It was a simple enough request: The pastor said, “Please come help us set up our new equalizer. We just bought this piece of equipment and we want to make sure our church sounds right.” Turns out, it wasn’t that simple. This is a lesson in asking the right questions... read more…
It’s been 25 years since I wrote an article entitled “Exposing Acoustical Myths.” At the very top of the list was the misconception that absorption improves sound transmission loss. And yet, rarely a week goes by that we don’t get a call from someone hoping that we... read more…
There are times when the biggest challenges in a project are right in front of you. This is a story of why you visit a site before completing a scope of work to observe the existing conditions. The project was in a significant-sized residence (25,000 square feet, $35... read more…
Noise disturbances often require a bit of a detective work, but every once and a while something crops up that makes you go, “Hmmm…” Let’s call this “The Case of the Rumble and the Rat.” We did some work with a small recording studio built in yet another repurposed... read more…
I’d bet that 99% of the prospective students who visit Belmont University this summer will see the R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center on the east side of campus and think that it’s a very handsome academic building – like many of the other structures on that... read more…
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