ACOUSTICS

AUDITORIUM

INTRODUCTION

The auditorium, as a place for listening developed from

the classical open-air theaters.
In some ways, even the largest hall is no different from
the smaller rooms, the basic acoustic criteria are the
same.

Must have a low ambient noise level from internal and external
sources

Provide a reasonable level of acoustic gain

Provide appropriate reverberation time

Avoid artifacts such as echoes.

Hearing conditions in any auditorium are considerably affected by

purely architectural considerations like: - Shape - Layout of boundary
surfaces - Dimensions - Seating arrangements - Volume - Audience
capacity.

Defects:

SOUND REFLECTING PANEL

PYRAMID DIFFUSERS HAVE

AN OFFSET PYRAMID
DESIGN AND ARE USED IN
ROOMS SUCH AS LISTENING
AND PERFORMANCE AREAS,
WHERE THE EVEN
DISTRIBUTION OF SOUND IS
IMPORTANT.

THE PYRAMID DIFFUSER

CAN BE INSTALLED IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO
CREATE UNIQUE WALL AND
CEILING DESIGNS.

SOUND PANEL

DIFFUSERS REFLECT THE

ENERGY BACK INTO THE ROOM.
THIS ELIMINATES ACOUSTIC
GLARE AND GIVES THE
IMPRESSION OF BEING IN A
LARGER, MORE NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT.
SOUND ARRIVES AS A WAVE
FRONT AND ENTERS THE
DIFFUSERS PHASE GRID WHERE
IT WILL BE REFLECTED BACK
INTO THE ROOM.
SINCE THE WELLS ARE OF
VARYING DEPTHS, THE ENERGY
EXITS AT DIFFERENT TIMES
RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER.

ACOUSTIC TREATMENT ON
SIDE WALLS

ACOUSTIC TREATMENT ON
FLOOR

CARPET
PLYWOOD
FLOORING
CONCRETE
FLOOR

ROOM SHAPE
A rectangular shoebox-type hall, with

NORMAL SURROUND A rectangular

shoebox-type hall, with the stage across
one narrow end, may be excellent for
music where an audience can be seated
farther away and a greater ratio of
reverberant sound is desirable.
However, a rectangular geometry is only
suitable for a relatively small speech
hall.