How do acoustic designs of concert halls work?
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Sound travels by shaking the air. When a wave hits a surface it can be absorbed, bounce or go through depending on the properies of the surface it hits. A hard, thick, flar surface will make it bounce the most, that’s why we get echoes in canyons and empty rooms.
A soft textured surface will absorb and break the sound. That’s why once you furnish an apparment the echo goes away.
In the case of a concert hall, you don’t want the sound to bounce because it will shake the air over the sound of the music making louder and less clear. For this reason concert halls are desigbed with surfaces that use different textures and angles to avoid sounds from bouncing back and ruining the music.
Sound travels by shaking the air. When a wave hits a surface it can be absorbed, bounce or go through depending on the properies of the surface it hits. A hard, thick, flar surface will make it bounce the most, that’s why we get echoes in canyons and empty rooms.
A soft textured surface will absorb and break the sound. That’s why once you furnish an apparment the echo goes away.
In the case of a concert hall, you don’t want the sound to bounce because it will shake the air over the sound of the music making louder and less clear. For this reason concert halls are desigbed with surfaces that use different textures and angles to avoid sounds from bouncing back and ruining the music.
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