levels) will be carried out within the environment to ascertain which areas require what degree of acoustic treatment.