Re: Choir acoustics

["Daniel L. MacIsaac" <Dan.MacIsaac@nau.edu>]

One thing often done is to hang reflective panels to liven things up. I'd
try hanging  showerboard as it's nice and shiny and pretty light and
affordable.  

Monitor speakers were mentioned before; stages often sound dead to performers
and require monitors.

Dan M

> On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:08:58 -0400 (EDT) "Donald E. Simanek"
> <dsimanek@eagle.lhup.edu> writes:
> > On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Swanson, Rick wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone recommend ways to improve the acoustics for a choir in a
> > > church with a limited budget.
> > >
> > > The chapel seats about 400 and they think that the sound is "dead". 
> > > Some of the members were told to "ask a physics teacher". So they 
> > did.
> >
> > What do musically savvy people in the *audience* think of the sound?
> > Sometimes the sound getting back to the stage is unsatisfactory, 
> > though
> > that in the autitorium is ok. If that's the case, it can affect the
> > performers and the performance, and may be curable with a suitably 
> > placed
> > ceiling reflector to bounce some sound back to the stage area.
> >
> > If the audience area really has 'dead' sound, then something (walls,
> > ceiling, carpet, audience) is absorbing too much. A somewhat more
> > reflective environment would be in order. 
> >
> > Tom Rossing would be a good person to ask. Anyone know his e-mail 
> > address?
> > He 'wrote the book' on sound.
> >
> > 	- Donald
> What about Morse and Ingard?
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