I

ti s ver
yi mpor tantt o provide as much Convexs urf
aceswi l
lscattersound and concave s ur
faces
naturalrei
nforcementf ort he unamplif
ied cancaus ef ocussi
ngofs ound.F ocus si
ngofs oundi
susual
ly
voice as possible.This appli
es equall
yi n avoided becaus e,whi ls
titincr easest he s
ound l
evelfor
small
errooms ,cl assr
ooms ,meet ing r
ooms l
ist
enersatthef ocus,thoseout si
det hefocusdonotbenefit
.
etc,buti sparticular
lyimpor t
antf orl
arger The sound l evel woul d t herefore vary consi
derably
spaceswher et he dist
ance bet ween t he thr
oughoutt heaudi tori
um.F orthisreason,convexsur
faces
speakerandt hel is
teneri
sgr eater
. areusuall
yus ed.

COMMONREF
LECT
ORSUS
ED
Teakti
mberwood I tisgoodforacous t
ics
duet oitsr
efl
ecti
venat ur
e.Thet imberis
t
reated with a matte vani
sh.T he pl
ay
wit
ht i
mbers l
atsgivesa neut r
alf ort
he
l
argelyredcolorschemet amingi t
.

I
ns mall
err oomsl i
ke meet i
ng rooms,t he mainrefl
ect i
ons
come from t he centralpartoft he ceil
i
ng.Thistherefore
shoul
dbemader eflecti
ve.
Archi
tectsoftenspecifyacousti
call
yabs or
bingceil
ingti
lesin
Nat uralr einforcementi sachieved byt he
meetingroomst or educet hereverberantsoundlevels,but
st
rategi c pl acementofr efl
ecti
ve surfaces.
l
ist
eni
ng condi ti
ons woul d be improved by maki ng t he
Forex ampl ei ntheat r
esi ti
scommon t o
centr
alportionnon- absor
bing
place r eflectorsabove t he stage,and t o
angl e t hes e t o give us ef
ul refl
ect i
ons,
particularlyt ot he backoft he auditori
um. Fi
berboar
dhasbeenus edint
heacoustic
Hardf l
ats urfacescan be cons idered to ceil
i
ng panelsbecause ofitsabi
li
tyt o
r
ef l
ects ound i na s i
milarmannert ot hye r
efl
ectsoundinacont r
oll
edmanner .T
he
wayt hatami r
rorrefl
ectsli
ght(i
.etheangl e darkgreycolorused on t
he fi
ber
boar d
ofincidenceequal stheangleofr efl
ection r
educesdist
racti
on.

Anyr eflectedsoundt hatar ri

veswi t
hin50mi l
l
is
econdsofthe
dir
ects ound willhelptor einforce t
he s peech.Refl
ecti
ons
arr
iving laterthan 50 mi l
li
secondsmi ghtbe hear d asa
dis
tinctechoandwi ll
degr adei ntel
li
gibil
i
ty.
50mi ll
i
secondsi sthetimei ttakessoundt ot r
avel7meters
,so
ref
lective sur
faces /
panel sshould be des i
gned sothatthe
ref
lectivesoundhast ot r
avel nomor et han17met ersf
urt
her
thant hedi r
ectsoundt oreacht helist
ener . SOUNDREF
LECT
ORS