Project Overview: Acoustic Treatment for the Pinellas Park Public Works Auditorium The Pinellas Park Public Works Department Public Works Department called Commercial Acoustics in to fix significant echo and reverb in their public works auditorium. The room functions as both a training space and a public meeting venue, splittable into two halves with a retractable […]
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Dec
Dec
Project Overview: Church Acoustic Panel Installation Sanctuary Reverberation Challenges at Westcoast Church Westcoast Church in Englewood, Florida pulled the previous wall panels out of its primary sanctuary, and noise complaints followed almost immediately. The room had gone live: gabled acoustic ceiling tile overhead, painted drywall on three sides, drywall and glass on the east wall, […]
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Dec
Dec
Project Overview: Police Interview Room Acoustic Treatment Why Police Interview Rooms Need Acoustic Treatment The architect Concordia, the NOLA architecture firm on the NOPD project, called us in once it became clear the interview rooms in the Broadway Street building were not going to deliver usable speech recordings without help. The rooms were the standard […]
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Nov
Nov
Project Overview: Theater Acoustics for a School Performance Space Why Theater Acoustics Are Different from Other Performance Spaces Theaters live in a much wider RT60 range than most rooms. A restaurant lands between 0.7 and 1.1 seconds depending on whether the operator wants intimate or lively. A theater can run anywhere from 0.8 to 1.6 […]
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Nov
Nov
Project Overview: Pizzeria Acoustic Treatment at Mellow Mushroom The Pizzeria Acoustic Problem The Mellow Mushroom national pizzeria chain leans into a hip, all-ages dining environment, and the Lutz location was built like most of their stores: high ceilings, hard reflective surfaces, lots of glass and exposed structure. Those finishes look great in a brand mood […]
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Aug
Aug
Project Overview: Telecom Conference Room Acoustic Treatment Why Telecom Rooms Need Sub-1-Second RT60 Healthcare conference rooms with telecom equipment have a stricter acoustic target than most meeting spaces. Ceiling- and table-mounted microphones pick up the room’s reverberant field along with the speaker’s voice, and above 1 second RT60 the reflections smear into the direct signal […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Conference Room Acoustics with Custom Panels Why Office Conference Rooms Are the Worst Acoustic Offenders Of every acoustic problem we get called into on a weekly basis, conference room reverberation tops the list. The reasons are structural: conference rooms are bigger than the average office, they’re built around hard reflective finishes (drywall, glass, […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Clubhouse Echo Acoustic Treatment Why Clubhouses Have Persistent Echo Problems Clubhouses are one of the most common acoustic clients we work with, and the reason is structural. The standard clubhouse footprint pairs high tapered ceilings (great for visual openness) with reflective walls and hard floors (great for cleaning and durability). Together those choices […]
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Jan
Jan
Project Overview: Yeoman’s Cask & Lion Ceiling Panels Why British Pubs Are Acoustically Loud British pubs and gastropubs are built around materials that look great and sound terrible. Exposed brick, dark wood paneling, tile floors, tin ceilings, and large flat windows are the visual language of the category. Every one of those finishes reflects sound […]
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Dec
Dec
Project Overview: Creative Agency Office Acoustic Ceiling Panels Why Open-Plan Creative Offices Are Loud Creative agencies and digital media offices are usually built around the same finish palette. Polished concrete floors, exposed-deck ceilings, glass conference rooms, and minimal soft material on the walls. The aesthetic is intentional and reads as modern, but every one of […]