Simple Steps to Test Room Acoustics by GraySpark

1
Simple Steps to Test Room Acoustics
2
Importance of Acoustics

• The impact and importance of room acoustics are
  rarely acknowledged by musicians.
• Everything about a room the shape, the
  furniture, and the materialsgreatly influences
  the perceived sound when you are in the room.

3
Pink Noise for Testing Room Acoustics

• The best way to thoroughly understand the
  dynamics of a rooms acoustics
• This test will allow you to find the problem
  areas of a room.
• Once you understand how sound is impacted in a
  room, it becomes much easier to shape and develop
  the acoustics to a neutral and even status.

4
Treat the room and re-test room acoustics

• Once you have a general idea of the room
  acoustics, and in particular the problem areas,
  you can begin to treat these areas.
• It might be helpful to move furniture around and
  notice how the acoustics have changed.
• If you will be treating the walls, floor, and
  ceiling, hang the treatments and lay the
  carpeting parallel to the points in the room that
  are the most problematic.

5
Flutter Echoes

• Close the door, stand in the middle of the room,
  and clap loudly. You will likely notice a fast
  series of sharp, high pitched echoes. These are
  often referred to as flutter echoes.
• The intensity of these echoes denote the quality
  of the acoustics in the room.
• It may be helpful to perform this experiment in a
  number of different rooms of different shapes and
  sizes to attune your ear to the variation in room
  acoustics.

6
Thank You!
2nd floor, Kalamkar Paradise, opposite the TVS
showroom, Baner road, Pune 411045 http//academ
y.gray-spark.com/