Greetings!
I'm looking for treatment advice for my high school concert band's rehearsal room, and having read through a number of threads here, I felt like this was the best place to start.
Some information -
The room in question is approximately 42 feet by 29 feet with 10.5 foot tall ceilings.
There are 4 windows on one of the long walls that are about 4 feet by 4 feet, the rest of the wall is cinder block.
One of the short walls is faced with drywall and has some built in shelves that are carpeted. It also has an open doorway to the office/practice room area that is 5ish feet by 8ish feet.
The two remaining walls are solely cinder block construction.
The floor is polished concrete.
The ceiling is covered in what would be considered an "acoustic tile" to the the architects that designed the building in the late 50s/early 60s. Behind those tiles is plaster.
The ensembles that currently rehearse in this room range in size from 25 to 60 players.
As the room sits, there is no other acoustic treatment other than some door seals on the doors out to the hallway, and the room is very live/wet/loud. I'd like to tame it down enough to be able to pick out finer details, and help preserve the group's hearing. Should I be focusing my treatment more on absorption than diffusion?
Most of the reading I've done so far (on this forum and other places) is mainly focused in the theater and listening room realms, and I'm just not sure if those guidelines are a good starting point for us. I do plan on getting an RTA mic and running REW in the room to get some starting data once the building opens back up on August 1st.
I'm looking for treatment advice for my high school concert band's rehearsal room, and having read through a number of threads here, I felt like this was the best place to start.
Some information -
The room in question is approximately 42 feet by 29 feet with 10.5 foot tall ceilings.
There are 4 windows on one of the long walls that are about 4 feet by 4 feet, the rest of the wall is cinder block.
One of the short walls is faced with drywall and has some built in shelves that are carpeted. It also has an open doorway to the office/practice room area that is 5ish feet by 8ish feet.
The two remaining walls are solely cinder block construction.
The floor is polished concrete.
The ceiling is covered in what would be considered an "acoustic tile" to the the architects that designed the building in the late 50s/early 60s. Behind those tiles is plaster.
The ensembles that currently rehearse in this room range in size from 25 to 60 players.
As the room sits, there is no other acoustic treatment other than some door seals on the doors out to the hallway, and the room is very live/wet/loud. I'd like to tame it down enough to be able to pick out finer details, and help preserve the group's hearing. Should I be focusing my treatment more on absorption than diffusion?
Most of the reading I've done so far (on this forum and other places) is mainly focused in the theater and listening room realms, and I'm just not sure if those guidelines are a good starting point for us. I do plan on getting an RTA mic and running REW in the room to get some starting data once the building opens back up on August 1st.