Hunter Scarpa
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Soundproofing a Church Sanctuary
How Do I Soundproof A Church? Soundproofing a church and providing acoustical treatment for places of worship can be a challenging process. You must balance the acoustics of the spoken word, the choir, and live musical content to enrich the worship experience. Today’s places of worship have higher attendance volume and a larger […] Read More »
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Case Study: Union Chapel
Summary: Customer contacted Acoustical Solutions for help with their religious space, they had a reverb time that was over 2-3/4 seconds, which makes it hard for everyone to hear and understand the speaker. We decided that the walls were the culprit and needed AlphaSorb Panels to calm the echo/reverb down. Acoustical Solutions determined that we […] Read More »
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Case Study: ROART
Summary: Customer contacted us to solve a sound issue in a client’s conference room but wanted to do it with flare. After talking about the project with the customer, we discovered that we could together design and produce custom pieces that would go together like a puzzle on the wall with two colors. Application […] Read More »
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Suspended Ceiling Treatments
Suspended ceiling treatments are essential to office acoustics. We will cover how they relate to several office related noise problems and how suspended ceiling treatments can help. While this article is geared towards office applications, please note that many of these principles can also be applied to school classrooms, commercial spaces, and residential applications. Drop […] Read More »
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Acoustic Testing: Computer Modeling vs. Real World Accuracy
For anyone that is interested in the accuracy of different methods of acoustic testing (computer modeling vs. real world accuracy) for determining the STC of a wall assembly, Sound & Vibration Magazine has an article in its December 2014 issue. It covers the testing comparison of the different methods, using four types of wall assemblies. A very […] Read More »
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How to Soundproof a Rooftop Ventilation System
We recently received a question about how to soundproof a rooftop ventilation system. There is no stock solution, unfortunately. It’s impractical for any company to stock soundproofing enclosures for every piece of noisy equipment. The differences in ventilation requirements, size, and ease of access make this impossible. These soundproof enclosures can, however, be made custom […] Read More »