Posted in AV Booth, Classroom, Worship Center on Jan 15th, 2008
The three most important things to understand about the path of sound is bounce, transmission, and flanking. As the sound moves away from the source it immediately begins to decay. When a person stands outside, the sound decays at about a rate of 6 db per every doubling of distance from the source. Inside a [...]
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 Every building acoustics issue can be broken down into the three basic concepts of source, path, and receiver. The source of sound is usually quite evident. Whether it be a desired sound, such as a speaker, or an undesired sound, such as a mechanical unit or a flushing toilet, the source is usually pretty [...]
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We use the term ‘worship center’ to mean the space where a church gathers for services to ‘worship God’. Typically such ‘worship’ is centered on music; instruments and songs of praise and adoration. This is what most people think of as ‘worship’ and is certainly consistent with scripture. But there is more. I do not mean [...]
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Building acoustics is actually a science that has been explored in depth in only the last 100 years. In 1898 a Harvard physics professor by the name of Wallace Sabine was sought out to improve the atrocious acoustics in the recently constructed Fogg lecture hall. With the use of a pipe organ and a stop [...]
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